A Hero's Life - Recordings

Recordings

There are many recordings of A Hero's Life.

• Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra/Antal Dorati (Rec. 1953, issued on LP; authorized commercial CD transfers not released.)
• New York Philharmonic/Willem Mengelberg (Rec. 1928, Pearl Records)
• Bavarian State Orchestra/Richard Strauss (Rec. 1941, Deutsche Grammophon; Dutton Labs)
• Concertgebouw Orchestra/Willem Mengelberg (Rec. 1942, Teldec; Naxos Historical)
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham (Rec. 1947, Testament; Biddulph)
• Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Fritz Reiner (Rec. 1954, RCA Living Stereo)
• Staatskapelle Dresden/Karl Böhm (Rec. 1957, Deutsche Grammophon)
• Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Herbert von Karajan (Rec. 1959, Deutsche Grammophon)
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham (Rec. 1959, EMI )
• Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy (Rec. 1960, Sony Classical)
• London Symphony Orchestra/Sir John Barbirolli (Rec. 1969, EMI)
• Concertgebouw Orchestra/Bernard Haitink (Rec. 1970, Philips)
• London Symphony Orchestra/Sir John Barbirolli (Rec. 1970, BBC Classics )
• Staatskapelle Dresden/Rudolf Kempe (Rec. 1972, EMI)
• Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Herbert von Karajan (Rec. 1974, EMI)
• Vienna Philharmonic/Andre Previn (Rec. 1988, Telarc)
• Cleveland Orchestra/Christoph von Dohnanyi (Rec. 1992, London/DECCA)
• San Francisco Symphony Orchestra/Herbert Blomstedt (Rec. 1994, London/DECCA)
• Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Rec. 2000, EXTON)
• WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne/Semyon Bychkov (Rec. 2001, Avie)
• Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Daniel Barenboim (Rec. 2003, Erato/Warner Classics)
• Concertgebouw Orchestra/Mariss Jansons (Rec. 2004, RCO Live)
• Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle (Rec. 2005, EMI)
• Staatskapelle Dresden/Fabio Luisi (Rec. 2007, Sony)
• Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra/Manfred Honeck (Rec. 2008, EXTON)
• Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Bernard Haitink (Rec. 2010, CSO Resound)