Two of the world's great symphonies (or, rather, one-and-a-half) are so incredibly appealing that I don't think it's possible to produce a bad recording of them. I've listened to several, and I keep coming back to this old-but-timeless gem, which, every time I hear it, takes me back to attending a performance with Kurt Masur and the Leipzig Gewandhaus orchestra, when the 2nd movement of Symphony 9 took my breath away, that awesome introduction with the cellos and basses. What a pity Schubert died so young!This disc would be great for any collection - someone new to classical will become a Schubert fan for keeps, and for someone who already has a recording of symphonies 8 and 9, find more room on the shelf for this one, since it "cleaned up" beautifully in the remastering and sounds as fresh as paint.