Monn Symphony in G Major

A chance hearing of one of Monn's cello concertos sent me to listen one of the earliest of the classical symphonies. A pleasant, brief three-movement work, it is obviously much simpler than much that was in the written in the high baroque period which preceded it. Haydn and Mozart may have brought the symphony to some sort of perfection, but it is good to remember they were not the first composers of classical symphonies.