"Vurdering: Recording of the month" - "Congratulations are in order to the engineers for Sony who have provided clear and well balanced sound. For my money maestro Mehta showed a curious lack of involvement. He failed to create that near-fantasy world of old Vienna. Where on this occasion was the unbridled joy and enchantment that the finest conductors such as Harnoncourt, Jansons and Barenboim achieve? Nevertheless the care and attention the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra lavished on these works is remarkable and testimony to its innate professionalism"