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Epicurus.com - Mozart: Symphony Nos.25, 26, 27, 29 & 32
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List Price: $9.98
Our Price: $9.98
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Decca
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0028943026826
Label: Decca
Manufacturer: Decca
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Decca
Release Date: 1991-04-05
Studio: Decca
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Summary: CD is Complete
Comment: Just to point out an inaccuracy in the previous review, symphonies 26 and 32 are complete. These works are in the form of one movement consisting of sections in place of the usual separate movements divided up with one movement to a track. Understandable error - I wondered about this myself when I first saw the recording.
Anyway, these are fine performances of these works. Marriner's crisp yet elegant Mozart is excellent. My only reason for giving four rather than five stars is that to me the sound is a little bit on the strident side. I would have preferred more ambience, depth and transparency to the sound - but it's not that bad -still a very recommendable recording.
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Summary: An incomplete CD
Comment: Think you're buying a CD with 5 Mozart symphonies on it?
Think again. I just received it and was stunned to see that only 1 movement of symphonies nos. 26 and 32 are included. What happened to the other 4 movements? It's a mystery.
Now, while I am disgruntled, I have to point out that this is not Amazon's fault, as it clearly shows on the disk contents that those two symphonies are incomplete. But who would think to check? Not me.
But now you know.
That said, these are wonderful performances as have been noted by others here; so if you just tell yourself that you're getting 3 symphonies for a bargain price you will be happy.
Or, maybe you'll choose to spend a little more and get one of the other CDs offered that include the entire symphonies.
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Summary: Special performances
Comment: I never tire of listening to these beautifully balanced and exciting performances. They ooze musicality and are so satisfying. 29 in A is simply fabulous - amongst the best I've ever heard.
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Summary: Essential Mozart - crisp, lively and perfect
Comment: I was lucky to find this CD - the local independent book and music store helped me look up the best recording using The Penguin Companion to Classical Music. This CD was rated highly and so I bought it. Its one of the best classical music CDs that I own. The violins are crisp and clean, the pace is lively and never drags, and there are no errant noises (like coughing) in the background. The music puts a zip in your step and a smile on your face. Its the kind of CD that will make people ask who is that? Because they like it and haven't heard it. A lot of wonderful music for the money, and not a bad song in the bunch.
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Summary: With Mozart, Marriner Is First--There Is No Second or Third
Comment: Other than works by Vivaldi (of course), the first movement of Mozart's Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, titled Allegro con brio, is the most joyful piece of orchestral music I've ever heard. Thanks largely to the film AMADEUS, it is familiar to many who otherwise might not listen to or buy classical music. I have compared Neville Marriner's tempo and phrasing with those of at least a dozen other conductors, and the first nine notes tell it all: only Marriner's conducting of it gets a perfect "brio rating" of TEN! In fact, his conducting of ALL of Mozart's symphonies (some of them rather oddly constructed) is consistently excellent. If you ever have the chance to purchase Marriner's CD sets of the complete symphonies of Mozart, by all means do so. In the mean time, this collection of five will give you hundreds of hours of intense enjoyment.
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