I thought the Seventh, which is my favourite Beethoven Symphony, started very well but the last movement was taken too fast and became garbled - this is a feature of too many performances, Karajan 1951 and Carlos Kleiber are among the few that get it right - in my opinion, of course.
I had to turn the Gerald Barry off after 3 minutes and so got sidetracked and missed the Eighth - must catch it on Iplayer.