Tue, Apr 29, 2025
To mark the Mahler Festival, the orchestra will release a new CD box set of all the Mahler symphonies on its RCO Live label. Enjoy Gustav Mahler - The Chief Conductors Edition, unique live recordings of the orchestra led by previous chief conductors.
In 1903, Gustav Mahler conducted the Concertgebouw Orchestra playing his own work. He was ecstatic about the orchestra, choirs and the audience, writing, 'The music culture in this country is astonishing! The way these people are able to listen!’ Mahler had a close relationship with the orchestra, and its chief conductor Willem Mengelberg, until his death in 1911. These ties are at the heart of the orchestra’s famous Mahler tradition. All of the Concertgebouw Orchestra’s chief conductors have had a very special relationship with Mahler’s music, and each has added his own chapter to this continuing story.
Gustav Mahler - The Chief Conductors Edition contains live radio recordings of all the Mahler symphonies, including Das Lied von der Erde and Deryck Cooke’s completed version of the Tenth Symphony, conducted by Willem Mengelberg, Eduard van Beinum, Bernard Haitink, Riccardo Chailly, Mariss Jansons and Daniele Gatti. Most of these recordings are appearing on CD for the first time, and the Third and Fourth Symphonies have been newly remastered.
| Symfonie | Dirigent | Datum opname |
|---|---|---|
| Symfonie nr. 1* | Riccardo Chailly | 29-4-1999 |
| Symfonie nr. 2 | Daniele Gatti (met Chen Reiss, Karen Cargill en koor) | 18-9-2016 |
| Symfonie nr. 3** | Eduard van Beinum (met Maureen Forrester en koor) | 14-7-1957 |
| Symfonie nr. 4** | Willem Mengelberg (met Jo Vincent) | 9-11-1939 |
| Symfonie nr. 5* | Riccardo Chailly | 10-10-1997 |
| Symfonie nr. 6* | Bernard Haitink | 7-12-2001 |
| Symfonie nr. 7 | Mariss Jansons | 30-9-2016 |
| Symfonie nr. 8 | Mariss Jansons (met diverse solisten en koren) | 6-3-2011 |
| Das Lied von der Erde* | Bernard Haitink (met Anna Larsson & Robert Dean Smith) | 7-11-2006 |
| Symfonie nr. 9*** | Bernard Haitink | 15-5-2011 |
| Symfonie nr. 10* | Riccardo Chailly | 18-6-2000 |
* first release on CD
** new remaster
*** first audio release
On CD and through Apple Music
The box set will be available from 2 May 2025 in a limited edition, at a suggested retail price of € 90. The recordings not previously available will be released digitally as separate albums. All recordings will become available on Apple Music Classical over the course of May.; soon the entire cycle will available on other platforms as well. Apple Music Classical will include a real-time ‘listening guide’ with the First and Fifth Symphony.