I am having a bit of an obsession with this symphony at present as I cannot find a recording I am 100% happy with. I have the following ones: [B]Karajan/BPO 1965[/B] - good performance but a bit over-smooth and sounds a bit muddy. might try it again now though. [B]Rattle/Philharmonia 1982 [/B] - great sound and last 2 movements are great but not enough tension in first movement and momentum is lost in lead up to the fantastic coda at end of first movement. [B]Rattle/CBSO 1988 [/B] - better tension than earlier performance but muddy recording and playing not very refined. [B]Oramo/CBSO 2001 [/B] - sound thickens in denser passages. Superb performance, this could have been the one but in finale the microphones really pick up the sound of double bass bows slapping into the instruments - that or someone is breaking funiture next to the stage! I cannot believe this sound would have been so apparent in real life. Any others worth hearing? has anyone heard the Berglund set with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe?