Deryk Barker wrote: >My favourite 4th right now - although it has been a very lucky symphony >on record - is the 1958 Philharmonia/Kletzki (EMI or Royal Classics) w >Emmy Loose. Wonderful performance in every respect, with no major pulling >around of the music, Loose is superb, the recording is very good and this >was one of Denis Brain's last recordings - he died less than 2 months >later. Excellent interpretation, but I find the Phiharmonia not to be a great Mahler ensemble. Too anemic sounding. Dennis Brain (2 n's)was great player, but I don't think he sounds as good in the style as Alan Civil was to do for Klemperer. According to various discographies, the Kletzki sessions were actually completed on June 17, 1957 and Brain died on September 1, 1957, more like 2 1/2 months later. He participated in at least more 12 sessions (about 10 LPs) between 6/17 and mid july. They sure were busy in the Philharmonia back then. Aloha and Mahalo, Eric Nagamine