Black and white photograph of a man with glasses wearing a suit and tie
Gustav Mahler in 1892

This is a discography of audio recordings of Gustav Mahler's Fourth Symphony. The symphony premiered at the Kaim-Saal in Munich on 25 November 1901.[1] The symphony's first recording in 1930 by Hidemaro Konoye and the New Symphony Orchestra of Tokyo is the first electrical recording of any Mahler symphony.[2] Since then, the symphony has been recorded by ensembles from Europe, the United States, and Japan, including the New York Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic, the Concertgebouw Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Recordings

Year of release Conductor Orchestra Soloist Year of performance Label Catalog number[3][A]
1930 Hidemaro Konoye New Symphony Orchestra of Tokyo Sakaye Kitasawa — Japanese Parlophone E 10009/14
1939 Willem Mengelberg Concertgebouw Orchestra Jo Vincent — Philips Records PHM 500-040
1948 Bruno Walter New York Philharmonic Dési von Halban — Columbia Records 11213-8D
1952 Eduard van Beinum Concertgebouw Orchestra Margaret Ritchie — Decca LXT 2718
1957 Leopold Ludwig Saxon State Orchestra Anny Schlemm — Decca Records DL 9944
1960 Fritz Reiner Chicago Symphony Orchestra Lisa Della Casa — RCA Records LSC 2364
1962 Otto Klemperer Philharmonia Orchestra Elisabeth Schwarzkopf — Angel Records S35829
1966 Leonard Bernstein New York Philharmonic Reri Grist — Columbia Masterworks Records MS-6152
1966 Georg Solti Concertgebouw Orchestra Sylvia Stahlman — London Recordings CS 6217
1966 George Szell Cleveland Orchestra Judith Raskin — Columbia Masterworks Records MS-6833
1967 Bernard Haitink Concertgebouw Orchestra Elly Ameling — Philips Records 802 888 LY
1967 Lorin Maazel Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Heather Harper — Nonesuch Records 71259
1968 Maurice Abravanel Utah Symphony Netania Davrath — Vanguard Records C-10042
1968 Rafael Kubelík Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Elsie Morison — Deutsche Grammophon DG 139339
1970 Jascha Horenstein London Philharmonic Orchestra Margaret Price — Classics for Pleasure CFP 159
1973 Hans Swarowsky Czech Philharmonic Gerlinde Lorenz — Supraphon 1101346
1974 James Levine Chicago Symphony Orchestra Judith Blegen — RCA Red Seal Records ARL1-0895
1976 Bruno Walter Vienna Philharmonic Elisabeth Schwarzkopf 1960 Bruno Walter Society 2-705
1978 Claudio Abbado Vienna Philharmonic Frederica von Stade — Deutsche Grammophon DG 2530 966
1979 Harold Farberman London Symphony Orchestra Corinne Curry — Maybach Music Group 3-MMG 106X
1979 Herbert von Karajan Berlin Philharmonic Edith Mathis — Deutsche Grammophon DG 419 863-2
1979 André Previn Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Elly Ameling — Angel Records SZ-37576
1981 Václav Neumann Czech Philharmonic Magdaléna Hajóssyová — Supraphon Pro Arte PAL 1068
1983 Klaus Tennstedt London Philharmonic Orchestra Lucia Popp — EMI/Angel DS-37954
1984 Bernard Haitink Concertgebouw Orchestra Roberta Alexander — Philips Records 412 119-1
1984 Lorin Maazel Vienna Philharmonic Kathleen Battle — CBS Records IM 39072
1984 Georg Solti Chicago Symphony Orchestra Kiri Te Kanawa — London Recordings LDR 410 188
1985 Bruno Walter Vienna Philharmonic Irmgard Seefried 1950 Varèse Sarabande VCD 47228
1986 Eliahu Inbal Frankfurt Radio Symphony Helen Donath — Denon Records 33C37-7952
1986 Herbert Kegel Leipzig Radio Symphony Celestina Casapietra — Tokuma Japan Communications 32TC-101
1987 Jean-Claude Casadesus Orchestre National de Lille Margaret Marshall — Forlane UCD 16563
1988 Leonard Bernstein Concertgebouw Orchestra Helmut Wittek (boy soprano) — Deutsche Grammophon DG 423607-1
1988 Michael Gielen Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra Christine Whittlesey — Saphir Records INT 830.856
1988 Otto Klemperer Cologne Radio Symphony Elfriede Trötschel 1954 Memoria 991-005
1988 Seiji Ozawa Boston Symphony Orchestra Kiri Te Kanawa — Philips Records 422 072-2
