A Survey of Beethoven Symphony Cycles: Alphabetical Index
An Index of ionarts Discographies
The Beethoven Symphonies
A Survey of Complete* Recordings
This is the alphabetical listing of every Beethoven Symphony Cycle that has been recorded. At least that's the ambition. This will go together with a much more detailed survey that will be created bit-by-bit over the next weeks. That survey is referred to as the "main page" below. The style has yet to be determined - whether similar to the piano sonata survey or the string quartet survey or the previous symphony surveys (Sibelius, Dvořák, DSCH) or in a new format altogether. On that or those main page(s), the recordings are (going to be) listed in chronological order. The ionarts-logo under "QuickLinks" takes you to the appropriate page where the releases and their editions are presented in greater detail - when the relevant pages are up. (Notice will be given on this page when that is the case.) The flags take you to the respective Amazon page; the global logo takes you to the relevant Amazon listing in your (browsing-) country. Those links are already active. Amazon links to alternate versions of the same recording (or lists with links to the individual recordings where no set is available) will be found on the main respective main page. Cycles with multiple conductors can be found under V for "Various". At the bottom of the table, you will find the recordings of the Liszt piano transcriptions of the Beethoven Symphonies. Recommendations you will find on the main page. *A few cycles are not entirely complete or have not yet been finished but are underway or were never thought of as integrals, but cobbled together after the fact. Where that is the case, mention has been made on the main page.
Ed. 06-01-25: I never abandon these surveys entirely. It may take me a while - but I will get around to it. Your comments, here and on Twitter, motivate me greatly. I have actually added the Rögner cycle but forgotten which "Yamada cycle" I had found. I did, however, add the recently published cycles by Gabor Takacs-Nagy/Verbier, Gianandrea Noseda/NSO, Joe Hisaishi/Nagano CO, Jordi Savall/Les Concert des Nations, and Antonello Manacorda/Potsdam. Fixed the link for the YNS set. Found a link for Neville Marriner's set, now that his entire Beethoven on Philips has been re-issued.
Ed. 10-07-18: I have found and added a cycle by the Des Moines Symphony.
Ed.: Thanks to Hiro Miyashita, Dennis Bade & Christoph Schlüren for helpful corrections, hinters, additions, and links! Celibidache, Matacic, Weil, Frühbeck de Burgos, P.Jordan and a few other overlooked cycles have been added.
Ed.: I have found cycles by Rögner and Yamada and will add them soon.
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| Claudio | Abbado | I (Vienna) | WPh | DG |
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| II (Berlin) | BPh | DG |
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| IIIa (Rome) | BPh | DG |
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| IIIb (video) | BPh | EuroArts |
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| Gerd | Albrecht | Yomiuri Nippon | Exton |
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| Ernest | Ansermet | Orchestre de la Suisse Romande | Decca |
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| Giovanni | Antonini | Basel CO | Sony* |
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| Takashi | Asahina | I | Osaka PO | Green Door |
NA?
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| II | Osaka PO | JVC |
NA
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| III | Osaka PO | JVC |
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| IV (SACD) | New Japan Philharmonic | fontec |
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| V | Osaka PO | Canyon |
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| VI (CD & DVD) | Osaka PO | Canyon |
NA?
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| VII (SACD) | Osaka PO | Exton |
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| Vladimir | Ashkenazy | (SACD) | NHK SO Tokyo | Exton |
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| Walter | Attanasi | Camerata Cassovia, Slovak RSO | Classic Art? |
NA
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| Daniel | Barenboim | I | Staatskapelle Berlin |
Teldec/
Warner |
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| II (CD & DVD) | E-W-Divan | DG |
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| Rudolf | Barshai | [No Ninth] | Moscow CO | Melodiya |
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| Enrique | Bátiz | [NCR] | Mexican State SO | OSEM |
NA
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| Leonard | Bernstein | I (Sony) | NYP | CBS/Sony |
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| II (DG) | WPh | DG |
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| Herbert | Blomstedt | I | Staatskapelle Dresden | Berlin Classics |
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| II | Leipzig Gewandhaus | Accent |
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| Stefan | Blunier | Beethoven Orchestra Bonn | MDG |
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| Karl | Böhm | WPh | DG |
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| Douglas | Boyd | Manchester Camerata | Avie |
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| Frans | Brüggen | I | O.18th.Ct. | Philips |
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| II (SACD) | O.18th.Ct. | Glossa |
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| Yondani | Butt | LSO | Nimbus |
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| Sylvain | Cambreling | SWR SO BB/F | Glor |
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| Sergiu | Celibidache | Munich | MPhil | EMI / Warner |
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| Riccardo | Chailly | Leipzig Gewandhaus | Decca |
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| Myung-Whun | Chung | Tokyo PO | IMX |
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| André | Cluytens | BPh | EMI/Erato |
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| Maximianno | Cobra | [sampled orchestra] | Vienna Symphonic Library | CD Baby |
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| Thomas | Dausgaard | Swedish CO | Simax |
IND.
