Roger Hecht wrote: >John Smyth wrote: > >>Regarding Mahler Symphony recommendations, I notice many people suggesting >>older recordings. Live performance aside, can a listener really get the >>full impact of a Mahler symphony on a recording before 1970? (Well, 1960)... > >Go back a little further. Fine sounding recordings have been made back to >1954. I'm not sure whether Roger means just Mahler recordings. For years I read and heard stories about Kubelik's 1951 Chicago Pictures at an Exhibition which gave it a status beyond the legendary. I know Mercury re-released it over a year ago, but if anyone missed it, just buy it! Richard Pennycuick [log in to unmask]