Brown; Iona

Iona Brown’s Enjoyable Haydn Symphonies 44, 45, 49

Victor Carr Jr

Iona Brown leads generally enjoyable performances of all three Haydn symphonies on this disc. The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields players are carefully

Mozart: Symphonies 33 & 35/Brown

Victor Carr Jr

By emphasizing energy over elegance, Iona Brown’s brisk and bracing reading of Mozart’s Symphony No. 33 encroaches on the Harnoncourt style of Mozart interpretation. Actually,

Bartok and Janacek strings

Victor Carr Jr

Iona Brown conducts Bartók’s Divertimento with a wonderfully rough, earthy quality that plays up the work’s rustic nature. Rhythms are tight and crisp, aided no

Mozart Horn Cti

David Hurwitz

The two Browns, Timothy and Iona, generally do this music proud. Of course, there have been numerous successful recordings of Mozart’s four horn concertos–in fact,