This is a discography of commercial recordings of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8.
The first commercially issued recording of the work was performed by the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Eduard Flipse, recorded live by Philips at the 1954 Holland Festival.[1][2][3] In 1962, the New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein made the first stereo recording of Part I for Columbia Records. This was followed in 1964 by the first stereo recording of the complete symphony, performed by the Utah Symphony conducted by Maurice Abravanel.[3]
Since the Eighth was first recorded, at least 70 recordings of it have been made, by many of the world's leading orchestras and singers, mostly during live performances. This number includes recordings which were for private or limited distribution and were not issued under commercial record labels.[4][5]
Some of the recordings have won high critical praise. On its first release in CD form in 1988 the historic Stokowski recording was described by critic Kevin Conklin as "the most consistently satisfying performance of the Mahler Eighth I know, and a powerful argument for preferring a live recording of the work".[6] Simon Rattle's 2004 version with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra was BBC Music Magazine Disc of the Month for May 2005, and was Gramophone magazine's Disc of the Month in April 2007. A Leonard Bernstein 1975 recording, when issued in DVD format in 2005, was Gramophone's DVD of the Month choice in February 2006. The DVD of the Klaus Tennstedt 1991 recording, praised for its "passionate commitment", was a finalist in the annual Gramophone Awards in 2007.[7]
Audio recordings
edit| Year[4] | Conductor[4] | Orchestra[4] | Soloists[4] | Choirs[4] | Label[4][n 1] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Leopold Stokowski | New York Philharmonic | Frances Yeend, Uta Graf, Camilla Williams, Martha Lipton, Louise Bernhardt, Eugene Conley, Carlos Alexander, George London | Westminster Choir; Schola Cantorum of New York; Public School Boys' Chorus | Music & Arts Programs (CD) | Live performance 9 April 1950 |
| 1951 | Hermann Scherchen | Vienna Symphony | Elsa Marie Mattheis, Daniza Ilitsch, Rosette Anday, Georgine von Milinkovič, Erich Majcut, Otto Wiener, Georg Oeggl | Wiener Akademiekammerchor; Wiener Singakademie; Wiener Knabenchor | Tahra classical recordings (CD) | Live performance 13 June 1951 |
| 1954 | Eduard Flipse | Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra | Annelies Kupper, Hilde Zadek, Corry Bijster, Annie Hermes, Lore Fischer, Annie Woud, Lorenz Fehenberger, Frans Vroons, Hermann Prey, Gottlob Frick, David Hollestelle | Rotterdam Philharmonic Choir; combined Rotterdam choirs; St Willibrord's children's choir | Philips | Live performance, 3 July 1954 |
| 1954 | Winfried Zillig | NDR Symphony Orchestra | Annelies Kupper, Ilona Steingruber, Dorothea Forster-Georgi, Maria von Ilosvay, Ursula Zollenkopf, Lorenz Fehenberger, Hermann Prey, Franz Crass, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau | Kölner Rundfunkchor; Chor der Hamburger Musikhochschule; Städtischer Chor Hamburg; Knabenchor der Oberschule Eppendorf | Gala (CD) | Live performance, 29–30 November 1954 |
| 1959 | Jascha Horenstein | London Symphony Orchestra | Joyce Barker, Agnes Giebel, Beryl Hatt, Kerstin Meyer, Helen Watts, Kenneth Neate, Alfred Orda, Arnold van Mill | BBC Chorus; BBC Choral Society; Goldsmiths Choral Union; Hampstead Choral Society; Orpington Junior Singers; Emanuel School Boys' Choir | BBC Legends (CD) | Live performance, 20 March 1959 |
| 1960 | Dimitri Mitropoulos | Vienna Philharmonic | Mimi Coertse, Hilde Zadek, Lucretia West, Ira Malaniuk, Giuseppe Zampieri, Hermann Prey, Otto Edelmann | Vienna State Opera chorus; Wiener Singverein; Wiener Sängerknaben | ORFEO (CD) | Live performance, 28 August 1960 |
| 1962 | Leonard Bernstein | New York Philharmonic | Adele Addison, Lucine Amara, Lili Chookaskian, Jennie Tourel, Richard Tucker, Ezio Flagello, George London | Schola Cantorum of New York; Juilliard Chorus; Columbus Boychoir | CBS Masterworks (CD) | Live performance, 23 September 1962; Veni Creator Spiritus only |
