Tim Mahon wrote: >Mahler recordings always seem to excite great passion on this List. What's >the opinion of the Berlin Philharmonic/Abbado recording of Mahler 3 just >issued on DG -- taken from an apparently 'universally-lauded performance' >at the RFH in 1999. ... I am just writing a full review of this recording for Music Web, so if you can hold on to your money for a few days that will be one more opinion for you. I will post the URL to the review when it appears. Tony Duggan, England. Mahler CD recordings survey is at: http://www.musicweb.uk.net/Mahler/