Year | Conductor | Orchestra | References | Audio/Notes |
1922 | Henry Wood | New Queen's Hall Orchestra | [1] | [2](abridged version, c.24 mins ) |
1924 | Oskar Fried | Berlin Staatsoper | [3] | [4] |
1924 | Frieder Weissmann | Berlin State Opera Orchestra | [5] | [6] |
1926 | Albert Coates | London Symphony Orchestra | | First movement: Second movement: |
1926 | Henry Wood | New Queen's Hall Orchestra | [7] | [8] |
1929 | Max von Schillings | Vienna State Opera Orchestra | [9] | |
1929 | Hans Pfitzner | Berlin Philharmonic | | First movement: Second movement: Third movement: Fourth movement: |
1930 | Willem Mengelberg | New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra | [10] | [11] |
1934 | Serge Koussevitzky | London Philharmonic Orchestra | | First movement: Second movement: Third movement: Fourth movement: |
1936 | Felix Weingartner | Vienna Philharmonic | [12] | [13](also said to be 1935, 1937) |
1937 | Eugen Jochum | Berlin Philharmonic | [14] | [15] |
1938 | Arturo Toscanini | NBC Symphony | [16] | |
1939 | Arturo Toscanini | NBC Symphony Orchestra | [17] | [18] |
1940 | Willem Mengelberg | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | [19] | [20] |
1941 | Bruno Walter | New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra | [21] | [22] |
1941 | Carl Schuricht | Berlin Philharmonic | [23] | [24] |
1943 | Hans Knappertsbusch | Berlin Philharmonic | [25] | |
1943 | Oswald Kabasta | Munich Philharmonic | [26] | |
1944 | Herbert von Karajan | Berlin Staatsoper (as Preussische Staatskapelle) | [27] | |
1944 | Arturo Toscanini | NBC Symphony | [28] | |
1944 | Wilhelm Furtwängler | Berlin Philharmonic | [29] | |
1944 | Wilhelm Furtwängler | Vienna Philharmonic | [30] | |
1945 | Serge Koussevitsky | Boston Symphony | [31] | [32] |
1945 | Arturo Toscanini | NBC Symphony | [33] | |
1946 | Victor de Sabata | London Symphony | [34] | [35] |
1947 | Wilhelm Furtwängler | Vienna Philharmonic | [36] | |
1948 | Erich Kleiber | NBC Symphony | [37] | (live) |
1949 | Arturo Toscanini | NBC Symphony | [38] | |
1949 | Hermann Abendroth | Leipzig MDR Orchestra | [39] | |
1949 | Dimitri Mitropoulos | New York Philharmonic | [40] | |
1950 | Erich Kleiber | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | [41] | [42] |
1950 | Wilhelm Furtwängler | Berlin Philharmonic | [43] | |
1951 | Paul van Kempen | Berlin Philharmonic | [44] | |
1951 | Franz R. Friedl | Berlin Symphony Orchestra | [45] | |
1951 | Hans Knappertsbusch | Bremen Philharmonic | [46] | |
1952 | Herbert von Karajan | Philharmonia Orchestra | [47] | [48] |
1952 | Wilhelm Furtwängler | Vienna Philharmonic | [49] | [50] |
1952 | Wilhelm Furtwängler | Vienna Philharmonic (live) | [51] | |
1952 | Wilhelm Furtwängler | Berlin Philharmonic | [52] | (live, December 1952) |
1952 | Carl Schuricht | Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra | [53] | |
1952 | Erich Leinsdorf | Rochester Philharmonic | [54] | |
1953 | Arturo Toscanini | NBC Symphony | [55] | |
1953 | Herbert von Karajan | Berlin Philharmonic | [56] | |
1953 | Wilhelm Furtwängler | RAI Orchestra Turin | [57] | |
1953 | Hans Knappertsbusch | Munich Philharmonic | [58] | |
1953 | Leonard Bernstein | New York Stadium Concerts Symphony | [59] | |
1953 | Hermann Abendroth | Warsaw Philharmonic | [60] | |
1953 | Jascha Horenstein | Vienna Pro Musica Symphony | [61] | |
1954 | Otto Klemperer | Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra | | Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 – Klemperer on YouTube |
1954 | Hermann Abendroth | Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra | [62] | |