| 1963 | Maurice Abravanel | Utah Symphony | Jeanine Grader, Lynn Owen, Blanche Christensen, Nancy Williams, Marlena Kleinman, Stanley Kolk, David Clatworthy, Malcolm Smith | University of Utah Civic Chorale; Salt Lake City Children's Choir | Vanguard (CD) | Studio recording December 1963 |
| 1966 | Leonard Bernstein | London Symphony Orchestra | Erna Spoorenberg, Gwyneth Jones, Gwenyth Annear, Anna Reynolds, Norma Procter, John Mitchinson, Vladimir Ruzdjak, Donald McIntyre | London Symphony Chorus; Leeds Festival Chorus; the Orpington Junior Singers; Highgate Schoolboys' Choir; Finchley Children's Music Group | CBS Masterworks (CD) | Taped at Walthamstow Assembly Hall, April 18–20, 1966 |
| 1970 | Rafael Kubelík | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Martina Arroyo, Erna Spoorenberg, Edith Mathis, Julia Hamari, Norma Procter, Donald Grobe, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Franz Crass | Chöre des Bayerischen, Norddeutschen und Westdeutschen Rundfunks; Knaben der Regensburger Domspatzen; Frauenchor des Münchener Motettenchors | Deutsche Grammophon (CD) | Studio recording 25–26 June 1970 |
| 1971 | Georg Solti | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Heather Harper, Lucia Popp, Arleen Auger, Yvonne Minton, Helen Watts, René Kollo, John Shirley-Quirk, Martti Talvela | Vienna State Opera chorus; Wiener Singverein; Wiener Sängerknaben | Decca (CD) | Studio recording, 30 August – 1 September 1971 |
| 1971 | Bernard Haitink | Concertgebouw Orchestra | Ileana Cotrubaș, Heather Harper, Hanneke van Bork, Birgit Finnilä, Marianne Dielman, William Cochran, Hermann Prey, Hans Sotin | Toonkunstkoor; de Stem des Volks; Kinderkoor St Willibrord; Collegium Musicum Amstelodamense | Pentatone (CD) | Studio recording 16–19 September 1971 |
| 1972 | Takashi Asahina | Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra | Sakae Himoto, Harumi Okada, Kasuko Nagai, Tokiko Katsura, Kiyoko Haba, Tomijiro Ito, Takashi Mimuro, Ryozo Tate | Osaka College of Music and Men's Choruses; Asahi Chorus; Ivy Chorus; Kansai Opera and Quodelibet Choruses; Kobe and Nara Broadcasting Children Choruses | Vox | Live performance, 5–6 July 1972 |
| 1972 | Wyn Morris | Symphonica of London | Joyce Barker, Elisabeth Simon, Norma Burrowes, Joyce Blackham, Alfreda Hodgson, John Mitchinson, Raymond Myer, Gwyne Howell | The Ambrosian Singers; New Philharmonia Orchestra Chorus: the Bruckner-Mahler Choir of London; Highgate School Choir; the Orpington Junior Singers; Finchley Children's Music Group | SYMR | Studio recording, 20–22 November 1972 |
| 1975 | Pierre Boulez | BBC Symphony Orchestra | Edda Moser, Linda Esther Gray, Wendy Eathorne, Elisabeth Connel, Bernadette Greevy, Alberto Remedios, Siegmund Nimsgern, Marius Rintzler | BBC Chorus; BBC Choral Society; BBC Scottish National Chorus; Wandsworth School Boys' Choir | Artists | Live performance 25 July 1975 |
| 1975 | Leonard Bernstein | Vienna Philharmonic | Margaret Price, Judith Blegen, Gerti Zeumer, Trudeliese Schmidt, Agnes Baltsa, Kenneth Riegel, Hermann Prey, José van Dam | Chorus of Vienna State Opera; Wiener Singverein; Wiener Sängerknaben | Deutsche Grammophon (CD) | Live at the Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg, on 30 August 1975 |
| 1979 | James Levine | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Carol Neblett, Judith Blegen, Jann Jaffe, Isola Jones, Birgit Finnilä, Kenneth Riegel, Ryan Edwards, John Cheek | Chicago Symphony Chorus; Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus | CSO | Live performance 6 July 1979; Veni Creator Spiritus only |
| 1979 | Kazuo Yamada | Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra | Katsura Nakazawa, Mitsuko Sakai, Eiko Soga, Hiroko Kimura, Minako Nagano, Masaru Itabashi, Tadahiko Hirano, Takao Okkamura | Shonan Shimin Choir; Choeur Croix; Shonan Children Choir; Chigasaki Mixed Choir; Odawara Male Choir | CBS | Live performance 12 February 1979 |
| 1980 | Seiji Ozawa | Boston Symphony Orchestra | Faye Robinson, Judith Blegen, Deborah Sasson, Florence Quivar, Lorna Myers, Kenneth Riegel, Benjamin Luxon, Gwynne Howell | Tanglewood Symphony Chorus; Boston Boys' Choir | Philips | From live performances, October–November 1980 |
