Four Last Songs discography explained

Chronological – by no means complete – list of recordings of Richard Strauss' Vier letzte Lieder.

Recordings

YearArtist
Conductor
Orchestra		or Pianist
Label
Catalogue number
1950 Wilhelm Furtwängler
Philharmonia Orchestra		CD: Testament
Cat: SBT1410[1]
1951 Fritz Busch
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra		CD: EMI "Références"
Cat: CDH 7 63199 2[2]
1953 Otto Ackermann
Philharmonia Orchestra		CD: Naxos "Historical"
Cat: 8.111145[3]
1953 Karl Böhm
Wiener Philharmoniker		CD: Decca "Legends"
Cat: 000289 467 1182 8[4]
CD: Naxos "Historical"
Cat: 8.111347[5]
1955 Heinrich Hollreiser
Pro Musica Orchestra		LP: VOX Classics
Cat: PL 9400
1956 Herbert von Karajan
Philharmonia Orchestra		CD: Urania
Cat: URN 22. 379
1958 Ferdinand Leitner
Orchestre Symphonique de Vichy		CD: Ponto Recordings
Cat: PONTO 1010[6]
1958 Thomas Beecham
Concertgebouworkest		CD: Gala
Cat: GL 100.799
1961 Malcolm Sargent
BBC Symphony Orchestra		CD: BBC "Legends"
Cat: BBCL 4107-2[7]
1961 Ernest Ansermet
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande		CD: Cascavalle
Cat: VEL 3135
1964 George Szell
Concertgebouworkest		CD: Audiophile Classics
Cat: APL 101.548
1964 Karl Böhm
Wiener Philharmoniker		CD: VAI Music
Cat: VAIA 1159[8]
1964 Václav Neumann
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig		CD: Berlin Classics
Cat: BC 2075-2
1965 George Szell
Radio-Symphonieorchester Berlin		CD: EMI Classics "Great Recordings of the Century"
Cat: 0724356696020[9]
1967 Günter Wand
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester		CD: Profil Medien
Cat: PH06005[10]
1968 Bernard Haitink
Concertgebouworkest		CD: Philips "Dutch Masters - Bernard Haitink"
Cat: 462 947-2
1970 Leif Segerstam
Sveriges Radios symfoniorkester		CD: Bluebell
Cat: ABCD 009
1970 James Levine
Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra		CD: VAI Music
Cat: VAIA 1012[11]
1974 Erich Leinsdorf
New Philharmonia Orchestra		CD: RCA Victor
Cat: nla[12]
1974 Herbert von Karajan
Berliner Philharmoniker		CD: Deutsche Grammophon "The Originals"
Cat: 000289 447 4222 0[13]
1976 Antal Doráti
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra		CD: BBC "Legends"
Cat: BBCL 4153-2[14]
1976 Alain Lombard
Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg		LP: Erato
Cat: STU 71054
1976 Franz-Paul Decker
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Hannover		LP: Rodolphe
Cat: RP 12 392
1977 Okko Kamu
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra		CD: Simax
Cat: PSC 1803
1977 Georg Solti
Chicago Symphony Orchestra		DVD-Video: Decca
Cat: 074 3203[15]
1979 Andrew Davis
London Symphony Orchestra		CD: Sony Classical
Cat: SMK89881[16]
1981 Ervin Lukács
Hungarian State Orchestra		LP: Hungaroton
Cat: SLPX 12397[17]
1981 Norman Del Mar
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra		CD: Carlton Classics
Cat: 15656 91382
1982 Roberta Alexander Adam Gatehouse
National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands		LP: Eurosound
Cat: ES 46.583[18]
1982 Richard Armstrong
Welsh National Opera Orchestra		LP: EMI
Cat: ASD 4103
1982 Klaus Tennstedt
London Philharmonic Orchestra		CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 0724358643725[19]
1982 Kurt Masur
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig		CD: Philips Classics
Cat: 000289 464 7422 8[20]
1983 Wolfgang Sawallisch
Concertgebouworkest		CD: Heartselling
Cat: GW 80003
1985 Herbert von Karajan
