Richard Pennycuick wrote:

>What I really wanted to throw in was the Symphony in E by Mahler's friend
>Hans Rott (1858-1884), available on Hyperion or BIS and possibly otherwise,
>and doubtless very old news to veteran Listers.  Sounds like Mahler 1 but
>was written well before, so actually Mahler 1 sounds like it.  I don't wish
>to accuse GM of plagiarism, but it does help to make the picture a little
>clearer.

Rott's Symphony clearly announces Mahler, but is obvious that it is too
long, too disparate and that it's not a work of a genius.  By the way, I
was listening once more to Brahms' 2nd Symphony yesterday evening.  I can't
stop thinking that if you play a bit slower the quiet passage before the
reexposition in the last movement you'll obtain the beginning of Mahler's
1st Symphony.

Simon Corley
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