Mahler Symphony No. 4 discography



This is a discography of audio recordings of Gustav Mahler's Fourth Symphony. The symphony premiered at the Kaim-Saal in Munich on 25 November 1901. The symphony's first recording in 1930 by Hidemaro Konoye and the New Symphony Orchestra of Tokyo is the first electrical recording of any Mahler symphony.

The tabular list below is of recordings by symphony orchestras of Mahler's score. A separate list is provided, below the primary list of recordings of the full orchestra version, of chamber ensemble reductions of the work, principally of the version for 15 players by Erwin Stein.

Chamber ensemble versions
Unless otherwise indicated, the recordings listed below of the chamber orchestra version of the work are of the Erwin Stein arrangement from 1921.


 * Howard Griffiths, Northern Sinfonia, Daniel Hellmann (boy soprano from Zürich Boys Choir) (Novalis 150-156-2, 1999)
 * Linos Ensemble, Alison Browner (Capriccio C10863, 2001; no conductor identified)
 * John Harding, Sydney Soloists, Clare Gormley (ABC Classics ABC4618272, 2004)
 * Douglas Boyd, Manchester Camerata, Kate Royal (Avie AV2069, 2005)
 * Thomas Christian Ensemble, Christiane Oelze (MDG MDG6031320, 2006; no conductor identified)
 * Kenneth Slowik, Smithsonian Chamber Players and Santa Fe Pro Musica, Christine Brandes (Dorian DOR-90315, 2007)
 * Oxalys, Laure Delcampe (Fuga Libera FUG548, 2009; no conductor identified)
 * David Curtis, Orchestra of the Swan, Heather Shipp (Somm SOMMCD245, 2011)
 * Trevor Pinnock, Royal Academy of Music Ensemble, Sonia Grane (Linn CKD438, 2013)
 * Festival Ensemble Spannungen, Christian Tetzlaff, Benjamin Beilman, Tanja Tetzlaff, Volker Jacobsen; Christiane Oelze (Avi Music AVI8553334, 2015; no conductor identified)
 * Graziella Contratto, MythenEnsemble, Rachel Harnisch (Claves CD1709, 2017)
 * Henk Guittart, Gruppo Montebello, Lies Vandewege (Etcetera KTC1620, 2018)
 * Dario Garegnani, Ensemble "Giulio Rusconi", Beatrice Binda (Da Vinci Classics, C00618, 2022)
 * Rolf Verbeek, Camerata RCO, Barbara Hannigan (Alpha ALPHA872, 2022)
 * Alejandro Muñoz, Camerata Gala, Raquel Lojendio (arrangement by Carlos Domínguez-Nieto) (IBS Classical, IBS142022, 2023)