Albie wrote: >-- Others came out in support of the Sanderling recording. Not one I'm >familiar with, and honestly, not being too familiar with the conductor, >orchestra, or recording company, I'm a little timid to stray too far from >Penguin's list of notables. Perhaps a further overwhelming swell of >support in its favor from more on this list may sway me?:-) You probably won't see a swell of support because the availability of this recording has been iffy for quite awhile now. I consider it my favorite recording out of 21 performances of the sixth. In the past, this CD was listed at sites like Tower and Amazon but when people ordered it they got a Neumann recording of a Mahler symphony - obviously a database error. However, these sites now have a seemingly new listing of this recording with an October 2000 release date at midprice. I haven't heard of any reports of whether this will get you the real thing or if it is the same database error. >-- There was support for Barbirolli's M6. I simply wasn't satisfied >with his M5... I've yet to warm up to Barbirolli's M5 but the M6 must be heard. There is no other like it and it can be devastating. However the drawn out first movement is definitely slower than what Mahler specifies ("allegro energico ma non troppo"). I have varied reactions to this performance. Sometimes I listen and think that surely it is the greatest M6 ever. Other times its effect just doesn't quite register and my reaction is ambivalent. Still if you collect multiple performances of Mahler's music then every Barbirolli performance is at least worth hearing. At his best he's as good as any (for example, in the 9th, and, many say, the 6th). Tim Dickinson [log in to unmask]