1988 Franz Welser-Möst London Philharmonic Orchestra Felicity Lott — EMI Eminence CD-EMX 2139
1989 Wyn Morris London Symphony Orchestra Patricia Rozario — Collins Classics 10442
1989 Bruno Walter Orchestre National de France Maria Stader 1955 Nuova Era 2233
1989/1990 Michiyoshi Inoue Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Yvonne Kenny — ASV Records ASV CD RPO 8017
1990 Leonard Bernstein Vienna Philharmonic Edith Mathis 1975 Deutsche Grammophon DG video 072 223
1990 Hiroshi Wakasugi Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra Kiyomi Toyoda — Fontec FOCD 9020
1990 Bruno Walter New York Philharmonic Irmgard Seefried 1953 Music & Arts CD 656
1990/1991 Gary Bertini Cologne Radio Symphony Lucia Popp — EMI Classics CDC 7 54178
1991 Milan Horvat Zagreb Radio and TV Symphony Eva Andor — Digital Concerto 2 CCT 731-2
1991 Neeme Järvi Royal Scottish Orchestra Linda Finnie — Chandos Records CHAN 8951
1991 Armin Jordan Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Edith Wiens — Erato Records 2292–45628
1991 Otto Klemperer Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Elisabeth Lindermeier 1956 Arkadia Records 2 CDHP 590
1991 Neville Marriner Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Mitsuko Shirai — Capriccio 10358
1991 Stanisław Skrowaczewski Hallé Orchestra Alison Hargan — IMP Classics PCD 972
1991 Shunsaku Tsutsumi Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra Ruri Usami — Ray FHCR-1001
1991 Bruno Walter Vienna Philharmonic Hilde Güden 1955 Deutsche Grammophon DG 435 334
1992 John Barbirolli BBC Symphony Orchestra Heather Harper 1967 Intaglio INCD 7291
1992 Esa-Pekka Salonen Los Angeles Philharmonic Barbara Hendricks — Sony Classical Records SK 48380
1992 Antoni Wit Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Lynda Russell — Naxos Records 8.550527
1993 James Conlon Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne
Cologne Philharmonic		 Soile Isokoski — EMI Classics CDC 4 78235-2
1993 Bernard Haitink Berlin Philharmonic Sylvia McNair — Philips Records 434 123-2
1993 Giuseppe Sinopoli Philharmonia Orchestra Edita Gruberová — Deutsche Grammophon DG 437 527
1994 Christoph von Dohnányi Cleveland Orchestra Dawn Upshaw — London Recordings 440 315
1994 Hartmut Haenchen Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Alexandra Coku — LaserLight 14 139
1995 Edo de Waart Radio Filharmonisch Orkest Charlotte Margiono — RCA Red Seal Records 74321 276052
1995 Charles Mackerras BBC Symphony Orchestra Sheila Armstrong 1977 BBC Radio Classics BBCRD 9101
1997 Simon Rattle City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Amanda Roocroft — Warner Classics 9029 58691-7[4]
2000 Riccardo Chailly Concertgebouw Orchestra Barbara Bonney — Decca 466 720-2
2003 Michael Tilson Thomas San Francisco Symphony Laura Claycomb — SFS Media SFS 0004[4]
2005 Roger Norrington Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Anu Komsi — SWR Music SWR 19524CD[4]
2007 Bernard Haitink Concertgebouw Orchestra Christine Schäfer 2006 RCO Live RCO 07003
2008 Iván Fischer Budapest Festival Orchestra Miah Persson — Channel Classics Records CCS SA 26109[4]
2009 Claudio Abbado Lucerne Festival Orchestra Magdalena Kožená — EuroArts 205 7988[4]
2012 Riccardo Chailly Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Christina Landshamer — Accentus Music ACC 20257[4]
2015 Mariss Jansons Concertgebouw Orchestra Dorothea Röschmann - RCO Live RCO 015004
2016 Ádám Fischer Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra Hanna-Elisabeth Müller — AVI Music AVI 8553378[4]
2016 Vladimir Jurowski London Philharmonic Orchestra Sofia Fomina — LPO LPO 0113[4]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Recordings are from Smoley 1996 unless otherwise cited.

References

  1. ^ Mahler Foundation.
  2. ^ Smoley 1996, p. 93.
  3. ^ Smoley 1996, pp. 81–105.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Gutman 2020.

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