Karl Miller wrote: >.... my friend said..."why don't they ever cut Wagner!" While it wouldn't >be an easy thing to do musically, it did strike me that I wasn't aware of >attempts to do so. Bernard Haitink imposed a cut in Tristan last year at Covent Garden. There are also cuts in older recordings. Notably the Reiner Tristan from Covent Garden in 1936 on Naxos. >Was curious if others knew of attempts to do so...also, why not "edit" >Mahler? Listen to the recordings of the First Symphony by Paul Kletzki where he imposes a cut in the last movement. I even possess a recording of Mahler's First Symphony conducted by Bruno Walter that has a small cut in it at the end of the last movement. I also have a recording of Mahler's Second conducted by Stokowski with some small cuts in the last movement. It happens. Tony Duggan, England. Mahler CD recordings survey is at: http://www.musicweb.uk.net/Mahler/index.html