Berliner Philharmoniker		CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 419 188-2[21]
1985 Andrew Davis
Toronto Symphony Orchestra		LP: CBS
Cat: IM 42019
1986 Neeme Järvi
Royal Scottish National Orchestra		CD: Chandos
Cat: CHAN 8518[22]
1987 Richard Hickox
London Symphony Orchestra		CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 2283742[23]
1988 André Previn
Wiener Philharmoniker		CD: Telarc
Cat: CD-80180[24]
1990 Georg Solti
Wiener Philharmoniker		CD: Decca
Cat: 000289 430 5112 5[25]
1991 Roberto Paternostro
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra		CD: KOCH Schwann
Cat: 314 081
1992 Kurt Masur
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig		DVD-Video: Digital Classics
Cat: 1008DC
1993 Giuseppe Sinopoli
Staatskapelle Dresden		CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 000289 439 8652 6[26]
1993 Elisabeth Meyer-Topsøe Hans Norbert Bihlmaier
Sjællands Symfoniorkester		CD: Kontrapunkt
Cat: 32156[27]
1993 Edo de Waart
Radio Filharmonisch Orkest Holland		CD: Brilliant Classics
Cat: 9065[28]
1993 Michael Tilson Thomas
London Symphony Orchestra		CD: Sony Classical
Cat: SK 48242[29]
1995 Wolfgang Sawallisch
Philadelphia Orchestra		CD: EMI Classics
Cat: CDC5 5099950466528[30]
1995 Christoph Eschenbach
Houston Symphony Orchestra		CD: RCA
Cat: 09026 68539 2[31]
1995 Carole Farley José Serebrier
Czech State Philharmonic Orchestra		CD: BMG
Cat: 756055700227[32]
1995 Joanna Borowska Friedrich Haider
Cracow Radio Symphony Orchestra		CD: Nightingale Classics
Cat: NC161864-2[33]
1996 Hellen Kwon Adrian Leaper
Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria		CD: Arte Nova
Cat: 74321 54466 2[34]
1998 Malcolm Martineau, piano
CD: Decca
Cat: 460 812-2[35]
1998 Kurt Masur
New York Philharmonic Orchestra		CD: Teldec
Cat: 3984-25990-2[36]
1998 Claudio Abbado
Berliner Philharmoniker		CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 445 182-2[37]
1999 Erik Werba, piano
CD: Preiser Records
Cat: PR93377[38]
1999 Donald Runnicles
London Symphony Orchestra		CD: Sony
Cat: SK 61720[39]
1999 Claudio Abbado
Berliner Philharmoniker		CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 000289 445 1822 1[40]
1999 Gitta-Maria Sjöberg Jan Wagner
Odense Symfoniorkester		DVD-Audio: Silverline
Cat: 288119-9[41]
2001 Marek Janowski
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin		CD: Ondine
Cat: ODE982-2[42]
2002 David Zinman
Tonhalle Orchester Zürich		CD: Arte Nova
Cat: 74321 95999 2[43]
2003 Georgina von BenzaMarco De Prosperis
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken		CD: TADE International
Cat: TADECD 002[44]
2004 Mark Elder
The Hallé		CD: BBC
Cat: BBC MM270[45]
2004 Eiji Oue
NDR Radiophilharmonie		CD: Berlin Classics
Cat: 0017812BC[46]
2004 Somtow Sucharitkul
Siam Philharmonc Orchestra		CD: Orchid Music
Cat: OM-0401[47]
2005 Helmut Deutsch, piano
CD: Oehms Classics
Cat: OC 518[48]
2006 Donald Runnicles
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra		CD: Telarc
Cat: CD-80661[49]
2006 Ricarda Merbeth Michael Halász
Staatskapelle Weimar		CD: Naxos
Cat: 8.570283[50]
2006 Antonio Pappano
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, London		CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 0094637879726[51]
2006 Ricarda Merbeth Gianluigi Gelmetti
Sydney Symphony Orchestra		CD: Sydney Symphony Recordings
Cat: SSO 200803[52]
2007 Qilian Chen Dirk Brossé
Shanghai Opera House Orchestra		CD: Pavane Records
Cat: ADW 7542[53]
2007 Fabio Luisi
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden		CD: Sony Classical
