Janos wrote: >To appreciate MTT's Mahler, just listen to the first few bars of the >Fourth. Right up front, where most interpretations have a little "burp" >in the release after the introductory phrase, the San Francisco performance >is smooth as silk, firmly, logically connected, instead of consisting >of two disparate elements. Multiply that tiny bit thousandfold, and you >have great Mahler. Uh-oh. This passage, which on the Mahler-List has become known as the "train wreck" -- because the two rhythmic ideas *have* to collide -- is one of those Mahlerian Moments that has to be observed, even emphasized. To polish it smooth simply will not do! Mitch Friedfeld, a great fan of MTT's Mahler 6th, at least in live performance