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This is an audio and video discography of the
Vienna Philharmonic orchestra. Founded in 1842, the orchestra has a long history of recording music dating back to 1905. The orchestra has made numerous critically acclaimed recordings, of which several have been ranked as the greatest classical recordings of all time, such as Beethoven's Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7 with
Carlos Kleiber and Wagner's complete
Ring des Nibelungen with
Sir Georg Solti .
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[2] The orchestra has primarily made recordings with the
Deutsche Grammophon ,
EMI and
Decca labels.
Beethoven : Complete Piano Concertos (this cycle was recorded with
Vladimir Ashkenazy ,
Alfred Brendel ,
Maurizio Pollini and
Krystian Zimerman ).
Beethoven :
Symphony No. 3 conducted by
Felix Weingartner , also conducted by
Erich Kleiber
Beethoven,
Symphony No. 5 ,
Symphony No. 7 conducted by
Carlos Kleiber
Beethoven : Complete Symphonies conducted by
Karl Böhm ; this cycle was also recorded with
Leonard Bernstein ,
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt ,
Claudio Abbado ,
Simon Rattle and
Christian Thielemann
Berg : the
Wozzeck and
Lulu operas, conducted by
Christoph von Dohnányi
Berlioz :
Symphonie fantastique , conducted by Sir
Colin Davis , also conducted by
Valery Gergiev and
Bernard Haitink
Bernstein :
Candide , conducted by
Zubin Mehta
Borodin :
Symphony No. 2 conducted by
Rafael Kubelík
Brahms :
Symphony No. 2 conducted by
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Brahms :
Symphony No. 4 conducted by
Carlos Kleiber
Brahms : Complete Symphonies conducted by
Karl Böhm ; this cycle was also recorded with
John Barbirolli ,
István Kertész ,
James Levine ,
Carlo Maria Giulini and
Leonard Bernstein
Brahms :
Ein Deutsches Requiem conducted by
Herbert von Karajan , also recorded by
Carlo Maria Giulini ,
Otto Klemperer ,
Bernard Haitink and
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Brahms : Complete Concertos, with
Krystian Zimerman , piano,
Gidon Kremer , violin and
Mischa Maisky , cello, conducted by
Leonard Bernstein . The Orchestra has also recorded the Brahms piano concertos with
Maurizio Pollini , with
Karl Böhm conducting in
No. 1 and
Claudio Abbado conducting in
No. 2
Bruckner :
Symphony No. 4 conducted by
Karl Böhm
Bruckner :
Symphony No. 7 and
8 conducted by
Karl Böhm ,
Herbert von Karajan and
Georg Solti
Bruckner : Symphonies Nos.
7 ,
8 and
9 conducted by
Carlo Maria Giulini
Bruckner : Symphonies Nos.
8 and
9 conducted by
Carl Schuricht
Bruckner : Symphonies Nos.
3 ,
4 ,
5 ,
8 and
Te Deum conducted by
Bernard Haitink
Bruckner : Symphonies Nos.
5 and
9 conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Bruckner :
Symphony No. 8 conducted by Pierre Boulez
Dvořák : Symphonies Nos.
7 ,
8 and
9 , conducted by
Lorin Maazel , recordings of nos. 8 & 9 were also made under
Herbert von Karajan and
Seiji Ozawa . The Orchestra has also recorded Nos. 7 & 9 with
Rafael Kubelík
Dvořák : Symphony No.
9 conducted by Kirill Kondrashin
Dvořák : Symphonies Nos.
6 and 8, conducted by
Myung-whun Chung
Elgar :
Enigma Variations conducted by Sir
Georg Solti , also conducted by Sir
John Eliot Gardiner
Glass :
Violin Concerto No. 1 with
Gidon Kremer , violin, conducted by
Christoph von Dohnányi
Holst :
The Planets , conducted by
Herbert von Karajan
Khachaturian : excerpts from
Spartacus and
Gayane conducted by
Aram Khachaturian
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Mahler : The Song of the Earth (
Das Lied von der Erde ) with
Kathleen Ferrier (
contralto ), conducted by
Bruno Walter , also conducted by
Leonard Bernstein with
James King and
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau ,
Pierre Boulez with
Michael Schade and
Violeta Urmana , and
Carlo Maria Giulini with
Francisco Araiza and
Brigitte Fassbaender
Mahler : Complete Symphonies (1–9 plus the Adagio of
Symphony No. 10 ) conducted by
Lorin Maazel and
Leonard Bernstein (on DVD, except Symphony No. 2)
Mahler :
Symphony No. 2 conducted by
Pierre Boulez , also recorded with
Claudio Abbado ,
Zubin Mehta ,
James Levine and
Gilbert Kaplan
Mahler :
Symphony No. 3 conducted by Pierre Boulez, also recorded with
Claudio Abbado and
Bernard Haitink
Mahler :
Symphony No. 5 conducted by Pierre Boulez, also recorded with
Leonard Bernstein
Mahler :
Symphony No. 6 conducted by Pierre Boulez, also recorded with Leonard Bernstein
Mahler :
Symphony No. 9 conducted by Claudio Abbado, also recorded with
Simon Rattle
Mendelssohn : Complete Symphonies conducted by
Christoph von Dohnányi
Mendelssohn :
Symphony No. 5 and another works conducted by
Franz Welser-Möst and
Fabio Luisi
Mozart : Symphonies Nos. 25, 29 conducted by
Leonard Bernstein , with
Peter Schmidl performing as principal clarinetist
Mozart :Symphonies Nos. 35, 39, 40 conducted by
István Kertész
Mozart : Symphonies Nos. 38, 39, 40, 41 conducted by
Karl Böhm , also recorded with
Leonard Bernstein and
James Levine
Mozart :
Die Entführung aus dem Serail , conducted by
Josef Krips (two recordings), also recorded with
Georg Solti
Mozart :
The Marriage of Figaro conducted by
Erich Kleiber , also recorded with Herbert von Karajan (two recordings),
Erich Leinsdorf , Claudio Abbado and
Riccardo Muti
Mozart :
Don Giovanni conducted by
Josef Krips , also recorded with Erich Leinsdorf and Riccardo Muti
Mozart :
Così fan tutte conducted by Karl Böhm, also recorded with James Levine
Mozart :
Die Zauberflöte , conducted by
Sir Georg Solti (two recordings); the orchestra has also recorded the opera under
Karl Böhm ,
Herbert von Karajan and
James Levine
Mozart :
Requiem conducted by Herbert von Karajan, also recorded with
István Kertész ,
Karl Böhm and
Georg Solti
Mussorgsky :
Pictures at an Exhibition (arr.
