Nice piece in Times by Armando Ianucci on Mahler in this anniversary year -thanks to R3 this morning for pointing it out:

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/...

My own intro was No. 4 on a Classics for Pleasure LP in my early 20s, there's a truly superb performance of this up on iPlayer at the mo:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00pjjj2/Performance_on_3_Performan...