Notable Recordings
Notable recordings of this symphony include:
| Orchestra | Conductor | Record Company | Year of Recording | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Philharmonic | Dimitri Mitropoulos | Urania | 1952 | CD |
| New York Philharmonic | Leonard Bernstein | Sony Classical | 1959 | CD |
| Hallé Orchestra | Sir John Barbirolli | BBC Legends | 1966 | CD |
| Philadelphia Orchestra | Eugene Ormandy | RCA Victor Red Seal | 1975 | CD |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | André Previn | EMI Classics | 1977 | CD |
| New York Philharmonic | Leonard Bernstein | Sony Classical | 1979(1) | CD |
| Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra | Evgeny Mravinsky | Erato Records | 1984 | CD |
| Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Vladimir Ashkenazy | Decca Records | 1987 | CD |
| Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra | Vladimir Fedoseev | JVC | 1991(2) | CD |
| Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | Sir Georg Solti | Decca Records | 1993 | CD |
| Philadelphia Orchestra | Riccardo Muti | EMI Classics | 1993 | CD |
| National Symphony Orchestra | Mstislav Rostropovich | Teldec | 1994 | CD |
| Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Sir Charles Mackerras | Royal Philharmonic | 1994 | CD |
| Prague Symphony Orchestra | Maxim Shostakovich | Supraphon | 1996 | CD |
| Philharmonia Orchestra | Vladimir Ashkenazy | Signum UK | 2001(3) | CD |
| Kirov Orchestra | Valery Gergiev | Philips Classics | 2002 | CD |
| London Symphony Orchestra | Mstislav Rostropovich | LSO Live | 2004 | CD |
| London Philharmonic Orchestra | Kurt Masur | LPO | 2004 | CD |
| St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra | Yuri Temirkanov | Warner Classics | 2005(4) | CD |
| Russian National Orchestra | Yakov Kreizberg | Pentatone | 2006 | CD |
| Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | Bernard Haitink | Decca Records | 1981 (425 066-2); 1983 (441 256-2) | CD |
| Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | Yoel Levi | Telarc | 1989 | CD |
| Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi | Oleg Caetani | Arts Music | CD | |
| Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | Mariss Jansons | EMI Classics | 1997 | CD |
| BBC National Orchestra of Wales | Mark Wigglesworth | BIS Records | CD | |
| Berlin Symphony Orchestra | Kurt Sanderling | Berlin Classics | CD | |
| Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra | Vasily Petrenko | Naxos Records | CD | |
| San Francisco Symphony | Michael Tilson Thomas | SFS | CD | |
| San Francisco Symphony | Michael Tilson Thomas | SFS | (5) | DVD |
(1) = recorded live at Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan
(2) = recorded in Moscow during start of 1991 Soviet coup d'etat attempt
(3) = recorded live in Tokyo
(4) = recorded live in Birmingham
(5) = recorded live at the BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London
Source: arkivmusic.com (recommended recordings selected based on critics reviews)
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