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Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 29-36, 38-41.(Sound recording review)
Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 29-36, 38-41. Daniel Barenboim, English Chamber Orchestra. EMI 0946 3 50917-2 and 0946 3 50922-2 (two 2-disc sets).
With so many competing sets of late Mozart symphonies, it's futile to recommend any single one as being best of all. But I will say that if I had to live with only one set, Barenboim's from the late 60s, early 70s would be high on my list of choices.
This is not to say I don't have individual favorite conductors and orchestras in each of the works; yet while I may enjoy Jochum in No. 41, Klemperer in No. 40, Davis in No. 39, Krivine in No. 29, Marriner and Mackerras in some others, and so on, I can't think of another conductor beyond Barenboim who brings so much joy to all of the works equally.
Yes, it may simply be nostalgia. After all, I've owned these Barenboim recordings on LP and CD for over thirty years. But hearing them again in EMI's two, new, low-priced 2-disc sets convinced me otherwise. They really are that good, both musically--interpretively--and sonically. And I continue to think that Barenboim's performances of Nos. 31, 35, 36, 39, 40, and 41 are among the very best anyone has produced. They have vitality above all, the trim, athletic English ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 29-36, 38-41.(Sound recording review)