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Symphony No. 2
Gustav Mahler
, 1888–94
Recommended Recordings
Bruno
Walter
conductor
New York Philharmonic
orchestra
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
City of Birmingham Symphony
orchestra
Arleen
Auger
soprano
Janet
Baker
mezzo-soprano
EMI
1986
1h 26m
Klaus
Tennstedt
conductor
London Philharmonic
orchestra
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