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>Someone whose opinion I normally value (no one on these Lists) once said
>that Szell was "not a natural Mahlerian" which is think is too harsh.
>His account(s) of the Ninth that I have heard are excellent.

His Das Lied von der Erde issued by the Cleveland Orchestra and no longer
available is as moving and probing as any account.  Were it available it
would be my top choice along with Horenstein.

Allan Kohrman
Newton, MA