This is from Performance Practices in Classic Piano Music: Their Principles and Applications by Sandra P. Rosenblum, Indiana University Press, 1988, p. 73:
"Recent research by Max Rudolf indicates that the omission of the repeats within the da capo of a Classic minuet or scherzo lacks any foundation in sources of the period up to 1850. (FN58) Rather, the few relevant comments found suggest that it was the general custom to include the internal repeats the second time around unless otherwise specified. Johann Mattheson confirmed the custom in 1739. (FN59) Türk added explicit direction in the second edition of his Klavierschule:
A sort of repeat sign is also the Da Capo....After the Trio of a Minuet we usually find the words Minuetto da Capo, or abbreviated, Min. D.C....This indicateds that the Minuet is to be played from the beginning, that
is with the prescribed repeats, consequently like the first time, unless ma senza replica (but without repeat) is explicitly added. (FN60)
Koch, Hummel, and Czerny all supported this view. (FN61)
In my experience, Rosenblum presents an balanced accounting of the sources. Christopher Hogwood is well acquainted with these sources, and my assumption is that they are among the factors on which he bases his decisions. I am neither a mindreader nor a soothsayer, however, so this is only speculation, and others may speculate differently.
This is, however, the kind of evidence people use to make decisions like this, espeically if they are interested in being able to say more in support of these decisions than, "I like" or "I think", which also have their place.
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