1954 | Thomas Beecham | Royal Philharmonic | [63] | [64] |
1954 | Eugen Jochum | Berlin Philharmonic | [65] | [66] |
1954 | Fritz Reiner | Chicago Symphony | [67] | |
1954 | Franz Konwitschny | Dresden Staatskapelle | [68] | |
1955 | Erich Kleiber | Vienna Philharmonic | [69] | |
1955 | Otto Klemperer | Philharmonia Orchestra | [70][71] | [72] |
1955 | Erich Kleiber | Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra | [73] | |
1956 | Rafael Kubelik | Orchestre national de France | [74] | |
1956 | Günter Wand | Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne | [75] | (live) |
1957 | Charles Munch | Boston Symphony | [76] | |
1957 | George Szell | Cleveland Orchestra | [77] | |
1957 | George Szell | Berlin Philharmonic | [78] | |
1957 | Pierre Monteux | Vienna Philharmonic | [79] | |
1957 | Bruno Walter | Symphony of the Air | [80] | |
1957 | Antal Dorati | Minneapolis Symphony | [81] | |
1957 | Jascha Horenstein | Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra | [82] | |
1957 | Ataúlfo Argenta | National Orchestra of Spain | [83] | |
1958 | Hermann Scherchen | Vienna State Opera Orchestra | [84] | [85] |
1958 | Otto Klemperer | Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin | [86] | |
1958 | Bruno Walter | Columbia Symphony | [87] | |
1959 | Georg Solti | Vienna Philharmonic | [88] | |
1959 | Sergiu Celibidache | RAI Orchestra Milan | [89] | |
1959 | Ferenc Fricsay | Berlin Philharmonic | [90] | |
1959 | Lovro von Matačić | Czech Philharmonic | [91] | |
1959 | Carl Schuricht | Paris Conservatoire Orchestra | [92] | |
1959 | Rudolf Kempe | Berlin Philharmonic | [93] | (live) |
1959 | Otto Klemperer | Philharmonia Orchestra | [94] | |
1960 | Ernest Ansermet | Suisse Romande Orchestra | [95] | |
1960 | André Cluytens | Berlin Philharmonic | [96] | |
1960 | Josef Krips | London Symphony Orchestra | [97] | |
1960 | Pierre Monteux | Royal Philharmonic | [98] | (live) |
1960 | Joseph Keilberth | Hamburg State Philharmonic | [99] | |
1960 | Otto Klemperer | Philharmonia Orchestra | [100] | (live, Vienna Festival) |
1961 | Rudolf Moralt | Vienna Festival Orchestra | [101] | |
1961 | René Leibowitz | Royal Philharmonic | [102] | |
1961 | Ferenc Fricsay | Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin | [103] | |
1961 | Carl Schuricht | Vienna Philharmonic | [104] | |
1961 | Evgeny Mravinsky | Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra | [105] | |
1962 | Adrian Boult | London Philharmonic Orchestra | [106] | |
1962 | Hans Knappertsbusch | Vienna Philharmonic | [107] | |
1962 | Herbert von Karajan | Berlin Philharmonic | [108] | |
1962 | Karl Böhm | Berlin Philharmonic | [109] | |
1962 | Pierre Monteux | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | [110] | |
1963 | Ignace Neumark | Utrecht Symphony Orchestra | [111] | |
1963 | Erich Leinsdorf | Boston Symphony | [112] | |
1963 | William Steinberg | Pittsburgh Symphony | [113] | |
1963 | George Szell | Czech Philharmonic Orchestra | [114] | |
1963 | Otto Klemperer | Vienna Symphony Orchestra | [115] | |
1964 | Carl Schuricht | Berlin Philharmonic | [116] | (live) |
1964 | Leonard Bernstein | New York Philharmonic | [117] | |
1965 | Leonard Bernstein | New York Philharmonic | [118] | |
1966 | Michael Gielen | Vienna Staatsoper | [119] | |
1966 | Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt | Vienna Philharmonic | [120] | |
1968 | Georg Solti | London Symphony | [121] | (live) |
1968 | John Barbirolli | BBC Symphony | [122] | |
1968 | Eduard Lindenberg | Vienna Volksoper | [123] | |
