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]
The tabular list below is of recordings by symphony orchestras of Mahler's score. A separate list is provided, below the primary list of recordings of the full orchestra version, of chamber ensemble reductions of the work, principally of the version for 15 players by Erwin Stein.
Year of release | Conductor | Orchestra | Soloist | Label | Catalog number [3] [upper-alpha 1] | Notes |
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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 | Live performance from November 1939 |
1948 | Bruno Walter | New York Philharmonic | Dési von Halban | Columbia Records | 11213-8D | — |
1950 | Karel Šejna | Czech Philharmonic | Maria Tauberová | Supraphon | SU40812 | Album code from 2012 box set reissue |
1952 | Eduard van Beinum | Concertgebouw Orchestra | Margaret Ritchie | Decca | LXT 2718 | — |
1957 | Paul Kletzki | Philharmonia Orchestra | Emmy Loose | EMI | 35570 | — |
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 | — |
1972 | Kirill Kondrashin | Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra | Galina Pisarenko | Melodiya | RCID17416511 | CD reissue; fourth movement sung in Russian |
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 | Bruno Walter Society | 2-705 | Live performance of 29 May 1960, Vienna Konzerthaus |
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 | Zubin Mehta | Israel Philharmonic Orchestra | Barbara Hendricks | Decca | 430 756-2 | Album code is for 1992 CD reissue |
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 | Sir Georg Solti | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Kiri Te Kanawa | London Recordings | LDR 410 188 | — |
1985 | Bruno Walter | Vienna Philharmonic | Irmgard Seefried | Varèse Sarabande | VCD 47228 | Live recording from 24 August 1950 |
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 | Memoria | 991-005 | Live recording from 1954 |
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 | Nuova Era | 2233 | Live performance from 1955 |
1989/1990 | Michiyoshi Inoue | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Yvonne Kenny | ASV Records | ASV CD RPO 8017 | — |
1990 | Leonard Bernstein | Vienna Philharmonic | Edith Mathis | Deutsche Grammophon | DG video 072 223 | Concert performance from 1975 |
1990 | Andrew Litton | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Ann Murray | Virgin Classics | Erato 3632772 (2006 reissue) | — |
1990 | Alexander Gibson | Royal Scottish National Orchestra | Margaret Marshall | Chandos | CHAN 6505 | — |
1990 | Hiroshi Wakasugi | Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra | Kiyomi Toyoda | Fontec | FOCD 9020 | — |
1990 | Bruno Walter | New York Philharmonic | Irmgard Seefried | Music & Arts | CD 656 | Live performance from 1953 |
1990/1991 | Gary Bertini | Cologne Radio Symphony | Lucia Popp | EMI Classics | CDC 7 54178 | — |
1991 | Milan Horvat | Zagreb Radio and TV Symphony | Éva 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 | Arkadia Records | 2 CDHP 590 | Live performance from 19 October 1956 |
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 | Deutsche Grammophon | DG 435 334 | Live recording from 1955 |
1992 | John Barbirolli | BBC Symphony Orchestra | Heather Harper | Intaglio | INCD 7291 | Live recording from 1967 |
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 | BBC Radio Classics | BBCRD 9101 | Live recording from 1977 |
1996 | Emil Tabakov | Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra | Lyudmila Hadzhieva | Capriccio | C49051 | — |
1997 | Simon Rattle | City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | Amanda Roocroft | Warner Classics | 9029 58691-7 [4] | — |
1999 | Bernard Haitink | Concertgebouw Orchestra | Maria Ewing | Philips | 464 321-2 | Live recording from Kerstmatinee (Christmas Matinee) of 25 December 1982 |
1999 | Georg Solti | New York Philharmonic | Irmgard Seefried | New York Philharmonic Special Editions | NYP 9801-NYP 9812 | Live performance from 13 January 1962 |
2000 | Pierre Boulez | The Cleveland Orchestra | Juliane Banse | Deutsche Grammophon | 463 257-2 | — |
2000 | Riccardo Chailly | Concertgebouw Orchestra | Barbara Bonney | Decca | 466 720-2 | — |
2001 | Benjamin Zander | Philharmonia Orchestra | Camilla Tilling | Telarc | 209947 | — |
2002 | Leif Segerstam | Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra | Eva Johansson | Chandos | CHAN9386 | — |
2002 | Andrew Litton | Dallas Symphony Orchestra | Heidi Grant Murphy | Delos | DE-3261 | — |
2003 | Michael Tilson Thomas | San Francisco Symphony | Laura Claycomb | SFS Media | SFS 0004 [4] | — |
2003 | Yannick Nézet-Séguin | Orchestre Métropolitain | Karina Gauvin | ATMA Classique | ACD22306 | — |
2005 | Otto Klemperer | Vienna Philharmonic | Teresa Stich-Randall | Testament | SBT1397 | live performance of 21 June 1955 |
