Tim Mahon suggests to Don Satz:

>Then listen to the second horn concerto, the four last songs, Tod und
>Verklarung or the central section of Eine Alpensinfonie.  If these don't
>change your mind, nothing will!  Cheers

It is received wisdom that Eine Alpensinfonie is a bombastic and empty
potboiler.  This is IMHO, nonsense - it is a masterpiece, and it is good
to see Tim citing it.  A great strength of Alec Ross' New Yorker article
is that he actually LISTENED to the tone poems, including this one.

I would add to Tim's list the Ophelia Songs, recorded beautifully by
Mitsuko Shirai and Hartmut Hoell.

Professor Bernard Chasan
Physics Department, Boston University