[net.music.classical] Recordings of Mozart symphonies

ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig) (02/14/85)

Look for recordings on the Oiseau-Lyre label by
the Academy of Ancient Music (Christopher Hogwood, director)
Some are available on CD.  All (so far) I have heard have
been first rate.

hrs@homxb.UUCP (H.SILBIGER) (02/16/85)

I think the Hogwood recordings are overall the most
desireable if you want to hear the music Mozart wrote.
Some are on CD

Herman Silbiger

benk@inmet.UUCP (02/17/85)

	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.  The string timbre of this
	ensemble is glorious -- right up there with that of
	the Concentus Musicus of Vienna. 
	My only criticism is that the Messrs. Hogwood and
	Schroeder use an ensemble a little larger than I 
	might like ( especially for an 'original instrument'
	performance ), and that the music looses a little of
	the intimacy it might have if the ensemble were smaller.

	Enjoy!

	-- Ben Krepp
        {ihnp4,harpo,ima}!inmet!benk