1968 | Paul Kletzki | Czech Philharmonic | [124] | |
1968 | Franz Konwitschny | Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra | [125] | |
1969 | Eugen Jochum | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | [126] | |
1970 | John Barbirolli | BBC Symphony | [127] | |
1970 | Colin Davis | BBC Symphony | [128] | |
1970 | Wolfgang Sawallisch | RIAS Berlin Symphony Orchestra | [129] | |
1970 | Sergiu Celibidache | Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra | [130] | |
1971 | Rafael Kubelik | Vienna Philharmonic | [131] | |
1971 | Rafael Kubelik | Berlin Philharmonic | [132] | |
1971 | Sergiu Celibidache | South German Radio Symphony Orchestra | [133] | |
1972 | Karl Böhm | Vienna Philharmonic | [134] | |
1972 | Rudolf Barshai | studio orchestra | [135][permanent dead link] | |
1973 | Kurt Masur | Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra | [136] | |
1973 | Herbert Blomstedt | Dresden Staatskapelle | [137] | |
1973 | Alexander von Pitamic | Munich Symphony Orchestra | [138] | |
1974 | Rudolf Kempe | Munich Philharmonic | [139] | |
1974 | Leopold Stokowski | London Symphony | [140] | (his only Eroica - aged 93!) |
1974 | Bernard Haitink | London Philharmonic Orchestra | [141] | |
1975 | Antal Dorati | Royal Philharmonic | [142] | |
1975 | Seiji Ozawa | San Francisco Symphony | [143] | |
1976 | Carlos Païta | Scottish National Orchestra | [144] | |
1976 | Eugen Jochum | London Symphony | [145] | |
1977 | Eugen Jochum | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | [146] | (live) |
1977 | Walther Richter | London Pro Musica Symphony Orchestra | [147] | |
1977 | Lorin Maazel | Cleveland Orchestra | [148] | |
1977 | Herbert von Karajan | Berlin Philharmonic | [149] | |
1978 | Karl Böhm | Bavarian Radio Symphony | [150] | |
1979 | Carlo Maria Giulini | Los Angeles Philharmonic | [151] | |
1979 | Leonard Bernstein | Vienna Philharmonic | [152] | |
1980 | Franzjosef Maier | Collegium Aureum | [153] | |
1980 | Michael Gielen | Cincinnati Symphony | [154] | |
1980 | Carlo Maria Giulini | Los Angeles Philharmonic | [155] | (live in London) |
1981 | Kurt Sanderling | Philharmonia Orchestra | [156] | |
1981 | Kurt Sanderling | Philharmonia Orchestra | [157] | |
1982 | Neville Marriner | Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields | [158] | |
1982 | Evgeny Svetlanov | USSR State Symphony Orchestra | [159] | |
1982 | Herbert von Karajan | Berlin Philharmonic | [160] | |
1982 | Günther Herbig | Berlin Symphony Orchestra | [161] | |
1983 | Herbert Kegel | Dresden Philharmonic | [162] | |
1984 | Herbert von Karajan | Berlin Philharmonic | [163] | |
1984 | János Ferencsik | Hungarian Philharmonic | [164] | |
1985 | Christopher Hogwood | Academy of Ancient Music | [165] | |
1985 | Karl Münchinger | Stuttgart SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra | [166] | |
1985 | Günter Wand | North German Radio Symphony | [167] | |
1987 | Roy Goodman | Hanover Band | [168] | |
1987 | Sergiu Celibidache | Munich Philharmonic | [169] | |
1987 | Riccardo Muti | Philadelphia Orchestra | [170] | |
1987 | Bernard Haitink | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | [171] | |
1987 | Claudio Abbado | Vienna Philharmonic | [172] | |
1988 | Frans Brüggen | Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century | [173] | (live, Amsterdam) |
1988 | Roger Norrington | London Classical Players | [174] | |
1988 | Michael Halász | Bratislava CSR Symphony | [175] | |
1988 | Evgeny Svetlanov | Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra | [176] | |
