Mozart: Symphony No. 13; Symphony No. 14; Symphony No. 15; Symphony No. 16; Symphony No. 23; Symphony No. 24

COMPOSERS: Mozart
LABELS: Decca Galleria
WORKS: Symphony No. 13; Symphony No. 14; Symphony No. 15; Symphony No. 16; Symphony No. 23; Symphony No. 24
PERFORMER: Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner
CATALOGUE NO: 436 223-2 ADD (1968/70)

Six elegant early Mozart symphonies in the Italian and Viennese styles, composed in Milan and Salzburg between 1771 and 1773. Dating from a pre-Hogwood era of big-band/modern-instrument Mozart orchestral performance dominated by Bohm, Klemperer, Karajan and Krips, these old Argo recordings by Marriner and his authentically period-sized Academy have lost none of dieir original pioneering freshness or competitive edge. They're lively accounts, keenly detailed and brighdy phrased, with a strong soloistic presence. Ates Orga