Cat: 88697 14197-2[54]
2007 Barbara Krieger Heiko Mathias Förster
Berliner Symphoniker		CD: Brilliant Classics
Cat: 8957[55]
2007 Joseph Breinl, pianoCD: Farao Classics
Cat: B 108033[56]
2008 Johannes Fritzsch
Queensland Symphony Orchestra		CD: ABC Classics
Cat: ABC 476 3954[57]
2009 Christian Thielemann
Münchner Philharmoniker		CD: Decca
Cat: 000289 478 1074 2[58]
2009 Mariss Jansons
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks		CD: BR-Klassik
Cat: 900707[59]
2009 Karl Sollak
WDR Rundfunfunkorchester Köln		CD: CPO
Cat: 777 641-2[60]
2010 Polina PasztircsákAlexander Rahbari
Musikkollegium Winterthur		CD: Nascor
Cat: NS07[61]
2010 Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra		SACD: BIS Records
Cat: BIS-SACD-1880[62]
2011 Markus Stenz
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln		CD: Orfeo
Cat: C 858 121 A[63]
2011 Douglas Boyd
Musikkollegium Winterthur		SACD: Dabringhaus und Grimm
Cat: MDG 901 1738-6[64]
2013 Will Humburg
Malmö Symphony Orchestra		MP3:
Cat: 888174 304687[65]
2014 CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 0289 479 3964 1[66]
2014 Andrew Davis
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra		CD: ABC Classics
Cat: ABC 481 1122[67]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Flagstad/Furtwängler. Testament Records. 5 September 2010.
  2. Web site: Sena Jurinac - Opera and Song Recital. Amazon.com. 5 September 2010.
  3. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Schwarzkopf/Ackermann. Naxos Records. 5 September 2010.
  4. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Della Casa/Böhm. The Decca Record Company London. 5 September 2010.
  5. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Della Casa/Böhm. Naxos Records. 5 September 2010.
  6. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Borkh/Leitner. Ponto Recordings. 9 December 2010.
  7. Web site: Review Surinac/Sargent. John Quinn. March 2003. MusicWeb International. 12 December 2010.
  8. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Lear/Böhm. VAI Music. 19 January 2011.
  9. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Schwarzkopf/Szell. EMI Classics. 5 September 2010.
  10. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Arroyo/Wand. Profil. 16 January 2011.
  11. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Steber/Levine. VAI Music. 29 January 2011.
  12. Web site: 4 Last Songs Price/Leinsdorf. Amazon.co.uk. 5 September 2010.
  13. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Janowitz/Karajan. Deutsche Grammophon. 5 September 2010.
  14. Web site: Review - Strauss: Four Last Songs etc - Söderström/Dorati. John Quinn. October 2004. MusicWeb International. 7 December 2010.
  15. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Popp/Solti. Decca. 16 January 2011.
  16. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Te Kanawa/Davis. Sony Classical / Presto Classical. 2 October 2010.
  17. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Sass/Lukács. 9 December 2010.
  18. Web site: Website National Youth Orchestra. 7 December 2010.
  19. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Popp/Tennstedt. EMI Classics. 5 September 2010.
  20. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Norman/Masur. The Decca Record Company London. 5 September 2010.
  21. Web site: Website Anna Tomowa-Sintow. 6 December 2010.
  22. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Lott/Järvi. Chandos. 9 February 2017.
