Excellent recording of Mozart Jupiter No.41 ?

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

I've heard the Saraste Mozart, found them empty, thin, and lifeless.

megasam, have you heard the walter VPO Moz 41 on 78? this is where I find the magic. And I mean 78 on a Victrola. They play with such verve and elegance. To my ears it sounds like a brilliant chamber music collaboration, full of life and there is a rightness to the string sound. Right, as in not "correct" or pedantic, but full of color and nuance, expressive of the music. To me it is miraculous orchestral playing. The music pours out directly, and spontaneously, as if out of a waterfall (yes,I know... flowery language but that's how I perceive it) And in the last movement, I don't know how they manage to balance primal, savage energy, while maintaining a coherent elegant presentation. And that is always what amazes me even today when I hear the VPO. And you can always hear all the voices clearly without it ever being highlighted with a magic marker.

I have about 400 78's, 300 cd's, 400 records mostly classical, some jazz. and Half of my collection is still in europe with a friend. I really don't have alot, but I have had the good fortune of having alot of exchange with friends and colleagues who are composers, conductors, in the recording industry, performers, managers, who are passionate about music and we frequently exchange our latest favorite recording, or ones we don't like.
I don't "collect" But I do have friends who are serious collectors- I have this one friend who has 10,000 violin recordings alone-incredible resource. I've bought many recordings over the years, but if I don't love it, I usually get rid of it.