Walter Meyer wrote:

>Mitch Friedfeld wrote:
>
>Tim Dickinson wrote:
>
>I seem to recall that Lorin Maazel's Mahler 2nd had a break between the
>first and second movements, which would mean that disc 1 was only around
>23 minutes in length.
>
>Gilbert Kaplan's Mahler 2 is similarly divided.
>
>The remaining space on the first disk isn't wasted, however.  It has
>the "Adagietto" from the 5th Symphony; Mahler piano rolls of two songs,
>the fourth movement of the 4th Symphony, and the first movement of the
>5th Symphont; plus a 22-minute symposium entitled "Mahler Remembered";
>for a total of 55 minuter (sic) before the 22+ minutes of the 2d's first
>movement.

Absolutely right.  You're referring to the Kaplan MahlerBox.  He also puts
movement I on one disc in his original standalone version, and probably on
the new standalone version, too, which is taken from the MahlerBox.

Mitch Friedfeld