Perhaps more of a music expert would not find this a drawback, but I find the enormous dynamic range of this recording a bit distracting -- it starts out incredibly quiet, so I have to turn the stereo way up to even know it's playing, and then of course as it gets going it's blasting me out of the living room. I'm sure this would be very exciting to hear live, but it is a small drawback for a living room listener. That said, it's a lovely recording.