  23. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Harper/Hickox. EMI Classics. 6 December 2010.
  24. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Augér/Previn. Concord Music Group. 5 September 2010.
  25. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Te Kanawa/Solti. The Decca Record Company London. 5 September 2010.
  26. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Studer/Sinopoli. Deutsche Grammophon. 5 September 2010.
  27. Web site: Website Elisabeth Meyer-Topsøe. 7 December 2010.
  28. Web site: Review Margiono/De Waart. James L. Zychowicz. April 2010. MusicWeb International. 12 December 2010.
  29. Web site: MTT discography; entry Popp/Tilson Thomas. 29 January 2011.
  30. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Hendricks/Sawallisch. EMI Classics. 7 December 2010.
  31. Web site: Website Renée Fleming (discography). 8 December 2010.
  32. Web site: Website Carole Farley (discography). 10 December 2010.
  33. Web site: Website Friedrich Haider (discography). 15 February 2011.
  34. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Kwon/Leaper. Arte Nova Classics. 6 December 2010.
  35. Web site: Website Barbara Bonney. 8 December 2010.
  36. Web site: Website Deborah Voigt (discography). 8 December 2010.
  37. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Mattila/Abbado. Deutsche Grammophon. 24 December 2010.
  38. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Fontana/Werba. Preiser Records. 29 January 2011.
  39. Web site: Website Jane Eaglen. 8 December 2010.
  40. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Mattila/Abbado. Deutsche Grammophon. 5 September 2010.
  41. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Odense Symfoniorkester/Sjöberg/Wagner. 8 December 2010.
  42. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Isokoski/Janowski. Ondine. 5 September 2010.
  43. Web site: Website Melanie Diener. 6 December 2010.
  44. Web site: Website Georgina von Benza. 29 January 2011.
  45. Web site: Website Anne Schwanewilms. 7 December 2010.
  46. Web site: Ensembles der Deutschen Oper Berlin. 16 January 2011.
  47. Web site: Website Somtow Sucharitkul. 31 January 2011.
  48. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Jarnot/Deutsch. Oehms Classics. 7 December 2010.
  49. Web site: Website Christine Brewer. 28 February 2011.
  50. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Merbeth/Halász. Naxos Records. 5 September 2010.
  51. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Stemme/Pappano. EMI Classics. 5 September 2010.
  52. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Merbeth/Gelmetti. Sydney Symphony Recordings. 7 December 2010.
  53. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Chen/Brossé. Pavane Records. 21 September 2011.
  54. Web site: Review Harteros/Luisi. Richard Osborne. April 2008. Gramophone. 5 September 2010.
  55. Web site: Website Barbara Krieger. 7 December 2010.
  56. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Meier/Breinl. Farao Classics. 7 December 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20071124000452/http://www.farao-classics.de/english/catalogue/w_meier_lieder-e.html. 24 November 2007. dead.
  57. Web site: Website Yvonne Kenny. 6 December 2010.
  58. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Fleming/Thielemann. The Decca Record Company London. 5 September 2010.
  59. Web site: Review Harteros/Jansons. Robert Croan. 2 September 2010. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 9 December 2010.
  60. Web site: Website Aga Mikolaj. 7 February 2011.
  61. Web site: Website Polina Pasztircsák. 29 January 2011.
  62. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Röschmann/Nézet-Séguin. BIS Records, Sweden. 28 August 2011.
  63. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Schwanewilms/Stenz. ORFEO International Music, Germany. 13 August 2012.
  64. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Larsson/Boyd. Dabringhaus und Grimm Audiovision, Germany. 15 April 2012.
  65. Web site: Website Erika Sunnegårdh. 9 March 2014.
  66. Web site: On-line catalogue entry Netrebko/Barenboim. Deutsche Grammophon. 5 January 2015.
  67. Web site: Website ABC Classics. 5 January 2015.

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