Mike Leghorn wrote: >I believe that one of the London halls had problems with traffic noise >getting into the recordings. I think it was Kingsway Hall. It was, but the noise came from underground trains - the Picadilly Line to be precise - which ran right under KH. Tony Duggan, England. Mahler CD recordings survey is at: http://www.musicweb.uk.net/Mahler/index.html