Four Last Songs discography

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

Recordings

Year Artist
Conductor
Orchestra		 or Pianist
Label
Catalogue number
1950 Kirsten Flagstad Wilhelm Furtwängler
Philharmonia Orchestra 		CD: Testament
Cat: SBT1410[1]
1951 Sena Jurinac Fritz Busch
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra 		CD: EMI "Références"
Cat: CDH 7 63199 2[2]
1953 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Otto Ackermann
Philharmonia Orchestra 		CD: Naxos "Historical"
Cat: 8.111145[3]
1953 Lisa Della Casa Karl Böhm
Wiener Philharmoniker 		CD: Decca "Legends"
Cat: 000289 467 1182 8[4]
CD: Naxos "Historical"
Cat: 8.111347[5]
1955 Christel Goltz Heinrich Hollreiser
Pro Musica Orchestra 		LP: VOX Classics
Cat: PL 9400
1956 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Herbert von Karajan
Philharmonia Orchestra 		CD: Urania
Cat: URN 22. 379
1958 Inge Borkh Ferdinand Leitner
Orchestre Symphonique de Vichy 		CD: Ponto Recordings
Cat: PONTO 1010[6]
1958 Lois Marshall Thomas Beecham
Concertgebouworkest 		CD: Gala
Cat: GL 100.799
1961 Sena Jurinac Malcolm Sargent
BBC Symphony Orchestra 		CD: BBC "Legends"
Cat: BBCL 4107-2[7]
1961 Teresa Stich-Randall Ernest Ansermet
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 		CD: Cascavalle
Cat: VEL 3135
1964 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf George Szell
Concertgebouworkest 		CD: Audiophile Classics
Cat: APL 101.548
1964 Evelyn Lear Karl Böhm
Wiener Philharmoniker 		CD: VAI Music
Cat: VAIA 1159[8]
1964 Hanne-Lore Kuhse Václav Neumann
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig 		CD: Berlin Classics
Cat: BC 2075-2
1965 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf George Szell
Radio-Symphonieorchester Berlin 		CD: EMI Classics "Great Recordings of the Century"
Cat: 0724356696020[9]
1967 Martina Arroyo Günter Wand
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester 		CD: Profil Medien
Cat: PH06005[10]
1968 Gundula Janowitz Bernard Haitink
Concertgebouworkest 		CD: Philips "Dutch Masters - Bernard Haitink"
Cat: 462 947-2
1970 Birgit Nilsson Leif Segerstam
Sveriges Radios symfoniorkester 		CD: Bluebell
Cat: ABCD 009
1970 Eleanor Steber James Levine
Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra 		CD: VAI Music
Cat: VAIA 1012[11]
1974 Leontyne Price Erich Leinsdorf
New Philharmonia Orchestra 		CD: RCA Victor
Cat: nla[12]
1974 Gundula Janowitz Herbert von Karajan
Berliner Philharmoniker 		CD: Deutsche Grammophon "The Originals"
Cat: 000289 447 4222 0[13]
1976 Elisabeth Söderström Antal Doráti
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 		CD: BBC "Legends"
Cat: BBCL 4153-2[14]
1976 Montserrat Caballé Alain Lombard
Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg 		LP: Erato
Cat: STU 71054
1976 Teresa Żylis-Gara Franz-Paul Decker
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Hannover 		LP: Rodolphe
Cat: RP 12 392
1977 Aase Nordmo Løvberg Okko Kamu
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra 		CD: Simax
Cat: PSC 1803
1977 Lucia Popp Georg Solti
Chicago Symphony Orchestra 		DVD-Video: Decca
Cat: 074 3203[15]
1979 Kiri Te Kanawa Andrew Davis
London Symphony Orchestra 		CD: Sony Classical
Cat: SMK89881[16]
1981 Sylvia Sass Ervin Lukács
Hungarian State Orchestra 		LP: Hungaroton
Cat: SLPX 12397[17]
1981 Heather Harper 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 Elisabeth Söderström Richard Armstrong
Welsh National Opera Orchestra 		LP: EMI
Cat: ASD 4103
1982 Lucia Popp Klaus Tennstedt
London Philharmonic Orchestra 		CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 0724358643725[19]
1982 Jessye Norman Kurt Masur
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig 		CD: Philips Classics
Cat: 000289 464 7422 8[20]
1983 Elly Ameling Wolfgang Sawallisch
Concertgebouworkest 		CD: Heartselling
Cat: GW 80003
1985 Anna Tomowa-Sintow Herbert von Karajan
Berliner Philharmoniker 		CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 419 188-2[21]
