Britten's recordings of Mozart are among the treasures of the catalog, rare examples of an almost mystical bond between one composer-performer and another. These exquisitely beautiful accounts of four of Mozart's most remarkable symphonies date from the years 1968 to 1971 and were recorded in the cooperative acoustic of the Maltings, Snape. The playing of the ECO is wonderfully robust and animated, impeccably polished, and alive to every expressive nuance in this extraordinary music. With superb sound, the 1995 mid-price reissue belongs on the shelf of every Mozart lover. --Ted Libbey