Celibidache on DG or EMI?

Emi are the only ones endorsed by the family. The conductor himself did not believe in recording- so he never did. After DG began realesing the albums his widow and son decided to have them released on EMI- and set up charities for the profits. The widow and son were upset at the quality of the DG, so they had the EMI discs carefully mastered. Ethically EMI is the way to go...

Recently, I've listened to most of both series. The EMI sound better. Try the Bruckner 4th the performance is superb. The first movement of the Eroica is also excellent. The Brahms series on DG are the only ones I would bother with, the fourth is particularly good. However, I don't see the mystique. Compare his Bruckner 8th to Furtwangler, Karajan or Giulini or his Beethoven the standard list of recommende performances and I think there is no contest

FYI, Celibidache did not believe in "studio" recordings. His recordings are all live concerts.

Pls1, do you prefer Celi's Beeth. 9 to Furtwangler's Beireut version? (not the recording -- the performance).

First of all, Bruckner himself revised a few orchestrations after the first released version that makes interpretation of Bruckner's music extremely complicated.

For me, music listening is the experience to appreciate the attitudes and principles that conductors intend to address through performances. As an amateur music lover, I don't think I have adequate knowledge to rank the performances. "Contest" never resides in my mind whenever I approach music appreciation. Also, with different recording qualities, the judgement seems unsubstantiated. How should we judge Nikisch's recording of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony with forced re-orchestration by recording limitation?

Among Furtwangler's performances of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, there is another recording during WWII period shows Furtwangler's unique reading.