Cleveland Orchestra discography

The Cleveland Orchestra, which was founded in 1918, was first recorded in 1924. Most of the orchestra's recordings have been made either in its concert home, Severance Hall, or in nearby Masonic Auditorium.

Record labels

The Cleveland Orchestra's first recording, of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, was made for the Brunswick label with its first music director, Nikolai Sokoloff.[1]

The Cleveland Orchestra began a long-running association with the Columbia Masterworks label under conductor Artur Rodziński. Successors Erich Leinsdorf, George Szell, and Lorin Maazel all recorded for Columbia, with some early Szell records being assigned to Columbia's budget sub-label, Epic. Szell's recordings with Cleveland in particular have remained steadily in print. In the 1990s the Columbia catalogue was acquired by Sony Classics, which continues to issue the recordings.

The Cleveland Orchestra was one of the first to find new audiences via digital recording technology thanks to its collaboration with the locally-based audiophile label Telarc. This association, as well as one with Decca, began under Maazel and continued under his successor Christoph von Dohnányi. The orchestra's cycle of the complete Beethoven symphonies with Dohnányi was one of the first digitally recorded cycles by a major orchestra. The orchestra has also been recorded with a number of guest conductors, including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Riccardo Chailly and Pierre Boulez, who was musical advisor to the orchestra from 1970–1972.

The pace of the orchestra's recording activity slowed in the late 1990s when market demand dropped for new CDs. A project to record Wagner's complete Ring cycle with Dohnányi for Decca was left unfinished. Despite the many changes facing commercial record labels at the turn of the century, the orchestra continues to be featured in new releases. In 2007 the orchestra recorded Beethoven's Ninth Symphony under Franz Welser-Möst for Deutsche Grammophon. Pianist Mitsuko Uchida has begun a series of Mozart piano concertos with the orchestra for the Decca label.

In 2020, The Cleveland Orchestra announced they had started their own recording label, self-titled as The Cleveland Orchestra.[2]

Premiere recordings

The Cleveland Orchestra has long been known for performing newer music. Some notable world premiere recordings include:

  • Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 (abridged) (Nikolai Sokoloff, conductor)
  • Alban Berg: Violin Concerto (Artur Rodziński, conductor/Louis Krasner, violin)[3]
  • John Adams: Century Rolls (Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor/Emanuel Ax, pianist)
  • Harrison Birtwistle: Sonance Severance 2000 (Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor)

Discography

The discography below is not comprehensive, but rather representative.[4] The listing only contains Compact Disc releases and does not contain 78rpm, LP, Cassette, or 8-track tape releases. In addition to recordings issued on major labels, it includes limited edition releases on the orchestra's private label. The Cleveland Orchestra's complete discography up to 2000 can be found in Donald Rosenberg's book, The Cleveland Orchestra Story – Second to None.

