Excellent recording of Mozart Jupiter No.41 ?

The greatest performance of this symphony bar none is a late fifties recording by Fritz Reiner/Chicago Symphony. I don't know it is available anywhere but it was aprt of a set "The Last Three Symphonies." The sound is good but the performance is astonishing; the counterpoint of the last movement is so brilliantly architected that all others pale by comparison--and there are other good performances.

For performance I second (third?) Walter/CSO, and add Bruno Walter/Vienna SO (EMI) and G. Szell/Cleveland SO (Sony).

My favorites, in rough order, would be Hogwood, Mackerras, and Karl Bohm. Last I checked, however, the Hogwood was only available in a boxed set of Mozart symphonies--a great value if you want the works, but an expensive way to get one or two. If anyone knows otherwise, please let us know.

Bruno Walter with Vienna Phil Orch. Much more alive and organic performance than the Columbia SO recording.

Buxter -- agreed, wholeheartedly. (the CSO LP sounds better than the Vienna one though -- but who cares!)