| 1981 | Michael Gielen | Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester | Faye Robinson, Margaret Anne Marshall, Hildegard Heichele, Ortrun Wenkel, Hildegard Laurich, Mallory Walker, Richard Stilwell, Simon Estes | Figuralchor des Hessischen Rundfunks; Frankfurter Kantorei; Frankfurter Singakademie; Limburger Domsingknaben | Sony (CD) | Live performance 28 August 1981 |
| 1982 | Václav Neumann | Czech Philharmonic orchestra | Gabriela Beňačková, Inge Nielsen, Daniéla Sounova, Věra Soukupová, Libuše Márová, Thomas Moser, Wolfgang Schöne, Richard Novak | Czech Philharmonic Choir; Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra choir; Prague Philharmonic Children's Choir | Supraphon (CD) | Studio recording February 1982 |
| 1986 | Klaus Tennstedt | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Elisabeth Connell, Edith Wiens, Felicity Lott, Trudeliese Schmidt, Nadine Denize, Richard Versalle, Jorma Hynninen, Hans Sotin | London Philharmonic Choir; Tiffin Schoolboys' Choir | EMI (CD) | Studio recording, April and October 1986 |
| 1986 | Lorin Maazel | Vienna Philharmonic | Sylvia Greenberg, Roberta Alexander, Angela-Maria Blasi, Jessye Norman, Christa Ludwig, Werner Hollweg, Bernd Weikl, Kurt Rydl | Vienna State Opera Chorus; Tölz Boys' Choir | Pandora's Box (CD) | Live performance 4 August 1986 |
| 1986 | Eliahu Inbal | Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra | Faye Robinson, Teresa Cahill, Hildegard Heichele, Livia Budai, Jane Henschel, Kenneth Riegel, Hermann Prey, Harald Stamm | Radio choirs NDR Chor, WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, Bayerischer Rundfunkchor; Südfunk-Chor Stuttgart; RIAS Kammerchor; Limburger Domsingknaben; Hessischer Rundfunk Knabenchor | Brilliant Classics (CD) | Studio recording, October 1986 |
| 1989 | Lorin Maazel | Vienna Philharmonic | Sharon Sweet, Pamela Coburn, Florence Quivar, Brigitte Fassbaender, Richard Leech, Siegmund Nimsgern, Simon Estes | Vienna State Opera Chorus; O.R.F. Choir; Arnold Schönberg Choir; Wiener Sängerknaben | Sony (CD) | Studio recording, June 1989 |
| 1989 | Ondrej Lenárd | Shinsei Nihon Symphony Orchestra | Konomi Nagoya, Fumiko Nishimatsu, Yoko Oshima, Misato Iwamori, Yuko Ofuji, Eiji Date, Hidemori Komatsu, Yasuo Yoshino | Shinsei-Nikkyo Chorus; Tokyo Laien Choir; the Little Spiritual Fantastic Singers in Arakawa, Tokyo | Club La bohème (CD) | Live performance, 8 and 10 June 1989 |
| 1990 | Giuseppe Sinopoli | Philharmonia Orchestra | Cheryl Studer, Angela-Maria Blasi, Sumi Jo, Waltraud Meier, Kasuko Nagai, Keith Lewis, Thomas Allen, Hans Sotin | Philharmonia Chorus; Southend Boys' Choir | Philips (CD) | Studio recording, November–December 1990 |
| 1991 | Hiroshi Wakasugi | Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra | Shinobu Satoh, Misako Watanabe, Yukie Ohkura, Naoko Ihara, Yuri Ohhashi, Makoto Hayashi, Futoru Katsube, Keizo Takahashi | Shin-Yukai Chorus; Tokyo Broadcasting Children Chorus | Fontec (CD) | Live performance 24 January 1991 |
| 1991 | Klaus Tennstedt | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Júlia Várady, Jane Eaglen, Susan Bullock, Trudeliese Schmidt, Jadwiga Rappé, Kenneth Riegel, Eike Wilm Schulte, Hans Sotin | London Philharmonic Chorus; London Symphony Chorus; Eton College Boys' Chorus | BBC recording (CD) | Recorded live by BBC Television at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall, London 27 January 1991 |
| 1991 | Emil Tabakov | Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra | Lyudmila Hadzhieva, Tamara Takac, Boryana Tabakova, Janos Bandi, Pal Kovacs, Tamash Syule | Bulgarian National Choir "Svetoslav Obretenov"; Choir of Bulgarian National Radio; Children's Choir of Bulgarian National Radio | Capriccio (CD) | Studio recording, June 1991 |
| 1991 | Robert Shaw | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | Deborah Voigt, Margaret Jane Wray, Heidi Grant, Delores Ziegler, Marietta Simpson, Michael Sylvester, William Stone, Kenneth Cox | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Choir; Ohio State University Chorale; Ohio State University Symphonic Choir; Master Chorale of Tampa Bay; Atlanta Boy Choir | TELARC (CD) | Studio recording, April 1991 |
