I must agree with all hands here. In fact, the reviews (and ... price)convinced me to try this cd. I know the conductor from his Mercury lps from the '60s and more recent, excellent Shostakovich 10th, but I didn't expect such a generous, warm,beautifully played Bruckner 7th as this. I place this with my favorites: van Beinem/Amsterdam (Dutton), Furtwaengler/Berlin (1949 Dahlem recording), Jochum/Dresden (the recent EMI box), and the excellent Tinter recording on Naxos.Someone new to Bruckner now has the ability to collect the most popular symphonies in recordings that cost far less than comparable lp sets of bygone years -- and without the side breaks. Now that is progress!