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Disc 1:

1. Molto Allegro
2. Andante
3. Presto
4. Allegro Assai
5. Andante
6. Presto
7. Allegro
8. Andante
9. Presto
10. Allegro
11. Andante
12. Molto Allegro
13. Allegro Maestoso
14. Andante
15. Presto
16. Allegro
17. Andante
18. Menuetto - Trio
19. Allegro

Disc 10:

1. Adagio - Allegro
2. Andante
3. Presto
4. Adagio - Allegro
5. Andante Con Moto
6. Menuetto: Allegretto - Trio
7. Finale: Allegro

Disc 11:

1. Molto Allegro
2. Andante
3. Menuetto: Allegretto - Trio
4. Allegro Assai
5. Allegro Vivace
6. Andante Cantabile
7. Menuetto: Allegretto - Trio
8. Molto Allegro

Disc 2:

1. Molto Allegro
2. Andante
3. Menuetto - Trio
4. Molto Allegro
5. Allegro
6. Andante
7. Menuetto - Trio
8. Molto Allegro
9. Allegro
10. Andante
11. Menuetto - Trio
12. Molto Allegro
13. Allegro Maestoso
14. Andante
15. Menuetto - Trio
16. Allegro
17. Allegro
18. Andante
19. Menuetto - Trio
20. Allegro
21. Allegro
22. Andante
23. Allegro Molto

Disc 3:

1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Menuetto - Trio
4. Presto
5. Allegro
6. Andante
7. Menuetto - Trio
8. Allegro
9. Allegro
10. Andante
11. Allegro
12. Allegro
13. Andante
14. Menuetto - Trio
15. Allegro Molto
16. Allegro
17. Andantino
18. Menuetto - Trio
19. Allegro
20. Allegro
21. Andante
22. Menuetto - Trio
23. Molto Allegro

Disc 4:

1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Allegro
4. Allegro
5. Andante
6. Menuetto - Trio
7. Allegro
8. Allegro
9. Andante
10. Menuetto - Trio
11. Molto Allegro
12. Allegro Moderato
13. Andante
14. Menuetto - Trio
15. Molto Allegro
16. Allegro
17. Andante
18. Menuetto - Trio
19. Presto

Disc 5:

1. Allegro Maestoso
2. Andante Grazioso
3. Allegro
4. Allegro
5. Andante
6. Allegro
7. Allegro
8. Andantino Grazioso
9. Menuetto - Trio
10. Molto Allegro
11. Allegro
12. Andante
13. Menuetto - Trio
14. Allegro
15. Molto Presto
16. Andante
17. Allegro

Disc 6:

1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Menuetto - Trio
4. (Allegro)
5. Allegro
6. Andante
7. Menuetto - Trio
8. Allegro
9. Allegro Assai
10. Andantino Grazioso
11. Presto Assai
12. Allegro Spiritoso
13. Andantino Grazioso
14. Presto Assai
15. Allegro
16. Andantino Grazioso
17. Presto

Disc 7:

1. Allegro Spiritoso
2. Andantino Grazioso
3. Allegro
4. Allegro Con Brio
5. Andante
6. Menuetto - Trio
7. Allegro
8. Molto Allegro
9. Andantino Con Moto
10. Menuetto - Trio
11. Presto
12. Allegro Assai
13. Andante
14. Allegro

Disc 8:

1. Allegro Moderato
2. Andante
3. Menuetto - Trio
4. Allegro Con Spirito
5. Allegro Spiritoso
6. Andante
7. Menuetto: Allegretto - Trio
8. Presto
9. Allegro Assai
10. Andante Moderato
11. Menuetto - Trio
12. Allegro Assai

Disc 9:

1. Allegro Spiritoso
2. Andante
3. Tempo Primo
4. Allegro Vivace
5. Andante Di Molto Piu Tosto Allegretto
6. Finale: Allegro Vivace
7. Allegro Con Spirito
8. Andante
9. Menuetto - Trio
10. Presto
11. Adagio - Allegro Spiritoso
12. Andante
13. Menuetto - Trio
14. Presto

