Allan Kohrman <[log in to unmask]> writes:

>The Mahler 4th by George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra, with Judith
>Raskin as soprano soloist, is, in my judgment, the greatest Mahler
>recording ever made.

I agree!!.  This was the first recording that I heard of this work, and
I'm still looking (unsuccessfully) for some better one (some lismembers
recommended me the recordings by Horenstein and Britten, I'm trying to get
them).  I wrote about this in other message, but I think that Judith Raskin
sounds as if "Wir geniessen..." would be written especially for her.  Only
Kathleen Battle comes close to that particular timbre (her performance is
outstanding too, but...is different).

Pablo Massa
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