It's a welcome surprise to hear a decent non-European period instrument orchestra. Apollo's Fire were formed in 1992 by American harpsichordist Jeanette Sorrell, and are based in Cleveland. Recorded in 2008, several years after the set of Bach's Brandenburg Concerti reviewed last month on theartsdesk, the playing on this Mozart anthology feels far more involved. Mozart's 40th Symphony gains from an urgent approach, and Sorrell's is swift and unsentimental. This should be a surprising and shocking work, and thankfully the sharp edges aren't smoothed over, with some sharply pointed woodwind playing.

The couplings are unusual: the Recitative and Aria from Mozart's early opera Lucio Silla, beautifully sung by Amanda Forsythe, and the ballet music from Idomeneo, dispatched with a welcome zest and lightness. There's also a selection of four Contredances, tiny miniatures, but bubbling and effervescent here. A well-programmed Mozart anthology, and good to have the nihilism of the G minor symphony balanced with Mozart at his cuddliest and most approachable.