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 [log in to unmask]