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| Colin | Davis | Staatskapelle Dresden |
Philips/
Newton |
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| Christoph v | Dohnányi | Cleveland Orchestra | Telarc |
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| Antal | Dorati | Royal PO | DG |
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| (WTVS Broadcast) | Detroit Symphony | ADS |
NA
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| Béla | Drahos | N.Esterházy Sinf. | Naxos |
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| Patrick | Duval | Marseille RPO | Geode [oop] |
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| Vladimir | Fedoseyev | Moscow TRSO | Relief |
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| János | Ferencsik | Hungarian St.O. | Hungaroton |
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| Ádám | Fischer | Danish ChO | Naxos |
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| Iván | Fischer | I (Video) | RCO | RCO Live |
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| Budapest FO | Channel |
TBF
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| Rafael | Frühbeck de Burgos | DVD & Blu-ray | Danish NSO | Dacapo |
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| Wilhelm | Furtwängler | I | WPh, Stockholm PO, Bayreuth FO | EMI |
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| II | BPh, WPh, Philharmonia | Andromeda |
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| III | BPh, WPh, Stuttgart RSO | Memories |
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| John Eliot | Gardiner | I | OR&R | Archiv |
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| II live | OR&R | SDG |
TBF
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| Ruben | Gazarian | Württemberg CO Heilbronn | Bayer |
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| George | Georgescu | Bucharest St.PO | Electrecord |
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| Michael | Gielen | I | SWF SO BB/F | EMI |
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| II | SWF SO BB/F | Hänssler |
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| 1.5 | SWR Orchestras | SWR Music |
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| Carlo Maria | Giulini | 1-8 + 9 | La Scala +LSO | Sony +EMI |
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| Joseph | Giunta | Des Moines Symphony | self-published |
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| Roy | Goodman | The Hanover Band | Nimbus |
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| Bernard | Haitink | I | LPO | Philips |
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| II | RCO | Philips |
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| III (SACD) | LSO | LSO Live |
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| Nikolaus | Harnoncourt | COE | Teldec |
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| Philippe | Herreweghe | (SACD) | Royal Flemish PO | PentaTone |
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| Richard | Hickox | Northern Sinfonia | ASV |
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| Joe | Hisaishi | Nagano CO | Exton |
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| Christopher | Hogwood | AAM | L'Oiseau-Lyre |
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| Norichika | Iimori | WPh Reutlingen | Exton |
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| Taijiro | Iimori | I | Tokyo City PO | fontec |
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| II | Tokyo City PO | fontec |
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| Jos van | Immerseel | Anima Eterna | Zig-Zag / Alpha |
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| Hiroyuki | Iwaki | I | NHK SO | Vox/Denon |
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| II | OE Kanazawa | Asahi Shimbun |
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| III Marathon | NHK SO (?) | Avex |
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| Marek | Janowski | WDR SO | Pentatone |
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| Mariss | Jansons | CD | BRSO | BR Klassik |
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| (Video) | BRSO | Arthaus |
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| Paavo | Järvi | SACD | German CPO Bremen | RCA |
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| (Video) | German CPO Bremen | Sony DVDs |
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| Eugen | Jochum | "0" | BPh, Hamburg Phil | Memories |
NA?
