Donald Satz wrote:

>These are some new recordings which I'll likely succumb to judged by past
>behavior:
>
>Mahler's 4th Symphony conducted by Segerstam on Chandos 9836 - I pick up
>most Mahler 4ths, and Segerstam rarely disappoints.

Have you heard his Mahler Second? I found it the most grotesque peformance
of the work I have ever heard.  There are times when his mannerisms
actually distort the music.  I am about to review that Fourth.  For
Segerstam it's quite restrained but he certainly likes to impose himself
on it.

Tony Duggan, England.
Mahler recordings survey:
http://www.musicweb.force9.co.uk/music/Mahler/