Tim Dickinson writes: >As has been mentioned, there's no such thing as "typical" Mahler as his >style evolved too much for one piece to capture everything. I agree - if you absolutely MUST list a typical symphony the Second is a good candidate. The first is great, and I agree on the Kubelok performance. But there is an element of hysteria in the First which I find disconcerting for some middle class reason, and which is absent from then on in Mahler's work. Professor Bernard Chasan Physics Department, Boston University