Title/program Conductor Year(s) of recording Record label
The Cleveland Orchestra 75th anniversary (10-CD set)[5][6]
  • Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2* (World Premiere recording)
  • Shostavokich: Symphony No. 1+
  • Debussy: Pelléas and Mélisande: Preludes and interludes^
  • Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade+
  • Sibelius: Symphonies 2~ & 3~
  • Wagner: Siegfried Idyll~
  • Mozart: Requiem, K. 626~
  • Schumann: Introduction and allegro, Op. 92~
  • Strauss: Burger als Edelmann Suite~
  • Ravel: Tombeau de Couperin~ / Daphnis and Chloe, Suite No. 2`
  • Prokofiev: Classical symphony, Op. 25~ / Scythian suite`
  • Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde~ / Five Ruckert songs#
  • Stravinsky: Chant du Rossignol`
  • Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques
  • Druckman: Windows=
  • Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, Op. 58=
  • Schubert: Symphony no. 10, D. 936a: Andante#
  • Weill - Brecht: The Seven Deadly Sins#
  • Beethoven: Grosse Fuge, Op. 133#
  • Ruggles: Sun-Treader#
  • Brahms: Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25 (arr. Schoenberg)#
 Nicolai Sokoloff*, Artur Rodziński+, Erich Leinsdorf^, George Szell~, Pierre Boulez`, Lorin Maazel=, Christoph von Dohnányi# 1928–1992 Cleveland Orchestra
Mahler Pierre Boulez 2010 Deutsche Grammophon
Wagner
  • Wesendonck Lieder
  • Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Act 1 Prelude
  • Rienzi: Overture
  • Lohengrin: Act 1 & Act 3 Preludes
  • Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod
  • Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries
 Franz Welser-Möst 2009 Deutsche Grammophon
Ravel Pierre Boulez 2010 Deutsche Grammophon
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 Franz Welser-Möst 2007 Deutsche Grammophon
Mozart: Piano Concertos 23 & 24
  • Piano Concerto in A major, K. 488
  • Piano Concerto in C minor, K. 491
 Mitsuko Uchida (also pianist) 2008 Decca
Busoni: Piano Concerto Christoph von Dohnányi 1990 Telarc
John Adams: Century Rolls Christoph von Dohnányi 1999 Nonesuch
Brahms: Piano Concerto in B-flat major, Op. 83
  • Also includes Four pieces for solo piano, Op. 119
 George Szell 1966–1979 Sony Classical
Beethoven & Mozart Piano Concertos
  • Beethoven: Piano Concerto in G Major, Op. 58
  • Mozart: Piano Concerto in C major, K. 503
George Szell Columbia Masterworks Great Performances
Beethoven/Dvořák
  • Beethoven: Piano Concerto in E-flat major, Op. 73 / Variations C minor on an Original Theme, WoO 80 / Variations A major on a theme of Wranitzky, WoO 71 / Variations on an Original Theme in D major, Op. 76
  • Dvořák: Symphony in G major, Op. 88/B 163 / Slavonic Dance, Op. 72/B 147: No. 2 in E minor / Slavonic Dance, Op. 46/B 83: No. 3 in A-flat major
 George Szell 1968 & 1970 Angel/EMI
Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1-4
  • Beethoven: Piano Concerto in C major, Op. 15 / Piano Concerto in B-flat major, 19 / Piano Concerto in C minor, Op. 37 / Piano Concerto in G major, Op. 58
George Szell 1968 Angel/EMI
Beethoven: Piano Concertos 3 & 4
  • Beethoven: Piano Concerto in C minor, Op. 37 / Piano Concerto in G major, Op. 58
George Szell 1959 & 1961 Sony Classical
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 / Handel Variations
  • Brahms: Piano Concerto in D minor, Op. 15 / Variations and Fugue on a theme by Handel, Op. 24
George Szell 1968–1979 Sony Classical
Berlioz: Roméo Et Juliette, Les Nuits D'été
  • Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17 / Les nuits d'été, Op. 7
Pierre Boulez 2000 Deutsche Grammophon
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
  • Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14 / Tristia, Op. 18*
    • Cleveland Orchestra Chorus*
 Pierre Boulez 1996 Deutsche Grammophon
Boulez Conducts Stravinsky
  • Stravinsky: Chant du rossignol / Scherzo fantastique, Op. 3 / Le roi des étoiles / L'histoire du soldat: Suite for Chamber Ensemble
 Pierre Boulez 1994–1996 Deutsche Grammophon
Debussy: Images
  • Debussy: Images for Orchestra / Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune / Printemps
 Pierre Boulez 1991 Deutsche Grammophon
Mahler: Symphony No. 7 Pierre Boulez 1994 Deutsche Grammophon
Debussy: La Mer
  • Debussy: Three Nocturnes for Orchestra* / Jeux / La mer / Première Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Orchestra+
    • Cleveland Orchestra Chorus*
    • Franklin Cohen, clarinet+
 Pierre Boulez 1991–1993 Deutsche Grammophon
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
    • William Preucil, violin
    • Juliane Banse, soprano
 Pierre Boulez 1998 Deutsche Grammophon
Messiaen: Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum
  • Messiaen: Chronochromie / La ville d'en haut / Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum
 Pierre Boulez 1993 Deutsche Grammophon
Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi, 7 Haïkaï Pierre Boulez 1994–1996 Deutsche Grammophon
Schoenberg: Piano Concerto
  • Schoenberg: Concerto for Piano, Op. 42+ / Pieces for Piano, Op. 11 / Little Pieces for Piano, Op. 19
  • Berg: Sonata for Piano, Op. 1
  • Variations for Piano, Op. 27
    • Mitsuko Uchida, piano
  • The orchestra only performs in the Concerto+
 Pierre Boulez 1998 & 2000 Philips
Ravel, Debussy
  • Ravel: Shéhérazade* / Le tombeau de Couperin / Pavane pour une infante défunte / Menuet antique
  • Debussy: Danse sacrée et danse profane+ / Poèmes (5) de Baudelaire: no 3, Le jet d'eau^ / Ballades (3) de François Villon^
