I'm entirely new to the list, so if this is a topic that's been dealt with in detail, I apologize. I'm interested in people's views on taking repeats, particularly in the works of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and their contemporaries. It seems as if performers take more repeats now than in the past, particularly in fast movements--on the other hand, many slow movement repeats and second repeats are still left out (looking at the score for the first time, I was shocked to discover that the finale of the Jupiter symphony repeats both sections). What should be the criteria? What is the value of repeats? Also--a specific question--does anyone know if the Amadeus Quartet took repeats in their Mozart recordings? They didn't in Beethoven. Best, Peter Goldstein Huntingdon, PA