The recordings
listed below were compiled by Lewis Smoley, vice president and author of a
two-volume set of critical commentary on all recordings of Mahler’s symphonies,
and Ben Pernick, chief commentator on Mahler recordings for Fanfare magazine.
Recommended recordings are limited to those currently listed in the Schwann
Opus catalogue, with a few exceptions. Listings within each category are
in alphabetical order by conductor. Symphony
No. 1: Bernstein/Royal
Concertgebouw (DG 427303-2) Eschenbach/Houston
SO (Koch 3-7405-2H1) Horenstein/Vienna
SO (2-Vox Box CDX 2 5508) Judd/Florida
PO (Collins Quest COL 3005) Kubelik/Bavarian
RSO (DG 449735-2) Symphony
No. 2: Armstrong,
Baker, Bernstein/LSO (DG Video 072200-3) Valente, Forrester,
Kaplan/LSO (2-Conifer Classics 75605-51277-2) Harper, Baker,
Klemperer/Bavarian RSO (EMI 66867 2) Mathis, Procter,
Kubelik/Bavarian RSO (10-DG 429042-2) Cundari, Forrester,
Walter/NYPO (Odyssey YT 30848) Symphony
No. 3: Ludwig, Bernstein/NYPO
(2-DG 427328-2) Lipton, Bernstein/NYPO
(2-Sony Classics SM2K 47576) Procter, Horenstein/LSO
(2-Unicorn-Kanchana UK CD 2006/07) Schwarz, Sinopoli/Philharmonia
Orch. (2-DG 447 051) Baker, Thomas/LSO
(2-Sony M2K 44553) Symphony
No. 4: Loose, Kletzki/Philharmonia
Orch. (Royal Classics ROY 6468) Battle, Maazel/VPO
(CBS/Sony MDK 44908) Hendricks,
Salonen/LAPO (Sony Classical SK 48380) Raskin, Szell/Cleveland
Orch. (Sony Classical SBK 46535) Symphony
No. 5: Bernstein/VPO
(DG 423608-2) Boulez/VPO
(DG 453416-2) Chailly/Royal
Concertgebouw Orch. (London 289458860) Solti/CSO
(London Jubilee 430443) Tennstedt/LPO
(EMI CDC 49888) Symphony
No. 6: Bernstein/VPO
(2-DG 427697-2) Zander/BPO
(2-IMP DMCD 93) Symphony
No. 7: Bernstein/NYPO
(Sony SMK 60564) Bernstein/NYPO
(2-DG 419211-2) Horenstein/New
Philharmonia Orch. (Music & Arts MUA 727) Symphony
No.8: Soloists,
Choruses, Bernstein/VPO (DG Video 072-216-3) Soloists,
Chorus, Olson/MahlerFest (2-MahlerFest MF8-1) Soloists,
Choruses, Solti/CSO (2-London 414493-2) Soloists,
Choruses,Tennstedt/LPO (2-EMI Classics CDCB 47625) Das Lied
von der Erde: King, Fischer-Dieskau,
Bernstein/VPO (London 417783) Hodgson, Mitchinson,
Horenstein/BBC Northern (Music & Arts MUA 728) Ludwig, Wunderlich,
Klemperer/Philharmonia Orch. (EMI Classics CDC 47231) Ferrier, Patzak,
Walter/NYPO (London 414194-2) Miller, Haefliger,
Walter/CSO (CBS MK 42034) Symphony
No. 9: Bernstein/Royal
Concertgebouw (2-DG 419208-2) Bernstein/BPO
(2-DG 435378-2) Karajan/BPO
(2-DG 439024-2) Lopez-Cobos/Cincinnati
SO (2-Telarc CD 80426) Walter/VPO
(1938) (EMI Classics CDH 63029) Walter/CSO
(2-CBS M2K 42033) Symphony
No. 10 (Cooke version): Chailly/Berlin
RSO (2-London 421 182-2) Ormandy/Philadelphia
Orch. (CBS MPK 45882) Sanderling/Berlin
Symphony (Ars Vivendi 2100225) Kindertotenlieder: Ferrier, Walter/VPO
(EMI Classics CDH 61003) Baker, Barbirolli/Halle
Orch. (EMI Classics CDC 47793) (EMI Classics CDZB 62707) Fischer-Dieskau,
Böhm/BPO (DG 415 191-2) Das klagende
Lied: Lear, Söderström,
Hoffman, Burrows, Haefliger, Nienstedt, Boulez/LSO & Chorus (Sony Classical
SK 45841) Shaguch, DeYoung,
Moser, Leiferkus, Thomas/SFSO & Chorus (RCA 09026-68599-2) Des Knaben
Wunderhorn: Ludwig, Berry,
Bernstein (CBS MK 42202) Forrester,
Rehfuss, Prohaska/Vienna Festival (Vanguard Classics OVC 4045) Schwarzkopf,
Fischer-Dieskau, Szell/LSO (EMI Classics CDC 47277) Lieder eines
fahrenden Gesellen: Baker, Barbirolli/Halle
Orch. (EMI Classics CDC 47793) (EMI Classics CDZB 62707) Fischer-Dieskau,
Böhm/BPO (DG 415 191-2) Von Stade,
Davis/LPO (Sony Classical SBK 46535) Rückert-Lieder: Baker, Barbirolli/Halle
Orch. (EMI Classics CDC 47793) (EMI Classics CDZB 62707) Ferrier, Walter/VPO
(London 448150-2) Hampson, Rieger
(piano) (EMI Classics CDC 56443) MAIN
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