Symphony No. 2
Gustav
Mahler, 1888–94
Recommended Recordings
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Emilia Cundari soprano
Maureen Forrester contralto
Columbia 1958 1h 20m
Otto Klemperer conductor
Philharmonia Orchestra orchestra
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano
Hilde Rössl-Majdan alto
EMI 1961–62 1h 19m
Leonard Bernstein conductor
New York Philharmonic orchestra
Lee Venora soprano
Jennie Tourel mezzo-soprano
Sony 1963 1h 25m
Bernard Haitink conductor
Concertgebouw orchestra
Elly Ameling soprano
Aafje Heynis alto
Decca 1968 1h 22m
Zubin Mehta conductor
Wiener Philharmoniker orchestra
Ileana Cotrubas soprano
Christa Ludwig mezzo-soprano
Decca 1975 1h 21m
Pierre Boulez conductor
Chicago Symphony orchestra
Isobel Buchanan soprano
Mira Zakai contralto
Decca 1980 1h 21m
Rafael Kubelík conductor
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks orchestra
Edith Mathis soprano
Brigitte Fassbaender contralto
Audite 1982 1h 20m
Simon Rattle conductor
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Arleen Auger soprano
Janet Baker mezzo-soprano
EMI 1986 1h 26m
Klaus Tennstedt conductor
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Yvonne Kenny soprano
Jard van Nes mezzo-soprano
London Philharmonic Orchestra 1989 1h 34m
Michael Gielen conductor
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg orchestra
Juliane Banse soprano
Cornelia Kallisch mezzo-soprano
Hänssler 1996 1h 24m
Riccardo Chailly conductor
Royal Concertgebouw orchestra
Melanie Diener soprano
Petra Lang mezzo-soprano
Decca 2001 1h 28m
Gilbert Kaplan conductor
Wiener Philharmoniker orchestra
Latonia Moore soprano
Nadja Michael mezzo-soprano
Deutsche Grammophon 2002 1h 29m
Pierre Boulez conductor
Wiener Philharmoniker orchestra
Christine Schäfer soprano
Michelle DeYoung mezzo-soprano
Deutsche Grammophon 2005 1h 21m
Christoph Eschenbach conductor
Philadelphia orchestra
Simona Šaturová soprano
Yvonne Naef mezzo-soprano
Ondine 2007 1h 37m
Benjamin Zander conductor
Philharmonia Orchestra orchestra
Miah Persson soprano
Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano
Linn 2012 1h 18m
Daniele Gatti conductor
Royal Concertgebouw orchestra
Chen Reiss soprano
Karen Cargill mezzo-soprano
RCO Live 2016 1h 28m
Osmo Vänskä conductor
Minnesota orchestra
Ruby Hughes soprano
Sasha Cooke mezzo-soprano
BIS 2017 1h 25m
Ádám Fischer conductor
Düsseldorfer Symphoniker orchestra
Tünde Szabóki soprano
Nadine Weissmann alto
CAvi 2019 1h 21m