I have always admired this1958 BRSO DG studio performance - my first exposure to Bruckner's magnificent score - which reflects Jochum's characteristic commitment to long silences and sometimes hectic changes of tempi. I found HDTT's remastering to improve upon the still satisfactory DGG CD pressing of this performance by opening the sound of the BRSO's massed strings during their many fortissimo passages, and also through a modest but still noticeable improvement of individual instrumental timbers during solo passages.
I also own a copy of Praga's SACD remastering (from "best available sources, whatever that means) of Jochum's live Philips -recorded performance with the Concertgebouw, but for whatever reason I enjoy the greater spontaneity and more distant sonic stage (balcony circle vrs 5th row orchestra) perspective of the DGG / HDTT remastering, even while granting the glorious sounds of the Concertgebouw orchestra.
Budget Compact Disc (No Jewel Box only Disc)