1985 Éva Marton Andrew Davis
Toronto Symphony Orchestra 		LP: CBS
Cat: IM 42019
1986 Felicity Lott Neeme Järvi
Royal Scottish National Orchestra 		CD: Chandos
Cat: CHAN 8518[22]
1987 Heather Harper Richard Hickox
London Symphony Orchestra 		CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 2283742[23]
1988 Arleen Auger André Previn
Wiener Philharmoniker 		CD: Telarc
Cat: CD-80180[24]
1990 Kiri Te Kanawa Georg Solti
Wiener Philharmoniker 		CD: Decca
Cat: 000289 430 5112 5[25]
1991 Gwyneth Jones Roberto Paternostro
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra 		CD: KOCH Schwann
Cat: 314 081
1992 Júlia Várady Kurt Masur
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig 		DVD-Video: Digital Classics
Cat: 1008DC
1993 Cheryl Studer 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 Charlotte Margiono Edo de Waart
Radio Filharmonisch Orkest Holland 		CD: Brilliant Classics
Cat: 9065[28]
1993 Lucia Popp Michael Tilson Thomas
London Symphony Orchestra 		CD: Sony Classical
Cat: SK 48242[29]
1995 Barbara Hendricks Wolfgang Sawallisch
Philadelphia Orchestra 		CD: EMI Classics
Cat: CDC5 5099950466528[30]
1995 Renée Fleming 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 Barbara Bonney Malcolm Martineau, piano
 CD: Decca
Cat: 460 812-2[35]
1998 Deborah Voigt Kurt Masur
New York Philharmonic Orchestra 		CD: Teldec
Cat: 3984-25990-2[36]
1998 Karita Mattila Claudio Abbado
Berliner Philharmoniker 		CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 445 182-2[37]
1999 Gabriele Fontana Erik Werba, piano
 CD: Preiser Records
Cat: PR93377[38]
1999 Jane Eaglen Donald Runnicles
London Symphony Orchestra 		CD: Sony
Cat: SK 61720[39]
1999 Karita Mattila 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 Soile Isokoski Marek Janowski
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin 		CD: Ondine
Cat: ODE982-2[42]
2002 Melanie Diener David Zinman
Tonhalle Orchester Zürich 		CD: Arte Nova
Cat: 74321 95999 2[43]
2003 Georgina von Benza Marco De Prosperis
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken 		CD: TADE International
Cat: TADECD 002[44]
2004 Anne Schwanewilms Mark Elder
The Hallé 		CD: BBC
Cat: BBC MM270[45]
2004 Michaela Kaune Eiji Oue
NDR Radiophilharmonie 		CD: Berlin Classics
Cat: 0017812BC[46]
2004 Nancy Yuen Somtow Sucharitkul
Siam Philharmonc Orchestra 		CD: Orchid Music
Cat: OM-0401[47]
2005 Konrad Jarnot Helmut Deutsch, piano
 CD: Oehms Classics
Cat: OC 518[48]
2006 Christine Brewer 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 Nina Stemme 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 Anja Harteros 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 Waltraud Meier Joseph Breinl, piano CD: Farao Classics
Cat: B 108033[56]
2008 Yvonne Kenny Johannes Fritzsch
Queensland Symphony Orchestra 		CD: ABC Classics
Cat: ABC 476 3954[57]
2009 Renée Fleming Christian Thielemann
Münchner Philharmoniker 		CD: Decca
Cat: 000289 478 1074 2[58]
2009 Anja Harteros Mariss Jansons
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks 		CD: BR-Klassik
Cat: 900707[59]
2009 Aga Mikolaj Karl Sollak
WDR Rundfunfunkorchester Köln 		CD: CPO
Cat: 777 641-2[60]
2010 Polina Pasztircsák Alexander Rahbari
Musikkollegium Winterthur 		CD: Nascor
Cat: NS07[61]
2010 Dorothea Röschmann Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra 		SACD: BIS Records
Cat: BIS-SACD-1880[62]
2011 Anne Schwanewilms Markus Stenz
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln 		CD: Orfeo
Cat: C 858 121 A[63]
2011 Lisa Larsson Douglas Boyd
Musikkollegium Winterthur 		SACD: Dabringhaus und Grimm
Cat: MDG 901 1738-6[64]
2013 Erika Sunnegårdh Will Humburg
Malmö Symphony Orchestra 		MP3:
Cat: 888174 304687[65]
2014 Anna Netrebko Daniel Barenboim
Staatskapelle Berlin 		CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 0289 479 3964 1[66]
2014 Erin Wall Andrew Davis
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 		CD: ABC Classics
Cat: ABC 481 1122[67]

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