[William A. Baurle]

Indeed, let's have the poem, John.

Schubert's songs are gorgeous. I think my favorite recorded versions are by Kathleen Battle, though there are so many.

How do you like Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen? Mahler's my favorite composer, and I like that cycle far better than the quasi-symphonic Das Lied von der Erde, which for some reason never gets through to me, no matter how many times I try to like it, which is odd because I like symphonic music far more than any other kind of classical music.