"The First Symphony was first performed in 1868, but Bruckner revised the score in the early 1890s, though the changes he made were relatively slight. It's that final version that Nelsons conducts, and its generally extrovert nature well suits his approach to Bruckner - buoyant and as transparent as the scoring allows. He's at his most convincing in the outer movements ... [In] the Fifth Symphony, too ... the magical opening bars of the first movement, emerging almost surreptitiously out of silence and steadily coming alive, set the standard of refinement for what follows. Nelsons may downplay the majesty of some of Bruckner's climaxes, but his view of the work is undeniably an individual one".