Instruct: Classify a given review as either positive or negative.
Query: a great budget recording

I feel much the same way about this anthology as about Rafael Kubelik's Mahler cycle. There is quite a substantial amount of music for very modest cost. The performances of Nos. 4,6 and 7 would merit 5 stars by themselves, for the same price. The rest of the cycle is pretty good too, except perhaps (disappointingly) No. 5, which is interpreted rather perfunctorily. This was the Vienna Philharmonic's first recording of this music and almost needless to say they play very well. The sound quality is very brilliant, making no allowances at all for the age of the original recordings. I still consider the Colin Davis and Paavo Berglund cycles to be more convincing in terms of interpretation, but this set still remains excellent value for the money.