content: The review by Santa Fe Listener hits the nail right on the head.This reading is certainly not the standard pastoral approach favoured by most English conductors, emphasising as it does the work's ominous tones, probably appropriately given the historical context in which the symphony was written.Haitink's interpretation is measured and concentrated, and for those familiar with the recordings of Boult or Handley, may take some adjusting to.It is well worth the effort however, as this recording casts a different light on the work, rather as did Previn's account with the LSO on RCA some years earlier.But whereas Previn was fresh and exciting, Haitink is brooding and intense.This is a very convincing account, extremely well played, and the recording has excellent depth and definition.