I listened to/watched Mahler’s 1st (Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Klaus Tennstedt) yet again. I’ve listened to this piece, and others of his, countless times since my high school days. Mahler
is like an illicit drug. When you got hooked to it at your adolescent age, you will never forget its high. Even after so many years of no use, just a moment of the sound is all that you need. It’s almost a crime for a youth to listen to him. And
especially the youth would suffer some in his later years. “You have to suffer to do Mahler.” (Klaus Tennstedt)
is like an illicit drug. When you got hooked to it at your adolescent age, you will never forget its high. Even after so many years of no use, just a moment of the sound is all that you need. It’s almost a crime for a youth to listen to him. And 
especially the youth would suffer some in his later years. “You have to suffer to do Mahler.” (Klaus Tennstedt)
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