The Rudel recordings were issued by Musical Heritage Society about 1987. At least two of them (Don Giovanni and The Marriage of Figaro) were favorably reviewed in these pages at that time. There have been other recordings of these various sets of wind transcriptions by Mozart's contemporaries (Wendt, Triebensee, and Heidenreich). During Mozart's time, in the pre-electronic-media days, arrangements of this sort were immensely popular, as it was the easiest way to hear these great operatic tunes at home. That, of course, assumed that one had the financial resources to hire musicians to play at your social engagements. I must admit that I often dislike transcriptions and think they are unnecessary, but these are so delightful that reason succumbs to emotion...Rudel and his forces give wonderfully alert performances. They have outstanding sound. If you want these arrangements, you might as well have them all. --Fanfare