thanks a lot, I'm about to go on youtube now & listen to something conducted by maestro sanderling. i am getting into mahler 9 now, i've got bruno walter's 1938 account, but i'm also scrounging around youtube to listen to other recordings, esp. more modern with better sound (although in terms of interpretation, which is more important generally to me than sound, maestro walter's recording is very much to my taste, not overindulgent or "sexing up" emotion or on steroids, i like his restraint & coolness. catch ya later, sid...