The Bruckner symphony cycle by Eugin Jochum on DG is phenomenal. Jochum shared some similarities in his life with Bruckner (both organists from similar Austrian Catholic upbringings, for example) and he really seems to get what Bruckner was trying to say. There's a real life to the music. I'd say the recordings are very good as well. I seem to remember a friend saying that there was a solo cd of the 8th with Jochum which wasn't quite as good as the one in the cycle, but that was just his opinion.

So it's been a while since you posted this, and I finally got around to listening again to parts of the two Jochum cycles, this one as well as the EMI cycle with Dresden...  The Dresden 5th is incredible, recorded in 1980, I have yet to get around to the DG version (since the last time I listened to it), which is a 1957 recording.  On the notes for one of Jochum's other recordings it says he conducted this symphony 93 times in his life! (as opposed to Furtwangler who only did it 23 times and Karajan who did it 28 times)