1988 | Wyn Morris | London Symphony | [177] | |
1988 | Georg Tintner | Symphony Nova Scotia | [178] | (live) |
1988 | Anton Nanut | Ljubljana Symphony Orchestra | [179] | |
1989 | Christoph von Dohnányi | Cleveland Orchestra | [180] | |
1989 | Walter Weller | City of Birmingham Symphony | [181] | |
1989 | Georg Solti | Chicago Symphony | [182] | |
1989 | Günter Wand | North German Radio Symphony | [183] | |
1989 | Zubin Mehta | New York Philharmonic | [184] | |
1989 | Michael Tilson Thomas | Orchestra of St. Luke's | [185] | |
1989 | Takashi Asahina | New Japan Philharmonic | | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9NGAXOj12Y |
1989 | Takashi Asahina | Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin | [186] | |
1989 | Hiroshi Wakasugi | Dresden Staatskapelle | [187] | |
1989 | Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos | London Symphony | [188] | |
1990? | Charles Mackerras | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra | [189] | |
1990 | Takashi Asahina | Kurashiki Musik Festival Orchestra | [190] | |
1990 | Vladimir Fedoseyev | Moscow Radio & TV Orchestra | [191] | |
1990 | Alberto Delande | Süddeutsche Philharmonie | [192] | |
1991 | Henry Adolph | Süddeutsche Philharmonie | [193] | |
1991 | Nikolaus Harnoncourt | Chamber Orchestra of Europe | [194][195] | |
1991 | Klaus Tennstedt | London Philharmonic | [196] | |
1991 | Zdeněk Košler | Slovak Philharmonic | [197] | |
1991 | Kurt Masur | Leipzig Gewandhaus | [198] | |
1991 | Frank Beermann | North German Chamber Symphony | [199] | |
1992 | Jukka-Pekka Saraste | Scottish Chamber Orchestra | [200] | |
1992 | Carlo Maria Giulini | La Scala Philharmonic, Milan | [201] | |
1992 | Herbert Blomstedt | San Francisco Symphony | [202] | |
1993 | Kirill Kondrashin | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | [203] | (live) |
1993 | James Levine | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | [204] | |
1993 | John Eliot Gardiner | Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique | [205] | |
1993 | Wolfgang Sawallisch | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | [206] | |
1993 | Otmar Suitner | Berlin Staatskapelle | [207] | |
1993 | Richard Hickox | Northern Sinfonia | [208] | |
1993 | Colin Davis | Dresden Staatskapelle | [209] | |
1993 | Giuseppe Sinopoli | Israel Philharmonic | [210] | |
1994 | Alexander Titov | St Petersburg Conservatory Orchestra | [211] | |
1994 | Yehudi Menuhin | Sinfonia Varsovia | [212] | |
1994 | Dennis Russell Davies | Bonn Beethovenhalle Orchestra | [213] | |
1994 | Jordi Savall | Le Concert des Nations | [214] | |
1994 | Peter Maag | Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto | [215] | |
1994 | Günther Herbig | BBC Philharmonic | [216] | |
1994 | Carlo Maria Giulini | Vienna Philharmonic | [217] | (live) |
1994 | Günther Herbig | Royal Philharmonic | [218] | |
1994 | Jaap Schroder | Smithsonian Chamber Orchestra | [219] | |
1995 | Béla Drahos | Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia (Budapest) | [220] | |
1995 | Peter Tiboris | Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic | [221] | (with Mahler's orchestral re-touches) |
1995 | Stephen Kovacevich | BBC Philharmonic | [222] | |
1995 | Heinrich Schiff | Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen | [223] | |
1996 | Marc Soustrot | Bonn Beethovenhalle Orchestra | [224] | |
1996 | Antonino Polizzi | Budapest Symphony Orchestra | [225] | |
1996 | Takashi Asahina | Osaka Philharmonic | [226] | |
1998 | David Zinman | Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich | [227] | |
