So really you are asking about the mastering process and the mastering engineers. Analogue Productions; Kevin Gray; Sterling Sound; Bernie Grundman; Doug Sax; Bill Schnee - just off the top of my head. For any remaster, I ALWAYS look to see who did the mastering - the above are all excellent IMHO.
If you like classical, I HIGHLY recommend the Original Source series from DG. EXCELLENT sound/enginnering/mastering.