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Subject: Re: Recordings of Mozart symphonies
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Date: Sun, 17-Feb-85 01:03:40 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb 17 01:03:40 1985
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Nf-From: inmet!benk    Feb 15 13:45:00 1985


	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