David Stewart asks:

>Who are generallu considered to be the best conductors of Mozart.  Of the
>ones I have heard, I like Marriner and Hogwood.  What about people you
>normally associate with big Romantic works like Bernstein for example?

I've liked, among others, Szell, Walter, and especially Peter Ronnefeld, an
Austrian who died young.  I think Solti, Giulini, and Karajan (a conductor
I often have no use for) have done wonderful Mozart opera recordings.  As
to who is best or even best, generally considered, I can't tell you.

Steve Schwartz