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Two highly successful remasterings of a great, highly individual and even idiosyncratic recording – but Pristine take the palm [RMo]

Well played but very closely and reverberantly recorded, and somewhat anonymous, while the absence of repeats makes it sound truncated [RMo]

Clean, crisp, immediate interpretations, very well restored and remastered [RMo]

Not necessarily so great an improvement over previous issues but wonderfully grand and energised [RMo]

A thrilling – though not flawless – performance enhanced by Pristine’s remastering [RMo]

Some will find Schaller’s tempi in the first two movements controversial [RMo]

An interesting and eclectic collection showcasing Thomas Jensen’s manifest conductorial gifts [RMo]

All sounds well until invidious comparisons are made with some past masters and a lack of personality becomes apparent [RMo]

The last in this set of nine Bruckner symphonies conforms to the imposing style and impressively high standard set by its predecessors [RMo]

Another grand, weighty, live account from the NCPA of Bruckner’s most hieratic symphony, beautifully played and engineered [RMo]

Fresh, vital, exuberant, strikingly energetic and authentic performances [RMo]

A brilliant, flawless live performance graced by some stellar solo singing [RMo]

The best live Italian version in the best sound available [RMo]

A classic historical recording is given a new lease of life in Ambient Stereo [RMo]

A magnificently grim, steady account, bringing out all the might and menace of this most ambivalent of Bruckner’s symphonies [RMo]

Pristine’s remastering into Ambient Stereo both enhances the beauty of Callas’ Norma and amplifies that which is less admirable here [RMo]

A beautifully performed and recorded account in which everything is done right [RMo]

A wild, driven performance which oozes personality and conviction, now cleaned up to an unprecedentedly high standard [RMo]

A fine live account which despite a few quibbles sustains interest throughout its taut execution [RMo]

A beautifully engineered recording which simply exudes the joy of music-making [RMo]

Cool, restrained and beautifully played in Nordic style [RMo]

Perhaps little more than an abridged curiosity, but mostly well done within the limitations of the form [RMo]

A survey by Ralph Moore

An admirable effort to reconstruct the original version of a once popular work which veers between the highly entertaining and the banal [RMo]