Mozart - The Symphonies / Schröder, AAM, Hogwood
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This was the set that really got the "authentic instrument" craze going. It was a big, ambitious project that promised a fresh look at familiar music, as well as lots of exciting new discoveries. Christopher Hogwood tailored his forces to match what we know of the actual size and constitution of the orchestras of the period, and since Mozart wrote symphonies in every country in Europe, including England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia, the result is practically a blueprint of 18th-century orchestral practice. Then everyone else got into the act, and these performances sort of fell off the musical map. Listening to them again, one finds they hold up rather well. There's still the sense of discovery, and of course the music itself is glorious. At budget price, this is history in sound. --David Hurwitz
Mozart - The Symphonies / Schröder, AAM, Hogwood, Music, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood, Jaap Schröder, Choral, Classical, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Classical Period Occasional Music for Orchestra, Classical Period Serenade/Cassation/Divertimento, Classical Period Symphony, German/Austrian Classical Period Opera, March for Orchestra, Opera, Oratorio, Orchestral, Solo Voice(s) and Orchestra, Symphonic, Vocal
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