Thanks, Tom, these are good ideas. I don’t have the full Wavelab, but I do have Ozone which has many good tools. Meanwhile, I found this article by Mike Senior (who wrote the excellent book Mixing Secrets for the Small Studio):
http://www.soundonsound.com/sound-advice/q-how-should-i-compress-classical-recording
It’s not a recording for a competition so I’ll feel free to experiment.