| 1991 | Gary Bertini | Kölner Westdeutschen Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester, | Júlia Várady, Mari-Ann Häggender, Maria Venuti, Ann Howells, Florence Quivar, Paul Frey, Alan Titus, Siegfried Vogel | Chor des Westdeutschen Rundfunk; chor des Süddeutschen Rundfunk Stuttgart; Choeur Philharmonique de Prague; The Little Singers of Tokyo | EMI (CD) | Live performance 12 November 1991 |
| 1993 | Anton Nanut | Simfoniki RTV Slovenija, Ljubljana, | Eva Kirchner, Elisabeth Kim, Anne Schwanewilms, Etsuko Katagiri, Daniel Kim, Jochem Schmeckenbecher, Martin Krasnenko | Hungarian Jeunesses Choir; Slovenski Komorni Zbor; Zbor Consortium Musicum; Otroski Zbor RTV Slovenia | Digital Concerto CCT 745 (CD) | |
| 1993 | Leif Segerstam | Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra | Inga Nielsen, Majken Bjerno, Henriette Blonde-Hanson, Kirsten Dolberg, Anne Gjevang, Raimo Sirkiä, Jorma Hynninen, Carsten Stabell | Danish Radio Chorus; Berlin Philharmonic Choir; Københavns Drengekor | Chandos (CD) | Studio recording, August 1993 |
| 1994 | Claudio Abbado | Berlin Philharmonic | Cheryl Studer, Sylvia McNair, Andrea Rost, Anne Sofie von Otter, Rosemarie Lang, Peter Seiffert, Bryn Terfel, Jan-Hendrik Rootering | Berlin Radio Choir; Prague Philharmonic Choir; Tölzer Knabenchor | Deutsche Grammophon (CD) | Live performance February 1994 |
| 1994 | Edo de Waart | Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra | Alessandra Marc, Gwynne Geyer, Regina Nathan, Doris Soffel, Nancy Maultsby, Vinson Cole, David Wilson-Johnson, Andrea Silvestrelli | Netherlands Philharmonic Choir; Leipzig Opera Chorus; Stadsknapenkoor, Elburg | RCA (CD) | Live performance, 17 September 1994 |
| 1994 | Neeme Järvi | Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra | Ulla Gustafsson, Mari-Ann Häggender, Carolina Sandgren, Ulrika Tenstam, Anne Gjevang, Seppo Ruohonen, Mats Persson, Johann Tilli | Gothenburg Opera Chorus; Gothenburg Symphony Chorus; Kungliga Filharmoniska Kören i Stockholm; Brunnsbokŏren; Estonian Boys' Choir | BIS (CD) | Live performance 25 November 1994 |
| 1995 | Riccardo Chailly | Concertgebouw Orchestra | Alessandra Marc, Julia Faulkner, Cyndia Sieden, Jard van Nes, Birgit Remmert, Gary Lakes, Andreas Schmidt, Robert Holl | Kühn Mixed Choir; Prague Philharmonic Choir; Breda Sacrament Choir and Youth Choir; St. Bavo Cathedral, Haarlem, Youth Choir | Q-Disc, | Live performance 15 May 1995 |
| 1995 | Michiyoshi Inoue | Kyoto Symphony Orchestra | Shinobu Sato, Minako Shioda, Yuko Kamahora, Masako Teshima, Kazuko Nagai, Akeshi Wakamoto, Akiya Fukushima, Toshihiko Yamaguchi | Kyoto InterUniversity Chorus; Kyoto Boys' Chorus | OCD (CD) | Live performance 18 October 1995 |
| 1996 | Colin Davis | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Alessandra Marc, Sharon Sweet, Elisabeth Norberg-Schulz, Vesselina Kasarova, Ning Liang, Ben Heppner, Sergei Leiferkus, René Pape | Bavarian Radio Choir; Berlin Radio Choir; Südfunk-Chor Stuttgart; Tölzer Knabenchor | RCA (CD) | Live performance July 1996 |
| 1996 | Evgeni Svetlanov | Russian State Symphony Orchestra | Galina Boiko, Natalia Guerassimova, Galina Borissova, Olga Alexandrova, Alexeï Martynov, Dimitri Trapeznikov, Anatoly Safiouline | Children's and Double Mixed Choirs of the Moscow Academy of Choral Singing | Warner Classics (CD) | Studio recording, August–September 1996 |
| 1998 | Michael Gielen | SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg | Alessandra Marc, Margaret Jane Wray, Christiane Boesiger, Dagmar Pecková, Eugenia Grunewald, Glenn Winslade, Anthony Michaels-Moore, Peter Lika | EuropaChorAkademie; Aurelius Sängerknaben | Hänssler (CD) | Live performances, 8–18 December 1998 |
| 2000 | Riccardo Chailly | Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam | Jane Eaglen, Anne Schwanewilms, Ruth Ziesak, Sara Fulgoni, Anna Larsson, Ben Heppner, Peter Mattei, | Groot Omroepkoor; Prague Philharmonic Choir; Breda Sacrament Choir and Youth Choir; St. Bavo Cathedral, Haarlem, Youth Choir | Decca (CD) | Studio recording, January 2000 |
