Sorry to disagree with the otherwise unanimous five star reviewers. After listening to Eschenbach's fresh rendering of the Dvorak New World Symphony, I had HIGH expectations. Alas, I agree with the reviewer drawing comparisons with Otto Klemperer. To me, the pace was mostly plodding, lacking in excitement, and the overall sound was kind of muddy. Even the Haydn Variations just poked along.In fairness, I'm spoiled from listening to very best Brahms ever recorded. I'm speaking, of course, of Bruno Walter's monumental Columbia recordings from the early 1960's. Szell and Furtwangler also seemed to "get" these works. I guess I respect a conductor's attempt to do "something different", but Eschenbach's Brahms falls very flat with me.If you love Brahms, get the Walter set. It's definitive.