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Recording detail in brackets where known.

Suisse Romande O/Ernest Ansermet (1968) Cascavelle VEL3143 review
Suisse Romande O/Ernest Ansermet (1967) Eloquence 4800053 review
Paris O/Daniel Barenboim (1979?) Eloquence 4800714 review
French Ntl RO/Sir Thomas Beecham (1959) EMI 5679712 review review
EMI 9099322 review review
Concertgebouw O/Eduard van Beinum (1951) Beluah 1PD30 review
Koln RSO/Gary Bertini (1993) Capriccio 71094 review
Torino della RAI SO/Sergiu Celibidache (1969) Opus Arte OA0977D review
Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
O/Andre Cluytens (1964)
EMI 5751072 review
Concertgebouw O/Sir Colin Davis (1974) Philips 4646922 review
Anima Eterna Brugge/Jos Van Immerseel (2008) Zig Zag ZZT100101 review
Frankfurt RSO/Eliahu Inbal Brilliant 99999-01/11 review review review
Berlin PO/Herbert von Karajan (1975) DG 4691182 review
Dresden PO/Herbert Kegel (1984) Edel 0002332CCC review
Cleveland O/Lorin Maazel (1982) Telarc SACD60650 review
Royal PO/Sir Charles Mackerras (1994) Alto ALC1064 review
Ntl O Radiodiffusion Française/Jean Martinon (1973) EMI 5176542 review
New York PO/Zubin Mehta Decca 4781746 review
Concertgebouw O/Pierre Monteux Tahra TAH175-78 (1948) review
Tahra TAH541-2 (1962) review
Boston SO/Charles Munch (1954) RCA 82876 678992 review
RCA 82876 603932 review review
Boston SO/Charles Munch (1962) RCA 82876 603932 review review
High Def'n Tape Transfers HDCD207 review
Hungarian Radio & TV O/Charles Munch (1966) Eloquence 4767962 review
ORTF O/Charles Munch (1949) Tahra TAH528/9 review
Rotterdam PO/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (2009) BIS BISSACD1800 review
London Classical Players/Roger Norrington (1989) Virgin 6285792 review
Philadelphia O/Eugene Ormandy Sony SK89833 review
Residentie Orkest, The Hague/Willem van Otterloo (1959) Challenge CC72142 review
Sydney SO/Willem van Otterloo (1974) ABC 4765957 review
Detroit SO/Paul Paray (1959) Mercury 4756622 review
Berlin PO/Sir Simon Rattle (2008) EMI 2162240
Leningrad PO/Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (1960) BBC Legends 41632 review
Philharmonia O/Esa-Pekka Salonen (2008) Signum SIGCD193 review
London SO/Hermann Scherchen (1953/4) Tahra TAH413-16 review
Chicago SO/Sir Georg Solti Eloquence 4605042 review
New PO/Leopold Stokowski Decca 4751452 review
San Francisco SO/Michael Tilson Thomas RCA 82876 608592 review review
SFS Live 82193600229 review
French Ntl O/André Vandernoot (1961) High Def'n Tape Transfers HDCD119 review

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