| 2000 | Geoffrey Simon | Northwest Mahler Festival Orchestra | Victoria Gydov, Hyun Joo Yang, Catherine Haight, Janna Waechter, Diane Radabaugh, Leslie Green, Stephen Janzen, Michael Delos | Northwest Mahler Festival Chorus | NWMF (CD) | Live performance, 16 July 2000 |
| 2001 | Francisco Savín | Orquesta Sinfónica de Xalapa | Encarnación Vazquez, Angelina Rojas, Lourdez Ambriz, Grace Echauri, Verónica Alexanderson, José Guadalupe Reyes, Jesús Suaste, Noé Colin | Choir and Chamber Choir of Universidad Veracruzana; Händel Choir; La Pequeña Cantoria | Tharsis (CD) | Live performance June 2001 |
| 2002 | Lorin Maazel | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Sharon Sweet, Angela Maria Blasi, Laura Aikin, Cornelia Kallisch, Brigitte Pinter, Glenn Winlade, Jan-Hendrik Rootering, Siegmund Nimsgern | Bavarian Radio Choir; Berlin Radio Choir; Südfunk-Chor Stuttgart; Tölzer Knabenchor | En Larmes (CD) | Live performance 6 June 2002 |
| 2003 | Neil Mantle | Scottish Sinfonia | Soloists not identified | Edinburgh Bach Choir; Edinburgh Royal Choral Union; Edinburgh Youth Choir; Jubilo | Scottish Sinfonia (CD) | Live performance November 2003 |
| 2004 | Kent Nagano | Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin | Sylvia Greenberg, Lynne Dawson, Sally Matthews, Sophie Koch, Elena Manistina, Robert Gambill, Detlef Roth, Jan-Hendrik Rootering | Rundfunkchor Berlin; MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig; Windsbacher Knabenchor | Harmonia Mundi (CD) | Studio recording April–May 2004 |
| 2004 | Gary Bertini | Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra | Tomoko Nakamura, Emi Sawahate, Miwako Handa, Setsuko Takemoto, Kei Fukui, Akiya Fukushima, Akira Hasegawa | Shin-Yukai Choir; Shinjuku Bunka Center 25th Anniversary Choir; the Little Spiritual Fantastic Singers in Arakawa, Tokyo | Fontec (CD) | Live performance 20 May 2004 |
| 2004 | Simon Rattle | City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain | Christine Brewer, Soile Isokoski, Juliane Banse, Birgit Remmert, Jane Henschel, Jon Villars, David Wilson-Johnson, John Relyea | City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus; Toronto Children's Chorus; Sydney Philharmonia Choirs; London Symphony Chorus; City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus | EMI (CD) | Live performance August 2002 |
| 2005 | Rudolf Piehlmayer | Augsburger Philharmoniker | Sally du Randt, Petra van der Mieden, Victoria Loukianetz, Kathrin Koch, Vuokko Kekäläinen, Riccardo Lombardi, Selçuk Hakan Tiraşoğlu | Chorus Theater Augsburg, Philharmonischer Chor Augsburg; Augsburger Vokalensemble; Augsburger Domsingknaben; Augsburg Cathedral Choir | Theater Augsburg (CD) | Live performance, Juli 2005 |
| 2006 | Antoni Wit | Orkiestra Symfoniczna Filharmonii Narodowej | Barbara Kubiak, Isabela Klosinska, Marta Boberska, Jadwiga Rappé, Ewa Marciniec, Timothy Bentch, Wojtek Drabowicz, Piotr Nowacki | Chór Filharmonii Narodowej; Chór Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszynskiego, Warszawski Chór Chłopięcy i Męski | Naxos (CD) | Studio Recording 2006 |
| 2007 | Pierre Boulez | Staatskapelle Berlin | Twyla Robinson, Erin Wall, Adriane Queiroz, Michelle DeYoung, Simone Schröder, Johan Botha, Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Robert Holl | Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin; Rundfunkchor Berlin; Aurelius Sängerknaben | Deutsche Grammophon (CD) | Studio recording, April 2007 |
| 2008 | Valery Gergiev | London Symphony Orchestra | Viktoria Yastrebova, Ailish Tynan, Liudmilla Dudinova, Lilli Paasikivi, Zlata Bulycheva, Sergey Semishkur, Alexey Maekov, Evgeny Nikitin | London Symphony Chorus; Choral Arts Society of Washington; Choir of Eltham College | LSO (SACD) | Live performance 9 July 2008 |
| 2008 | Michael Tilson Thomas | San Francisco Symphony Orchestra | Erin Wall, Elza van den Heever, Laura Claycomb, Katarina Karneus, Yvonne Naef, Anthony Dean Griffey, Quinn Kelsey, James Morris | San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Pacific Boychoir; San Francisco Girls Chorus | San Francisco Symphony (SACD) | Live performance 19 November 2008 |
