Title: Greatest performance of perhaps the greatest symphony of all time
Review: To those in the know, Anton Bruckner's symphonies are among the very greatest, rivaled only by those of Beethoven, Mahler and Sibelius. And the 8th is in my opinion his greatest (he never completed his 9th, which maybe woud have taken 1st honors instead). Now, this recording is an ADD, made I think back in the late '60's but it is digitally remastered. There are better-sounding performances out there, but Bruckner demands the very apex of sensitivity and understanding of what he is trying to say, and Eugen Jochum has never been excelled in that dept. And directing the Berlin Phil., probably the finest orchestra in the world, doesn't hurt either.I know there are later recordings with him and a couple of other very fine orchestras. I haven't heard them. I'm sure the fidelity is better and the orchestras wholly capable. But I had this performance on an LP and I missed it terribly. I'm veery happy to have it on a CD, and so would you.
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