Christoph von Dohnanyi and the VPO is highly recommended--it is one of my favorite recordings of all (partly because it took me such a long time to get a hold of it.) The playing is powerful and beautiful at the same time, qualities that I find less in the Masur version. The Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage overture and the Hebrides that go along are equally majestic and solid. Recorded sound is very fresh. Tim Hu