| 2010 | David Zinman | Tonhalle Orchester Zürich | Melanie Diener, Juliane Banse, Anna Larsson, Yvonne Naef, Birgit Remmert, Anthony Dean Griffey, Stephen Powell, Ildar Abdrazakov | Schweizer Kammerchor; WDR Rundfunkchor Köln; Zürcher Sängerknaben; Kinderchor Kaltbrunn | RCA (CD) | Recorded 27 February–3 March 2009, Tonhalle, Zurich |
| 2008 | Gerard Schwarz | Seattle Symphony Orchestra | Jane Eaglen, Lauren Flanigan, Jane Giering de Hann, Jane Gilbert, Nancy Maultsby, Clayton Brainherd, Vinson Cole, Harold Wilson | Seattle Symphony Chorale; Seattle Pro Musica; Northwest Boychoir | Seattle Symphony | Live performance 25 September 2008 |
| 2011 | Mariss Jansons | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | Christine Brewer, Camilla Nylund, Maria Espada, Stephanie Blythe, Mihoko Fujimura, Robert Dean Smith, Tommi Hakala, Stefan Kocán | Netherlands Radio Choir, State Choir 'Latvija', Bavarian Radio Choir, National Boys Choir & National Children's Choir | RCO Live (SACD) | Live performance 4, 6 March 2011 |
| 2011 | Mariss Jansons | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Twyla Robinson, Christine Brewer, Anna Prohaska, Janina Baechle, Mihoko Fujimura, Johan Botha, Michael Volle, Ain Anger | State Choir Latvija, Tölzer Knabenchor, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks | BR-Klassik | Live performance October 2011 |
| 2011 | Klaus Tennstedt | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Júlia Várady, Jane Eaglen, Susan Bullock, Trudeliese Schmidt, Jadwiga Rappé, Kenneth Riegel Eike Wilm Schulte, Hans Sotin | Netherlands Radio Choir, State Choir 'Latvija', Bavarian Radio Choir, National Boys Choir & National Children's Choir | LPO | Live performance from 1991 |
| 2013 | Jonathan Nott | Bamberg Symphony Orchestra | Michaela Kaune, Marisol Montalvo, Manuela Uhl, Janina Baechle, Lioba Braun, Stefan Vinke, Michael Nagy, Albert Dohmen | Czech Philharmonic Choir, Windsbacher Knabenchor, Bamberg Symphony Chorus | Tudor | Recorded 21–26 July 2010 |
| 2013 | Markus Stenz | Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne | Barbara Haveman, Orla Boylan, Christiane Oelze, Anna Palimina, Petra Lang, Maria Radner, Brandon Jovanovich, Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Günther Groissböck | Cologne Cathedral Vocal Ensemble, Philharmonische Chor der Stadt Bonn, Cologne Kantorei, Cologne Cathedral Choir, Cologne Bach Vocal Ensemble, Cologne Cathedral Children's Choir | Oehms Classics | Recorded 2012 |
| 2015 | Lorin Maazel | Philharmonia Orchestra | Sally Matthews, Ailish Tynan, Sarah Tynan, Sarah Connolly, Anne-Marie Owens, Stefan Vinke, Mark Stone, Stephen Gadd | Philharmonia Voices; BBC Symphony Chorus; Eton College Chapel Choir | Signum Classics | Live performance 9 October 2011 |
| 2016 | Thierry Fischer | Utah Symphony | Orla Boylan, Celena Shafer, Amy Owens, Charlotte Hellekant, Tamara Mumford, Barry Banks, Markus Werba, Jordan Biss | Mormon Tabernacle Choir, the Madeleine Choir School Choristers | Reference Recordings Fresh! (SACD) | Live performance 19, 20 February 2016 |
| 2018 | Ádám Fischer | Düsseldorfer Symphoniker | Manuela Uhl, Polina Pasztircsák, Fatma Said, Katrin Wundsam, Katharina Magiera, Neal Cooper, Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Peter Rose | Choir of the Städtischer Musikverin zu Düsseldorf, Philharmonischer Chor Bonn, Kartäuserkantorei Köln, Clara-Schumann-Jugendchor-Düsseldorf | Tonhalle Düsseldorf | |
| 2019 | Valery Gergiev | Munich Philharmonic | Simone Schneider, Jacquelyn Wagner, Regula Mühlemann, Katharina Magiera, Claudia Mahnke, Simon O'Neill, Michael Nagy, Evgeny Nikitin | Philharmonischer Chor München, Orfeón Donostiarra, Augsburger Domsingknaben | MPHIL (Münchner Philharmoniker) | Philharmonie de Paris, 17 February 2019 |
| 2020 | Gabriel Feltz | Dortmunder Philharmoniker | Emily Newton, Michaela Kaune, Ashley Thouret, Iris Vermillion, Mihoko Fujimura, Brenden Patrick Gunnell, Markus Eiche, Karl-Heinz Lehner | Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno, Slovak Philharmonic Choir Bratislava, Boys Choir of the Choir Academy Dortmund | Dreyer Gaido 21118 | Live performance |
