jss@brunix.UUCP (Judith Schrier) (02/21/85)
The following is posted for Ted Flinn: --------- >I highly recommend the recordings of the Mozart Symphonies by >the Academy of Ancient Music under the direction of Christopher >Hogwood and Jaap Schroeder. The Academy plays on period >instruments from which they coax the most delightfully >transparent, yet very colorful, sound. I've only heard one of these - the Linz - and found the performance ham-fisted, perfunctory, and repulsive; almost as bad as the Karajan recordings of this symphony. Another case where the pre-war Walter recording is still the top choice. --------- Edward A Flinn <flinn@seismo.ARPA> Wed, 20 Feb 85 15:05:10 EST