I aggree with your assessment of the contents. Sure, it's another La Mer but WHAT A PERFORMANCE!!! There is one piss-me-off-greatly comment with in the notes: "Leinsdorf ....Helped restore the technical discipline of the BSO following Munch's lenient approach." The person who wrote this nonsense, a Monsieur Marc Mandel, should get a verbal slap in the back of teh head for his foulish attempt to try a perpetuate this myth. It is obvious he did not listen to ANY of the Munch performances within this otherwise magnificent 12 CD set or elsewhere for that matter. Another point: Listen to the ho-hum Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture with Ozawa. Another letdown: The Holst "Jupiter". The BSO (or is it another orchestra) plays with a total lack of conviction. String tone is "smallish" - all wrong, as though the majority of the violinists are more interested in looking at their wristwatches instead of playing music. Both these performances were recorded quite recently. Goes to show how careless -but still note perfect - the BSO (and other USA orchestras?)has become. There is no more character or indivdualism in the sound of the BSO today....it seems. Vergogna! Sentimental or nostalgia on my part? Not at all. Just go at least back in time to the Berlioz Royal Hunt with Colin Davis (1974) and or the Schubert 3rd with Haitink (1992)you'll know exactly what I mean. Still not convinced? Go to the Munch disc. To conclude: The Brucker 8th with Steinberg (1972)is MAGNIFICENT! It's better that the highly regarded Tennstedt BSO performance of same which was to follow a few years after. Pierre Paquin