| 2020 | Yannick Nézet-Séguin | Philadelphia Orchestra | Angela Meade, Erin Wall, Lisette Oropesa, Elizabeth Bishop, Mihoko Fujimara, Anthony Dean Griffey, Markus Werba, John Relyea | Westminster Symphonic Choir, the Choral Arts Society of Washington, the American Boychoir | Deutsche Grammophon | Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, March 2016 |
| 2021 | Gustavo Dudamel | Los Angeles Philharmonic | Tamara Wilson, Leah Crocetto, Erin Morley, Mihoko Fujimura, Tamara Mumford, Simon O'Neill, Ryan McKinny, Morris Robinson | Los Angeles Master Chorale, Pacific Chorale, Los Angeles Children's Chorus, National Children's Chorus | Deutsche Grammophon | Walt Disney Concert Hall, May 2019 |
| 2021 | Vladimir Jurowski | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Judith Howarth, Anne Schwanewilms, Sofia Fomina, Michaela Selinger, Patricia Bardon, Barry Banks, Stephen Gadd, Matthew Rose | London Philharmonic Choir, London Symphony Chorus | LPO | Live performance |
| 2023 | Osmo Vänskä | Minnesota Orchestra | Carolyn Sampson, Jacquelyn Wagner, Sasha Cooke, Jess Dandy, Barry Banks, Julian Orlishausen, Christian Immler | Minnesota Chorale, National Lutheran Choir, Minnesota Boychoir, Angelica Cantanti Youth Choirs | BIS | Live recording from Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, June 2022 |
| 2024 | Sir Simon Rattle | Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Erika Sunnegardh, Susan Bullock, Anna Prohaska, Lilli Paasikivi, Nathalie Stutzmann, Johan Botha, David Wilson-Johnson, John Relyea | MDR-Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Knaben des Staats- und Domchors Berlin | Berliner Philharmoniker | Live recording from the Philharmonie Berlin, September 2011 |
Audio recordings in limited circulation
editThese recordings were issued for private or limited circulation.[5]
| Year | Conductor | Orchestra | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968? | Gunther Theuring | Bratislava Radio Orchestra | Private edition |
| 1982 | André Vandernoot | Brabant Orchestra | RCS (N) |
| 1982 | Hiroyuki Iwaki | Waseda University Orchestra | Waseda University |
| 1983 | Arpad Joó | Budapest Symphony Orchestra | Hungaroton |
| 1986 | Jürgen Jürgens | Hamburg University Orchestra | Private edition |
| 1993 | Manfred Schreier | Junges Philharmonisches Orchester Stuttgart | Private edition |
| 1995 | Naohiro Totsuka | Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra | Tokyo City Philharmonic |
| 1995 | Robert Olson | Colorado MahlerFest Orchestra | Mahlerfest |
| 1998 | Kenichiro Kobayashi | Japan Philharmonic Orchestra | Exton |
| 2001 | Franz Welser-Möst | Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra | Musicom |
| 2004 | Kazuyoshi Akiyama | Tokyo Symphony Orchestra | Fontec |
| 2005 | Vladimir Fedoseyev | Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio | Relief |
| 2008 | Eliahu Inbal | Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra | Exton (SACD) |
| 2014 | Eliahu Inbal | Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra | Exton (SACD) |
Video recordings
edit| Year[4] | Conductor[4] | Orchestra[4] | Soloists[4] | Choirs[4] | Label[4] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Leonard Bernstein | Vienna Philharmonic | Edda Moser, Judith Blegen, Gerti Zeumer, Ingrid Mayr, Agnes Baltsa, Kenneth Riegel, Hermann Prey, José van Dam | Vienna State Opera chorus, Wiener Singverein, Wiener Sängerknaben | Deutsche Grammophon | From televised concerts on Sept. 1 and 2, 1975, at the Konzerthaus in Vienna |
| 1991 | Klaus Tennstedt | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Júlia Várady, Jane Eaglen, Susan Bullock, Trudeliese Schmidt, Jadwiga Rappe, Kenneth Riegel, Eike Wilm Schulte, Hans Sotin | London Philharmonic Choir, London Symphony Chorus, Eton College Choir | EMI | Live from Royal Festival Hall, London, 27–28 January 1991 |
| 2003 | Hun-Joung Lim | Bucheon Philharmonic Orchestra | Jee-Wha Shin, Kyung-Hye Nah, Jeong-Won Park, Hyun-Jeong Lee, Hyun-Joo Chang, Hyun-Jae Park, Kee-Hong Cheon, Hyung-Kwang Ryu | Bucheon Civic Chorale, Suwon Civic Chorale, Anyang Civic Chorale, Seongnam City Chorus, World Vision Children's Choir | KBS Media | Live from Seoul Arts Center, 31 May 2003 |
