No one has yet‚ I believe‚ recorded the arrangement of the ‘Hallelujah Chorus’ for two flutes‚ published in England in the 18th century. But several other recordings have been issued of music in arrangements intended for domestic or some other secondary use‚ like the present one. The two Mozart works here were arranged in these forms so that people with limited resources‚ or resources different from those Mozart wanted‚ could play and hear the music. So we have here two of Mozart’s finest works‚ written specifically‚ in one case‚ for solo violin‚ viola and an orchestra of strings‚ oboes and horns‚ and in the other‚ for oboe‚ clarinet‚ bassoon‚ horn and piano‚ and recorded in those forms many times over; and in each case‚ Mozart being the kind of composer he was‚ the music itself is conceived essentially for its original forces. Well‚ if you want to know what people did for music at home in the decades following Mozart’s death‚ when they couldn’t play the music as Mozart intended it‚ by all means buy this CD. It has something of moderate interest to the historian and the musical sociologist to tell us about contemporary musical practices. It has nothing significant to offer the music­lover. The Sinfonia concertante is played here‚ and played very well and very musically‚ on two violins‚ two violas‚ cello and double bass‚ in a deft‚ highly professional arrangement. The scoring mimics the original pretty effectively (the violas sometimes serving as mock horns‚ for example)‚ and there are one or two surprises‚ for example in the accompaniments provided for parts of the cadenzas. And sometimes bits of the solo viola part are assigned to the cello. You get a fair account of the music in the work even if it is largely divorced from the medium that gives it its shape and meaning. That applies even more to the Piano and Wind Quintet‚ whose phrase structure and interlocutory style is particular to this work‚ and ceases to have real meaning in the piano quartet medium (which Mozart handled quite differently when he was writing piano quartets). Admirable performances‚ admirable recordings: but this is home music for players‚ not listeners.