Bob Draper wrote: >Maybe we should have laws to prevent the passing off of a big band >version of a Mozart symphony as the real thing. What it actually >is is 'Mozart (arranged whoever)'. At least the HIP brigade are >attempting to be honest. I can't consider performances such as Davis or Bohm conducting a Mozart symphony to be an "arrangement". It's mainly a larger orchestra with modern instruments - still an interpretation of a score. And this applies to big band performances of a Haydn symphony or of any other composer of that time period. Geoffrey Gaskell wrote: >Fortunately I at least am able to listen with equal ease to Mozart >performances conducted by Boehm, Walter, Gardiner, Hogwood, Toscanini, >Beecham, Bernstein, Marriner, Harnoncourt, Mackerras etc >etc. Same here. Whereas in baroque orchestral works, I definitely want period insturment bands, I like both for classical-era works. My favorite Mozart symphonic movement, the first movement of the 39th symphony, works just fine for me with the traditional and HIP approach. I don't sense any kind of arrangement from the traditional approach. Again, it's just a matter of what sounds right or good to the listener. Don Satz [log in to unmask]