Ravel ), conducted by
Valery Gergiev , also recorded with
André Previn ,
Gustavo Dudamel
Orff :
Carmina Burana , conducted by
André Previn
Prokofiev :
Peter and the Wolf , with
Hermione Gingold , conducted by
Karl Böhm
Rimsky-Korsakov :
Scheherazade , conducted by
Seiji Ozawa , also conducted by
André Previn
Arnold Schoenberg :
Erwartung , Op.17, conducted by
Christoph von Dohnányi
Schoenberg :
Gurre-Lieder , conducted by
Claudio Abbado
Schubert :
Symphony No. 8 conducted by
Carl Schuricht
Schubert:
Symphony No. 9 conducted by
Josef Krips , also conducted by Sir
Georg Solti and
John Eliot Gardiner
Schubert : Complete Symphonies conducted by
István Kertész
Schumann : Complete Symphonies, Cello & Piano Concertos conducted by
Leonard Bernstein with
Mischa Maisky and
Justus Frantz
Sibelius : Complete Symphonies conducted by
Lorin Maazel
Sibelius : Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 and 7, conducted by
Leonard Bernstein
Smetana :
Má vlast conducted by
James Levine , also conducted by
Rafael Kubelík
Johann Strauss II and Strauss family, works recorded at the traditional New Year's Day concert conducted by
Herbert von Karajan ,
Claudio Abbado ,
Carlos Kleiber ,
Nikolaus Harnoncourt ,
Riccardo Muti etc. (See also:
The New Year Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra )
Richard Strauss :
Eine Alpensinfonie , conducted by
Seiji Ozawa , also conducted by
Hans Knappertsbusch ,
André Previn and
Christian Thielemann
Richard Strauss :
Also sprach Zarathustra , conducted by
Herbert von Karajan , also conducted by
Lorin Maazel ,
Clemens Krauss and
André Previn
Richard Strauss :
Ein Heldenleben , conducted by
Clemens Krauss , also conducted by
Georg Solti ,
Christian Thielemann ,
André Previn and
Karl Böhm
Richard Strauss :
Der Rosenkavalier , conducted by
Erich Kleiber , also conducted by
George Szell ,
Clemens Krauss ,
Hans Knappertsbusch ,
Robert Heger ,
Leonard Bernstein , Sir
Georg Solti ,
Christoph von Dohnányi ,
Herbert von Karajan ,
Semyon Bychkov
Igor Stravinsky :
The Firebird , conducted by
Christoph von Dohnányi
Igor Stravinsky :
Petrushka , conducted by
Christoph von Dohnányi , also recorded with
Lorin Maazel
Igor Stravinsky :
Le Sacre du printemps , conducted by
Zubin Mehta , also recorded with
Lorin Maazel
Tchaikovsky : Ballet Suites conducted by
James Levine , also recorded with
Herbert von Karajan
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 4–6 conducted by
Valery Gergiev , also recorded with
Rafael Kubelík ,
Lorin Maazel and
Herbert von Karajan
Verdi :
Requiem conducted by
Georg Solti , also recorded with
Nikolaus Harnoncourt ,
Herbert von Karajan ,
Claudio Abbado and
Fritz Reiner
Wagner :
Die Walküre , first act, conducted by
Bruno Walter
Wagner : Die Walküre (complete), conducted by
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Wagner :
Der Ring des Nibelungen , conducted by
Georg Solti , voted by
Gramophone as the century's finest classical record.
Williams : arrangements of music from "
Star Wars ", "
Raiders of the Lost Ark ", "
Close Encounters of the Third Kind ", and other film scores, including arrangements for violin and orchestra, with
Anne-Sophie Mutter performing as the soloist. Conducted by Williams.
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Sources
Further reading
Hunt, John (2000), Wiener Philharmoniker 1 – Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera Orchestras. Discography Part 1 1905–1954 , University of California
Hunt, John (2000), Wiener Philharmoniker 2 – Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera Orchestras. Discography Part 2 1954–1989 , University of California
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