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| I | BPh, BRSO | DG |
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| II | RCO | Philips |
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| III | LSO | EMI / Disky |
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| Georg Ludwig | Jochum | Chile SO | Ercilla |
NA
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| Philippe | Jordan | Paris: DVD / Blu-ray | O.de l'Opéra national de Paris | ArtHaus Musik |
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| Vienna: CD | VSO | VSO |
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| Jansung & Vakhtang | Kakhidze | Tblisi SO | Unlimited Classics |
NA
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| Herbert von | Karajan | I | Philharmonia | EMI |
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| II "63" | BPh | DG |
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| Japan "66" | BPh | King Intl/DG |
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| Video | BPh | Unitel/DG |
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| III "77" | BPh | DG |
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| Japan "77" | BPh | Tokyo FM |
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| IV "80's" | BPh | DG |
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| Telemondia / Legacy | BPh | Sony DVD |
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| Herbert | Kegel | Dresden PO |
Eterna/
Capriccio |
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| Joseph | Keilberth | [No Ninth] | Hamburg Phil / Bamberg / BPh | Telefunken |
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| Rudolf | Kempe | Munich Phil | EMI |
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| Seikyo | Kim | OE Kanazawa | Avex |
NA
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| Otto | Klemperer | Studio | Philharmonia | EMI |
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| Vienna | Philharmonia | Music & Arts |
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| Paul | Kletzki | Czech PO | Supraphon |
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| Kenichiro | Kobayashi | XXX | Czech PO | Exton |
NA
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| Franz | Konwitschny | Gewandhaus | Eterna |
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| Kazimierz | Kord | Warsaw Philharmonic | Accord |
NA
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| Josef | Krips | LSO | Everest (et al) |
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| Emmanuel | Krivine | Le Chambre Phil. | naïve |
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| Rafael | Kubelik | "Intl." | -9- | DG / Pentatone |
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| Gustav | Kuhn | Haydn Orchestra Bolzano & Trento | col legno |
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| Rene | Leibowitz | Reader's Digest | RPO | Chesky/ Scribendum |
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| Erich | Leinsdorf | Boston SO | RCA |
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| Alain | Lombard | ONd Bordeaux Aquitaine | Forlane |
NA
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| Peter | Maag | Padua & Veneto Orchestra | Arts |
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| Lorin | Maazel | I | Cleveland | CBS/Sony |
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| II | BRSO | BR Klassik* |
NA
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| Charles | Mackerras | I | Royal Liverpool PO | CfP |
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| II | Scottish CO/Philharm. | Hyperion |
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| Antonello | Manacorda | Kammerak.Potsdam | Sony |
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| Neville | Marriner | ASMF | Philips |
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| Kurt | Masur | I Analog | Leipzig Gewandhaus | Philips |
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| II Digital | Leipzig Gewandhaus | Philips |
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| Lovro von | Matacic | RAI Orchestra Milan | Altus |
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| Willem | Mengelberg | 1940 | RCO | Philips |
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| II | RCO | Telefunken |
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| Yehudi | Menuhin | Sinfonia Varsovia | IMG Records |
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| Pierre | Monteux | WPh, LSO | Decca |
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| Wyn | Morris | LSO |
IMP/
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| Charles | Munch | Studio, incompl. | Boston SO | RCA |
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| Authorized Bootleg live | Boston SO + | Memories |
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| Riccardo | Muti | Philadelphia | EMI / Warner |
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| Riccardo | Muti | II (live) | O.della Scala | Musicom / La Repubblica |
NA
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| Kent | Nagano | OS Montréal | Sony/ Analekta |
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| John | Nelson | EO d Paris | Ambroisie |
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| Andris | Nelsons | Vienna Phil | DG |
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| Yannick | Nézet-Séguin | COE | DG |
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| Roger | Norrington | I | London Classical Players | EMI / Virgin |
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| II | SWR RSO Stuttgart | Hänssler Classic |
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| Gianandrea | Noseda | download | BBC Philharmonic | BBC |
NA
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| Gianandrea | Noseda | II (SACDs) | NSO | NSO |
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| Ryusuke | Numajiri | Tokyo Mozart Players | Exton |
NA
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| Eugene | Ormandy | Philadelphia | Sony Japan |
