Rodrigo Ventura wrote:

>Hi.  Could anyone advice me on the best piece to start exploring these
>composer's work?

Welllllll, if it were me doing the buying I would recommend the following:

>Listz

Hungarian Rhapsodies (piano versions)
Annes de Perlerinage (sorry if I hacked the spelling), Italian book.

>Mahler

First, fourth and fifth syms. first, followed closely by everything else
the man wrote!

>Chopin

Nocturnes, by Rubinstein, Moravec, or Pires.

Have fun.

Kevin Sutton