Now on CD: All of Mahler’s symphonies by previous chief conductors

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. 
Now on CD: All of Mahler’s symphonies 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.

Contents of the box set

Symphony Conductor Date recorded
Symphony No. 1* Riccardo Chailly 29-4-1999
Symphony No. 2 Daniele Gatti (with Chen Reiss, Karen Cargill and choir) 18-9-2016
Symphony No. 3** Eduard van Beinum (with Maureen Forrester and choir) 14-7-1957
Symphony No. 4** Willem Mengelberg (with Jo Vincent) 9-11-1939
Symphony No. 5* Riccardo Chailly 10-10-1997
Symphony No. 6* Bernard Haitink 7-12-2001
Symphony No. 7 Mariss Jansons 30-9-2016
Symphony No. 8 Mariss Jansons (with various soloists and choirs) 6-3-2011
Das Lied von der Erde* Bernard Haitink (with Anna Larsson & Robert Dean Smith) 7-11-2006
Symphony No. 9*** Bernard Haitink 15-5-2011
Symphony No. 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 Symphony.

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