A Cartoon of Mahler

Symphony No. 1: selected historic recordings

For a comprehensive listing of recordings of Mahler’s music to 2009, see Péter Fülöp, Mahler Discography, second edition (Toronto: Mikrokosmos Comp. Ltd, 2010). The Fülöp numbers are those assigned in the second edition of this reference work, and supersede those of the 1995 edition. The selective list below focuses on recordings by conductors who heard Mahler, or have other significance in the performing history of the work.

N.B. Unless otherwise stated, the repeats in movements I and II are not included.

Recording Date	Performers	First Release	Notes	Timings Mvt I	Mvt II	Mvt III	Mvt IV	Total
1939.04.08	Bruno Walter NBC Symphony Orchestra	Grammofono 2000, 1995	Fülöp 1.0005 Live broadcast	11:53	5:55	11:18	17:48	46:54
1940.11.04	Dimitri Mitropoulos Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra	Columbia, [n.d.]	Fülöp 1.0010	13:29	6:10	10:30	17:32	47:01
1947.10.16	Bruno Walter Concertgebouw Orchestra	Tahra, 2003	Fülöp 1.0021 Live performance	12:12	6:03	11:26	18:48	48:29
1947.11.06	Bruno Walter London Philharmonic Orchestra	Testament 2009	Fülöp 1.0022 Live performance	11:25	5:53	10:38	17:22	45:18
1950.02.12	Bruno Walter New York Philharmonic	Movimento Musica, 1982	Fülöp 1.0024 Live performance	12:16	6:13	11:27	18:32	48:28¹
1950.10.02	Bruno Walter Bavarian State Orchestra	Orfeo, 2002	Fülöp 1.0025 Live performance	11:58	6:12	11:18	18:39	48:07
1951.10.21	Dimitri Mitropoulos New York Philharmonic	Cetra, 1979	Fülöp 1.0030 Live performance	14:19	6:23	11:11	19:34	51:29
1954.01.24	Bruno Walter New York Philharmonic	Unpublished	Fülöp 1.0079	12:30	6:15	11:50	?²
1954.01.25	Bruno Walter New York Philharmonic	Columbia, 1955	Fülöp 1.0080	12:30	6:22	11:17	18:15	48:24
1955.05.15	Bruno Walter BBC Symphony Orchestra	ICA Classics, 2018	Not in Fülöp Live performance	12:00	6:10	11:44	19:04	48:58
1955.06.15	Dimitri Mitropoulos New York Philharmonic	Archipel, 2005	Not in Fülöp Live Performance	11:52	6:00	11:06	18:22	47:20
1959.01.10	John Barbirolli New York Philharmonic	New York Philharmonic, 1998	Fülöp 1.0145 Live performance	13:56	8:35³	11:03	18:42	52:40
1960.01.09	Dimitri Mitropoulos New York Philharmonic	Music & Arts, 1998	Fülöp 1.0150 Live performance	14:20	6:28	10:45	20:04	51:37
1961.01/02	Bruno Walter Columbia Symphony Orchestra	Columbia, 1963	Fülöp 1.0175	13:21	6:50	11:23	20:22	51:56
1966.10.04/22	Leonard Bernstein New York Philharmonic	Columbia, 1967	Fülöp 1.0270	15:12³	8:22³	10:19	18:55	52:48

1	All timings taken from the Urania release (2000, URN 22.141)
2	Timings from Fülöp, p. 515; the recording of the finale is incomplete.
3	Includes repeat