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Symphony No. 1
Johannes Brahms
, 1854–76
Recommended Recordings
Otto
Klemperer
conductor
Philharmonia
orchestra
EMI
1956
44m
Bruno
Walter
conductor
Columbia Symphony
orchestra
Columbia
1959
44m
Antal
Dorati
conductor
London Symphony
orchestra
Mercury
1959
42m
William
Steinberg
conductor
Pittsburgh Symphony
orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon
1961
46m
George
Szell
conductor
Cleveland
orchestra
Columbia
1966
43m
John
Barbirolli
conductor
Wiener Philharmoniker
orchestra
EMI
1967
50m
Kurt
Sanderling
conductor
Staatskapelle Dresden
orchestra
RCA Classical Navigator
1971
46m
Eugen
Jochum
conductor
London Philharmonic
orchestra
EMI
1976
47m
James
Levine
conductor
Chicago Symphony
orchestra
RCA Red Seal
1975–76
43m
Herbert von
Karajan
conductor
Berliner Philharmoniker
orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon
1978
44m
Georg
Solti
conductor
Chicago Symphony
orchestra
Decca
1979
49m
Günter
Wand
conductor
NDR Sinfonieorchester
orchestra
RCA
1982
43m
Rafael
Kubelík
conductor
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
orchestra
Orfeo
1983
49m
Sergiu
Celibidache
conductor
Münchner Philharmoniker
orchestra
EMI
1987
51m
Jiří
Bělohlávek
conductor
Czech Philharmonic
orchestra
Supraphon
1987
44m
Claudio
Abbado
conductor
Berliner Philharmoniker
orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon
1990
45m
Carlo Maria
Giulini
conductor
Wiener Philharmoniker
orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon
1991
52m
James
Levine
conductor
Wiener Philharmoniker
orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon
1993
44m
Michael
Gielen
conductor
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg
orchestra
SWR Music
1995
45m
Charles
Mackerras
conductor
Scottish Chamber
orchestra
Telarc
1997
45m
Marin
Alsop
conductor
London Philharmonic
orchestra
Naxos
2004
48m
Stanisław
Skrowaczewski
conductor
Saarbrücken Radio Symphony
orchestra
Oehms
2011
52m
Riccardo
Chailly
conductor
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
orchestra
Decca
2012
44m
Andris
Nelsons
conductor
Boston Symphony
orchestra
BSO Classics
2016
45m
Daniel
Barenboim
conductor
Staatskapelle Berlin
orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon
2017
49m
Robin
Ticciati
conductor
Scottish Chamber
orchestra
Linn
2017
41m
Herbert
Blomstedt
conductor
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
orchestra
Pentatone
2019
50m