| 2011 | Riccardo Chailly | Gewandhaus Orchester Leipzig | Erika Sunnegardh, Ricarda Merbeth, Christiane Oelze, Lioba Braun, Gerhild Romberger, Stephen Gould, Dietrich Henschel, Georg Zeppenfeld | MDR Rundfunkchor, Chor der Oper Leipzig, Gewandhaus Choir, Thomanerchor Leipzig, Gewandhaus Children's Choir | Accentus Music | Live from International Mahler Festival, Leipzig |
| 2011 | Mariss Jansons | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | Christine Brewer, Camilla Nylund, Maria Espada, Stephanie Blythe, Mihoko Fujimura, Robert Dean Smith, Tommi Hakala, Stefan Kocán | Netherlands Radio Choir, State Choir 'Latvija', Bavarian Radio Choir, National Boys Choir & National Children's Choir | RCO Live | Live performance 4, 6 March 2011 |
| 2012 | Gustavo Dudamel | Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela & Los Angeles Philharmonic | Manuela Uhl, Julianna Di Giacomo and Kiera Duffy, Anna Larsson, Charlotte Hellekant, Burkhard Fritz, Brian Mulligan, Alexander Vinogradov | Coro Sinfónico Juvenil Simón Bolívar de Venezuela, Schola Cantorum de Venezuela, Schola Juvenil de Venezuela | Deutsche Grammophon | Live from Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex, Caracas, 17–18 February 2012 |
| 2015 | Josep Pons | Spanish National Orchestra | Manuela Uhl, Michaela Kaune, Christiane Karg, Zandra McMaster, Charlotte Hellekant, Anthony Dean Griffey, Bo Skovhus, Albert Dohmen | Spanish National Chorus, Community of Madrid Chorus, RTVE Chorus, Chorus of the Technical University of Madrid, Escolanía del Sagrado Corazón de Rosales, Community of Madrid Youth Chorus | Deutsche Grammophon | Live from National Auditorium of Music, Madrid, 1–3 June 2012 |
| 2016 | Paavo Järvi | Hr-Sinfonieorchester | Erin Wall, Ailish Tynan, Anna Lucia Richter, Alice Coote, Charlotte Hellekant, Nikolai Schukoff, Michael Nagy, Ain Anger | Limburger Domsingknaben, Europa Chor Akademie, Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno | C Major | Live recording from Alte Oper Frankfurt, 24 and 25 May 2013 |
| 2017 | Riccardo Chailly | Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Ricarda Merbeth, Juliane Banse, Anna Lucia Richter, Sara Mingardo, Mihoko Fujimura, Andreas Schager, Peter Mattei, Samuel Youn | Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Latvian Radio Choir, Orfeón Donostiarra, Tölzer Knabenchor | Accentus Music | Live from Lucerne Festival, 12 August 2016 |
Notes and references
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- ^ The label indicated is that of the most recent issue of the recording, usually in CD form
References
- ^ Michael McManus (2010-09-21). "Pioneering Mahler recordings from Rotterdam". Gramophone. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
- ^ Duggan, Tony. "The Mahler Symphonies: A Synoptic Survey by Tony Duggan — Symphony No. 8". MusicWeb International. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
The earliest commercial recording generally available came from a performance at Ahoy Hall in Rotterdam for the Holland Festival of 1955. It was conducted by a Mahler pioneer, Eduard Flipse, who came from the Dutch Mahler tradition. This recording was much beloved of a previous generation of Mahlerites (not least for the unforgettable sound of the boys choruses—like a parliament of street urchins straight out of Fagin's kitchen) since it was, for some time, the only recording you could get and still has much to tell us.
- ^ a b "DISKS: VAST 8TH Mahler's 'Symphony of a Thousand' Is At Last Recorded Stereophonically". New York Times. 3 May 1964. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Symphonie No 8 en Mi bémol majeur: Chronologie; Discographie: Commentaires". gustavmahler.net. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
- ^ a b "Symphony No. 8 E-flat major (1906) Discography". Mahler Records. Archived from the original on 18 October 2005. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
- ^ "Stokowski Fabled Concert Performance: Mahler, Symphony No 8". ArchivMusic. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
- ^ "Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major 'Symphony of the Thousand'". Presto Classical. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
