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