THE BERLIN PHILHARMONIC conducted by ANDRÉ CLUYTENS The Complete Symphonies (1979 UK eight LP stereo box set featuring recordings made between 1957 & 1960. Each of the eight LPs comes in its own front laminated picture sleeve with extensive sleeve notes on the back. The collection also includes the Overtures Coriolan, Leonara No. 3, Egmont, Ruins Of Athens, Prometheus & Fidelio. You may well be thinking; 'There were nine symphonies so why only eight records ?'. The answer is that because Symphonies Five & Eight are so short, they fit on one LP. The picture box shows a little shelfwear & edge scuffing but it has done its job as the contents shows very little sign at all of their thirty five years. One of the definitive performances of the Beethoven Symphonies CFP48999)