1999 | Walter Attanasi | Camerata Cassovia | [228] | |
2000 | Michael Gielen | Southwest German Radio Symphony | [229] | |
2000 | Claudio Abbado | Berlin Philharmonic | [230] | |
2000 | Daniel Barenboim | Berlin Staatskapelle | [231] | |
2000 | Djansug Kakhidze | Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra | [232] | |
2001 | Claudio Abbado | Berlin Philharmonic | [233] | ('Rome' set)[234] |
2002 | Jaap van Zweden | Hague Residentie Orchestra | [235] | |
2002 | Roger Norrington | Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra | [236] | |
2004 | Vladimir Fedoseyev | Moscow RTV Symphony Orchestra | [237] | |
2005 | Osmo Vänskä | Minnesota Orchestra | [238] | |
2005 | Andrew Manze | Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra | [239] | |
2005 | John Eliot Gardiner | Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique | [240] | |
2005 | Riccardo Chailly | Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra | [241] | |
2005 | Helmut Müller-Brühl | Kölner Kammerorchester | [242] | |
2005 | Stanislaw Skrowaczewski | Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra | [243] | |
2006 | Thomas Dausgaard | Swedish Chamber Orchestra | [244] | |
2006 | Michael Tilson Thomas | San Francisco Symphony | [245] | |
2006 | Kent Nagano | Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin | [246] | |
2006 | Daniel Grossmann | Ensemble 28 | [247] | |
2006 | Alexander Rudin | "Musica Viva" Academic Chamber Orchestra | [248] | |
2006 | Bernard Haitink | London Symphony Orchestra | [249] | |
2006 | Jos van Immerseel | Anima Eterna | [250] | |
2006 | Charles Mackerras | Scottish Chamber Orchestra | [251] | |
2007 | Bertrand de Billy | Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra | [252] | |
2007 | Gustav Kuhn | Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano & Trento | [253] | |
2007 | Gustavo Dudamel | Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela | [254] | |
2008 | Philippe Herreweghe | Royal Flemish Philharmonic | [255] | |
2008 | Paavo Järvi | Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie | [256] | |
2008 | Eduardo Chibas | Venezuela Symphony Orchestra | [257] | |
2009 | Seiji Ozawa | Saito Kinen Orchestra | [258] | |
2009 | Sylvain Cambreling | SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden & Freiburg | [259] | |
2009 | Christoph von Dohnányi | Philharmonia Orchestra | [260] | |
2009 | Jean-Philippe Tremblay | Orchestre de la Francophonie Canadienne | [261] | |
2010 | Emmanuel Krivine | La Chambre Philharmonique | [262] | |
2011 | Frans Brüggen | Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century | [263] | |
2011 | Frans Brüggen | Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century | [264] | (live, Rotterdam) | |
2011 | Kent Nagano | Montreal Symphony Orchestra | [265] | |
2011 | Alexander Jero | studio orchestra | [266] | |
2012 | Gustavo Dudamel | Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela | [267] | |
2012 | Mikhail Pletnev | Russian National Orchestra | [268] | |
2012 | Mariss Jansons | Bavarian Radio Symphony | [269] | |
2012 | Daniel Barenboim | West-Eastern Divan Orchestra | [270] | |
2012 | Bruno Weil | Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra | [271] | |
2012 | Beatrice Venezi | Lucca Philharmonic Orchestra | | |
2013 | Claudio Abbado | Lucerne Festival Orchestra | [272] | |
2013 | Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos | Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra | | |
2015 | Gabriel Feltz | Stuttgart Philharmonic | [273] | |