2005 | Roger Norrington | Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra | Anu Komsi | SWR Music | SWR 19524CD [4] | — |
2005 | Daniel Harding | Mahler Chamber Orchestra | Dorothea Röschmann | Erato | 5456652 | — |
2006 | Hartmut Haenchen | Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra | Alexandra Coku | Brilliant Classics | 93277 | — |
2007 | Bernard Haitink | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | Christine Schäfer | RCO Live | RCO 07003 | Live performance from 2006, the 50th anniversary of Haitink's 1956 debut with the Concertgebouw Orchestra |
2007 | Markus Stenz | Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Yvonne Kenny | ABC Classics | ABC4766339 | — |
2008 | David Zinman | Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich | Luba Orgonášová | RCA Red Seal | G0100013329367 | |
2008 | Iván Fischer | Budapest Festival Orchestra | Miah Persson | Channel Classics Records | CCS SA 26109 [4] | — |
2008 | Hans Vonk | St. Louis Symphony Orchestra | Esther Heideman | Pentatone | PTC5186323 | |
2009 | Claudio Abbado | Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Magdalena Kožená | EuroArts | 205 7988 [4] | — |
2010 | Valery Gergiev | London Symphony Orchestra | Laura Claycomb | LSO Live | LSO0662 | — |
2010 | Sir Charles Mackerras | Philharmonia Orchestra | Sarah Fox | Signum | SIGCD219 | — |
2010 | Jonathan Nott | Bamberg Symphony | Mojca Erdmann | Tudor | TUD7151 | — |
2010 | Markus Stenz | Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne | Christiane Oelze | Oehms Classics | OC649 | — |
2011 | Philippe Herreweghe | Orchestre des Champs-Élysées | Rosemary Joshua | PHI | LPH001 | — |
2012 | Riccardo Chailly | Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra | Christina Landshamer | Accentus Music | ACC 20257 [4] | DVD |
2012 | Iván Fischer | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | Miah Persson | RCO Live | DVD; live performance from April 2010 | |
2012 | Klaus Tennstedt | Boston Symphony Orchestra | Phyllis Bryn-Julson | ica classics | ICAD5072 | DVD, live performance of 15 January 1977 |
2013 | Rudolf Kempe | BBC Symphony Orchestra | Joan Alexander | ica classics | ICAC5117 | May 1957 studio recording at BBC Maida Vale Studios |
2014 | Antonello Manacorda | Het Gelders Orkest | Lisa Larsson | Challenge Classics | CC72659 | - |
2015 | Marc Albrecht | Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra | Elizabeth Watts | Pentatone | PTC5186487 | - |
2015 | Mariss Jansons | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | Dorothea Röschmann | RCO Live | RCO 015004 | - |
2015 | Valery Gergiev | World Orchestra for Peace | Camila Tilling | C Major | 731304 | DVD, live performance of 5 August 2010, Prom 26, Royal Albert Hall |
2015 | Paavo Järvi | Frankfurt Radio Symphony | Genia Kühmeier | C Major | 719204 | DVD |
2016 | Ádám Fischer | Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra | Hanna-Elisabeth Müller | AVI Music | AVI 8553378 [4] | — |
2017 | Valery Gergiev | Munich Philharmonic | Genia Kühmeier | Münchner Philharmoniker | 9305211300 | — |
2018 | Daniele Gatti | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | Julia Kleiter | RCO Live | RCO18004 | — |
2018 | Gustavo Gimeno | Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra | Miah Persson | Pentatone | PTC5186651 | — |
2019 | Vladimir Jurowski | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Sofia Fomina | LPO | LPO 0113 [4] | — |
2019 | Bernard Haitink | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Juliane Banse | BR Klassik | 900174 | Live performance from November 2005 |
2020 | Osmo Vänskä | Minnesota Orchestra | Carolyn Sampson | BIS | BIS2356 | - |
2020 | Leif Segerstam | Turku Philharmonic Orchestra | Hanna-Elisabeth Müller | Alba | ABCD454 | — |
2020 | Hans Rosbaud | SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden | Eva-Maria Rogner | SWR Music | SWR19099CD | Performance of 14 May 1959 |
2021 | Jakub Hrůša | Bamberg Symphony | Anna Lucia Richter | Accentus Music | ACC30532 | - |
2022 | Semyon Bychkov | Czech Philharmonic Orchestra | Chen Reiss | Pentatone | PTC5186972 | - |
2022 | Gabriel Feltz | Stuttgart Philharmonic | Jeanette Wernecke | Dreyer Gaido | DGCD21140 | - |
2022 | Mariss Jansons | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Miah Persson | BR Klassik | 900719 | Live recording from December 2010 |
2022 | François-Xavier Roth | Les Siècles | Sabine Devieilhe | harmonia mundi | HMM905357 | - |
2023 | Otto Klemperer | Vienna Philharmonic | Hilde Gueden | Musicas/ORF | 699029 | Live recording from 24 August 1947, Salzburg |
2023 | Simon Gaudenz | Jenaer Philharmonie | Lina Johnson | Odradek Records | ODRCD440 | - |
Unless otherwise indicated, the recordings listed below of the chamber orchestra version of the work are of the Erwin Stein arrangement from 1921.
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