I wish I had credited Mr Schenbeck's review more highly. There is no PCM layer, so there is no hifi sound. To make matters worse, the balancing is extremely artificial (e.g. Count on right channel only when he standing 3 feet to the right of Countess who is on left channel only). The time is 190 minutes (!), 17 minutes more than Boehm's complete account on DG 1968--and no one I know has accused Boehm of being a speed freak. The sets are strictly Walmart. The acting is quite good given that the pace set by Haitink essentially eliminates any comedy. The singing also seems quite good, but this is impossible to judge given the Dolby sound.