Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Yes, 3 - 1/2 stars...

This is a well-executed performance: fleet and clean without the bizarre tempo choices which mar Norrington's recordings of the symphonies (especially the Choral Symphony). The orchestra and chorus are fully up to the virtuoso demands Beethoven makes and Aler and Miles are among the handful of modern performers who do full justice to their parts.I have recently acquired the Zinman recording on Arte Nova and prefer it to this one. Although the bass and tenor are inferior to Miles and Aler, the soprano, Luba Organasova, is marvelous and the orchestra (Tonhalle Orch. Zurich) and chorus are a notch better than Norrigton's. In addition, that performance has more nuance and personality, while still being in the same "historically informed" camp as this one.