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| Tadaaki | Oraka | Sapporo SO | fontec SACDs |
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| Seiji | Ozawa | Saito Kinen Orchestra | Philips |
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| Mikhail | Pletnev | "DSCH" | RNO | DG |
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| Antonino | Polizzi | Prague RSO, Budapest SO | Harmonia Mundi |
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| David | Porcelijn | Tasmanian SO | ABC |
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| Wojciech | Rajski | * | Polish Chamber PO | Tacet |
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| Simon | Rattle | I | WPh | EMI / Warner |
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| II | BPh | BPh |
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| Fritz | Reiner | incompl. | Chicago SO | RCA et al.* |
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| Heinz | Rögner | Yomiyuri Nippon SO | Jasrac/King Intl. |
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| Kurt | Sanderling | Philharmonia | HMV/EMI |
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| Jordi | Savall | Le Concert des Nations | Alia Vox |
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| Wolfgang | Sawallisch | RCO | EMI |
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| Hermann | Scherchen | Ia | WStOpO, VSO, RPO | Tahra |
NA
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| Ib | VStOpO, RSO | DG/Westminster |
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| II | O.d.Svizzera Italiana | Arioso |
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| Carl | Schuricht | O.d.l. Société des Concerts du Conservatoire | EMI |
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| Hans | Schmidt-Isserstedt | WPh | Decca |
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| Lan | Shui | Copenhagen Phil | Orchid Classics |
NA
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| Stanislaw | Skrowaczewski | Saarbrücken RSO | Oehms |
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| Georg | Solti | I Analog | CSO | Decca |
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| II Digital | CSO | Decca |
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| William | Steinberg | Pittsburgh SO | Commmand / XXI |
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| Otmar | Suitner | Staatskapelle Berlin | Denon |
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| George | Szell | Cleveland | CBS / Sony |
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| Gábor | Takács-Nagy | Verbier Festival CO | DG |
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| Ken | Takaseki | Century Orchestra Osaka | Live Notes |
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| Klaus | Tennstedt | various | Memories |
NA
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| Christian | Thielemann | WPh | Sony |
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| Michael | Tilson Thomas | I | ECO/O.St.Lukes | CBS/Sony |
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| II (TBF) | SFSO | SFSMedia |
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| Arturo | Toscanini | 1939 | NBC SO | Music & Arts |
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| II | NBC SO | RCA |
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| Jean-Philippe | Tremblay | O.d.l. Francophonie | Analekta |
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| Robert | Trevino | SACD | Malmö SO | Ondine |
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| Osmo | Vänskä | SACD | Minnesota | BIS |
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| Various | "Naxos Cycle" | Zagreb Phil. / Czechoslovak RSO | Naxos |
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| Various | "RPO Cycle" | RPO | RPO / Membran |
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| Various | "1950 Greats" | Various | XXI-21 |
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| Tamás | Vásáry | Budapest SO | Hungaroton |
NA
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| Jan Willem de | Vriend | SACD Surround | Netherlands SO | Northstar |
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| Bruno | Walter | mono | NYPhil+ | United Archives |
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| stereo | Columbia SO | Columbia / Sony |
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| Günter | Wand | NDR SO | DHM/RCA |
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| Bruno | Weil | Tafelmusik BO | Tafelmusik |
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| Felix | Weingartner | WPh, LPO, RPO | HMV/EMI |
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| Walter | Weller | incl. Sy.10 | CBSO | Chandos |
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| Hugh | Wolff | Frankfurt RSO | HR Musik |
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| David | Zinman | Tonhalle Z. | Arte Nova |
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| Jaap van | Zweden | SACD | R.O.The Hague | Philips |
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PIANO
TRANSCRIPTIONS |
EDITION | INSTRUMENT | LABEL | QUICKLINKS | |
| Idil | Biret | Liszt | Steinway | IBA/EMI |
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| Leslie | Howard | Liszt | Steinway | Hyperion |
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| Cyprien | Katsaris | Liszt | Mark Allen, Bechstein, Steinway | Teldec |
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| Yuri | Martynov | Liszt | 1837 Erard, 1867 Blüthner | Zig-Zag / Alpha |
TBF
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| Konstantin | Scherbakov | Liszt | Steinway | Naxos / Steinway |
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| Various | Liszt, #9 2PV |
Paul Badura-Skoda,
Michel Dalberto, Jean-Louis Haguenauer, Jean-Claude Pennetier, Alain Planès, Georges Pludermacher |
Harmonia Mundi |
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| Various | Liszt |
Gábor Csalog,
Adrienn Krausz, Gyula Kiss, Csaba Király |
Hungaroton |
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