Customer Rating: - The best set going
Having read both the positive and negative reviews of this set, I decided to try it for myself. I believe that the negative reviews are all wrong. For one, the sound quality is crystal-clear; you can even hear the buzz of the oboes, and all inner voices, quite clearly, and nothing is muffled or under-recorded. For another, Pinnock is not, and has never been, one of those HIP performers who play in a bland, zippy, uninflected style. His Mozart, if anything, sometimes errs on the side of elegance; by pursuing an elegant, curving musical line, with sharply articulated accents in the forte passages, Pinnock does present a uniform style to the symphonies that some auditors may hear as non-interpretation, but I would suggest that listeners realize that Mozarrt was neither Haydn not Beethoven. He did not indulge in brusque humor or "sturm und drang" drama most of the time. There are, perhaps, three or four symphonies where a little more depth of interpretation would have been welcome (Symphony No. 40 being a prime example), yet Pinnock's vision is consistent and his style both elegant and exciting.

I find this to be a first-rate set of the Mozart symphonies; overall, much better than those of Hogwood, Mackerras, and a host of others.

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Customer Rating: - Enlightening!
These recordings are a revelation! The late Mozart symphonies are clearly approaching Beethoven. Glenn Gould was wrong: Mozart did not die too late. Had he lived, there might have been no need for Beethoven.

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Customer Rating: - Overall Great But...
I have a home studio and therefore my interpretation will be more accurate. The sound quality was very good, not as good as modern Concerto Italiano or Venice Baroque Orchestra, but it was good. You can hear the slight tapping of the wind instruments which sort of sounds like a skip on the CD. It's a shame the instruments can't be tap-free. The performance seemed very accurate and very very consistent. I was very picky to point out these minor imperfections. Overall it's a great collection.

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Customer Rating: - The best period instrument Mozart symphony cycle around
Trevor Pinnock and the English Concert turn in the best period instrument Mozart Symphony cycle around. With 20-30 players, the English Concert sounds full and rich, and are so well recorded, one could mistake them for a modern instrument chamber orchestra augmented with more players for a bigger sound. The early symphonies employ fewer players, the symphonies from about No. 20 and following call for more players, in some cases trumpets, horns and timpani in addition to the usual strings, harpsichord, flutes, oboes, and bassoon.

Pinnock chooses perfect tempos for the English Concert: allegros are spritely, but not driven and there's never a sense that the musicians are having trouble keeping up at Pinnock's tempos. Andante movements sing with the cantabile quality Mozart is famous for, and are always musical and flowing: very beautiful.

I am not a big fan of period instrument Mozart. I have heard Hogwood and the Academy of Ancient Music (L'Oiseau Lyre) in Mozart Symphonies 34, 38, 39, and 41 and that's enough to give me a sense that Pinnock is superior - more confident, and better recorded - to Hogwood in this music. Haydn's symphonies seem to work better with period instruments than do Mozart's, but Pinnock and the English Concert have a special musical quality which MAKE Mozart work with a period orchestra. Incidentally, both Pinnock and Hogwood have recorded very fine Haydn Symphonies with their respective orchestras.

I have also read, in AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE (July/August 2005 issue) in a review of the Mozart Symphonies with Linden/Mozart Academy of Amsterdam, a period orchestra (Brilliant Classics set) that Pinnock's Mozart cycle is to be preferred. I have not heard Linden myself, but ARG's review states that with the exception of Symphonies 20, 39, 40, and 41, Pinnock "wins across the board." The reviewer cites sour tuning, below standard pitch, sloppy playing, not enough contrasts of dynamic range and pokey allegros, as liabilites which are especially annoying in Linden's cycle, and advises the reader to go with Pinnock if looking for a period cycle of Mozart symphonies.

Other options? Bohm/Berlin Philharmonic (DG); Krips/Concertgebouw (for Symphonies 21-41, Philips); Hans Graf/Mozarteum Orchestra, Salzburg (Capriccio); and Nicholas Ward/Northern Chamber Orchestra, modern instrument chamber orchestra (for early symphonies, Naxos). But unless you really hate period instruments, you will like Pinnock, as I do, and as I stated earlier: I am not a fan of period instrument Mozart.