Pierre Boulez 1999 Deutsche Grammophon
Stravinsky: Pétrouchka, Le Sacre Du Printemps Pierre Boulez 1991 Deutsche Grammophon
Bartók, Lutoslawski: Concertos For Orchestra
  • Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116
  • Lutoskawski: Concerto for Orchestra
 Christoph von Dohnányi 1988–1989 Decca
Beethoven: Complete Symphonies (5-CD set)
  • Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9 / Leonore Overture, No. 3 Op. 72a
    • Carol Vaness, soprano
    • Janice Taylor, mezzo-soprano
    • Siegfried Jerusalem, tenor
    • Robert Lloyd, bass
    • Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
 Christoph von Dohnányi 1983–1988 Telarc
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
  • Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
  • Weber: Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65
 Christoph von Dohnányi 1989 Decca
Brahms: Symphonies, Overtures & Violin Concerto (4-CD set)
  • Brahms: Symphonies 1 – 4 / Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77 / Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 / Tragic Overture, Op. 81
Christoph von Dohnányi Warner Classics
Bruckner: Symphonies 3 & 8
  • Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 in D minor, WAB 103 / Symphony no 8 in C minor, WAB 108
 Christoph von Dohnányi 1989 Decca
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4
  • Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E flat major, WAB 104 "Romantic"
 Christoph von Dohnányi Decca
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5
  • Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, WAB 105
 Christoph von Dohnányi 1991 Decca
Bruckner: Symphony No. 6
  • Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A major, WAB 106
  • J. S. Bach: Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079: No. 8, Ricercar a 6
 Christoph von Dohnányi 1991 & 1993 Decca
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
  • Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E major, WAB 107
 Christoph von Dohnányi Decca
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9
  • Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, WAB 109
 Christoph von Dohnányi Decca
Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9
  • Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished" / Symphony No. 9 in C major, D 944 "Great"
 Christoph von Dohnányi Telarc
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3
  • Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish" / Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Op. 60
 Christoph von Dohnányi 1988 Telarc
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
  • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique" / Eugene Onegin, Op. 24: Polonaise
 Christoph von Dohnányi 1986 Telarc
Dvořák: Slavonic Dances
  • Dvořák: Eight Slavonic Dances, Op. 46/B 83 / Eight Slavonic Dances, Op. 72/B 147
 Christoph von Dohnányi Decca
Dvořák: Symphonies 7, 8 & 9
  • Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70/B 141 / Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88/B 163 / Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World" / Scherzo capriccioso, Op. 66/B 131
 Christoph von Dohnányi Decca
Dvořák: Symphony No. 6 / Janáček: Taras Bulba
  • Dvořák: Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60/B 112
  • Janáček: Taras Bulba
 Christoph von Dohnányi 1989 Decca
Ives: Symphony No. 4
  • Ives: Symphony No. 4* / The Unanswered Question No. 2
  • Varèse: Amériques
    • The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus*
 Christoph von Dohnányi 1991–1994 Decca
Ives / Ruggles
  • Ives: First Orchestral Set "Three Places in New England" / Set No. 2 for Small Orchestra*
  • Ruggles: Men and Mountains / Sun-treader
  • Seeger: Andante for Strings
    • The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus*
 Christoph von Dohnányi 1993–1994 Decca
Mahler: Symphony No. 1
  • Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major "Titan"
 Christoph von Dohnányi Decca
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
  • Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G major
Christoph von Dohnányi 1992 Decca
Mahler: Symphony No. 5
  • Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor
 Christoph von Dohnányi Decca
Mahler: Symphony No. 6 / Schoenberg / Webern
  • Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor "Tragic"
  • Webern: Im Sommerwind
  • Schoenberg: Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 16
 Christoph von Dohnányi 1991 Decca
Mahler: Symphony No. 9
  • Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D major
  • Hartmann: Symphony No. 2 "Adagio"
 Christoph von Dohnányi 1994 & 1997 Decca
Mozart: Concertos
  • Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622
    • Franklin Cohen, clarinet
  • Concerto for Oboe in C major, K 314
    • John Mack, oboe
  • Concerto for Bassoon in B flat major, K 191
    • David McGill, Bassoon
 Christoph von Dohnányi Decca
Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
  • Serenade in G major, K 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"
  • Concerto for Flute and Harp in C major, K 299
    • Lisa Bellbaum, harp
    • Joshua Smith, flute
  • Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola in E flat major, K 364
    • Daniel Majeske, Violin
    • Robert Vernon, viola
 Christoph von Dohnányi 1991 & 1993 Decca
Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 35-41 / Webern: Orchestra works (3-CD set)
  • Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D major, K 385 "Haffner" / Symphony No. 36 in C major, K 425 "Linz" / Symphony No. 38 in D major, K 504 "Prague" / Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K 543 / Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K 550 / Symphony No. 41 in C major, K 551 "Jupiter"
  • Webern: Passacaglia for Orchestra, Op. 1 / Six Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6 / Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 10 / Symphony, Op. 21
 Christoph von Dohnányi Decca
Norton Memorial Organ
  • Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
  • Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 ("Organ")
 Sir Andrew Davis, Jahja Ling 2001 Cleveland Orchestra
Mussorgsky
  • Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel) / Night on the Bare Mountain
 Christoph von Dohnányi Teldec
Ravel
  • Boléro / La valse / Miroirs: Alborada del gracioso / Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 2
 Christoph von Dohnányi 1989 & 1991 Teldec
Schumann: The Symphonies (2-CD set) Christoph von Dohnányi Decca
Smetana
  • Má vlast: Moldau, T 111 / Libuse, T 107: Overture / The two widows, T 109: Overture / The kiss, T 115: Overture / Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93: Overture; Polka; Furiant; Dance of the Comedians
 Christoph von Dohnányi Decca
R. Strauss
  • Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 / Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28
 Christoph von Dohnányi Decca
The Joshua Bell Edition Vol. 3 ( 2-CD set)
  • Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35*
  • Wieniawski: Concerto for Violin no 2 in D minor, Op. 22*
  • Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77
  • Schumann: Concerto for Violin in D minor
Christoph von Dohnányi, Vladimir Ashkenazy* 1988 & 1994 Decca
Wagner: Das Rheingold (2-CD set) Christoph von Dohnányi 1993 Decca
Wagner: Die Walküre Christoph von Dohnányi 1992 Decca
Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss
  • Faun and shepherdess, Op. 2 / The Fairy's Kiss / Ode
 Oliver Knussen Deutsche Grammophon
The Original Jacket Collection – Mozart (10-CD set)
  • Symphonies: Symphony No. 28 in C major, K 200 / Symphony No. 33 in B flat major, K 319 / Symphony No. 35 in D major, K 385 "Haffner" / Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K 543 (two recordings) / Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K 550 (two recordings) / Symphony No. 41 in C major, K 551 "Jupiter" (two recordings)
  • Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: Overture / Der Schauspieldirektor, K 486: Overture
  • Divertimento for Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, 4 Horns and Strings in D major, K 131
  • Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola in E flat major, K 364 (320d)
    • Rafael Druian, violin
    • Abraham Skernick, viola
  • Exsultate jubilate, K 165
  • Serenade in G major, K 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"
  • Serenade in D major, K 320 "Posthorn"
    • Bernard Adelstein, posthorn
  • Divertimento for 2 Horns and Strings in D major, K 334+
  • Requiem in D minor, K 626: Lacrymosa^
  • Minuet in C major, K 409~
  • Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622
    • Robert Marcellus, clarinet
  • Concerto for Piano in C major, K 503
    • Leon Fleisher, piano
  • Sonata for Violin and Piano in F major, K 376 / Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major, K 301 / Sonata for Violin and Piano in E minor, K 304 / Sonata for Violin and Piano in C major, K 296
  • Quartet for Piano and Strings in G minor, K 478 / Quartet for Piano and Strings in E flat major, K 493
George Szell, Louis Lane+, Robert Shaw,^ Erich Leinsdorf~ Sony Classical
Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet - Excerpts Yoel Levi 1983 Telarc
Sibelius
  • Finlandia, Op. 26 / Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43
 Yoel Levi 1984 Telarc
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
  • Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
    • Lucia Popp, soprano
    • Elena Obraztsova, mezzo-soprano
    • Jon Vickers, tenor
    • Martti Talvela, bass
    • The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
  • Egmont, Op. 84: Overture
 Lorin Maazel 1978 Sony Classical
Berlioz / Tchaikovsky
  • Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
  • Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a
 Lorin Maazel 1981–1982 Telarc
Gershwin: Porgy & Bess (3-CD set)
    • François Clemmons, tenor
    • Arthur Thompson, baritone
    • Barbara Conrad, alto
    • Barbara Hendricks, soprano
    • Florence Quivar, mezzo-soprano
    • McHenry Boatwright, baritone
    • Leona Mitchell, soprano
    • Willard White, baritone
    • Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
 Lorin Maazel Decca
Mussorgsky
  • Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel) / Night on Bare Mountain
 Lorin Maazel 1978 Telarc
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (2-CD set)
  • Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 (complete ballet)
 Lorin Maazel 1973 Decca
Respighi / Rimsky-Korsakov
  • Respighi: Pines of Rome / Roman Festivals
  • Rimsky-Korsakov: Golden Cockerel: Suite
 Lorin Maazel Decca
Shostakovich / Tchaikovsky
  • Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
  • Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture
 Lorin Maazel 1981 Telarc
Stravinsky / Tchaikovsky
  • Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
  • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
 Lorin Maazel 1980 Telarc
Saint-Saëns / Schumann: Cello Concertos
  • Saint-Saëns: Concerto for Cello in A minor, Op. 33
  • Schumann: Concerto for Cello in A minor, Op. 129
Sir Neville Marriner Decca
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15
  • Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op. 141
 Kurt Sanderling 1991 Erato
The Original Jacket Collection – The Complete Beethoven Symphonies (10-CD set)
  • Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9 / Egmont Overture / Coriolanus Overture, Op. 62 / King Stephen Overture / Leonore Overtures 1-3 / Fidelio Overture / The Creatures of Prometheus, complete ballet, Op. 43*
  • Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 "Jupiter"
 George Szell, Louis Lane* Sony Classical
Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos (3-CD set)
  • Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1-5
  • Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503
George Szell Columbia Masterworks
Brahms: Piano Concertos (2-CD set)
  • Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 / Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83 / Variations and Fugue on a theme by Handel, Op. 24 / Waltzes, Op. 39
George Szell 1956–1962 Sony Classical Masterworks Heritage
Brahms: Violin Concerto George Szell EMI Classics
Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3
  • Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 / Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90
 George Szell 1964–1967 Sony ClassicalEssential Classics
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
  • Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 / Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 / Tragic Overture, Op. 81
 George Szell Sony ClassicalEssential Classics
Dvořák: Slavonic Dances (complete)
  • Dvořák: Slavonic Dances for Orchestra, Op. 46/B 83 / Slavonic Dances for Orchestra, Op. 72/B 147
 George Szell 1962–1965 Sony ClassicalEssential Classics
Dvořák: Three Great Symphonies (2-CD set)
  • Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70 / Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88 / Symphony no. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "From the New World" / Carnival Overture, Op. 92
  • Smetana: Overture to the Bartered Bride / String Quartet in E minor "From My Life" (orch. Szell)
 George Szell 1962–1965 Sony Classical Masterworks Heritage
Franck / Rachmaninoff
  • Franck: Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra, M 46
  • Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Op. 43
  • Miroirs: Alborada del gracioso
George Szell Columbia Masterworks Great Performances
Mussorgsky / Rimsky-Korsakov
  • Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Khovanshchina: Act 1 Prelude "Dawn on the Moscow River"
  • Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34
  • Liadov: The enchanted lake, Op. 62
  • Borodin: Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
 George Szell Sony Classical
Grieg / Schumann: Piano Concertos
  • Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
  • Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
George Szell Columbia Masterworks Great Performances
Haydn: Early London Symphonies (2-CD set)
  • Symphony Nn. 93 in D major / Symphony No 94 in G major, "Surprise" / Symphony No. 95 in C minor / Symphony No. 96 in D major "Miracle" / Symphony No. 97 in C major / Symphony No. 98 in B flat major
 George Szell Sony Classical
Kodály / Prokofiev
  • Kodály: Háry János, Op. 15: Suite
  • Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60
 George Szell Columbia Masterworks Great Performances
Prokofiev / Bartók
  • Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 100
  • Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116
 George Szell 1959 & 1965 Sony Classical Masterworks Heritage
Schumann: The Four Symphonies (2-CD set)
  • Schumann: Symphonies 1-4 / Manfred Overture, Op. 115
 George Szell 1958–1960 Sony Classical Masterworks Heritage
Mahler / Mozart (2-CD set)
  • Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G major
  • Mozart: Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a)
George Szell CBS Masterworks
Mahler: Symphony No. 6
  • Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor "Tragic"
 George Szell Sony Classical Great Performances
Mendelssohn: "Italian" Symphony
  • Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian" / Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 / Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"
    • SACD disc only playable on Super Audio CD Players
 George Szell 1962–1967 Sony Classical
Mozart: Piano Concertos 21 & 26
  • Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K 467 / Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major, K 537 "Coronation"* / Variations (12) for Piano in C major on "Ah vous dirai-je maman", K 265+
  • For contractual reasons, the Cleveland Orchestra was billed as the Columbia Symphony Orchestra on this recording.*
George Szell Sony Classical Essential Classics
Mozart: Piano Concertos 21 & 24
  • Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K 467 / Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491
George Szell CBS Masterworks Great Performances
Prokofiev: Piano Concertos 1 & 3
  • Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat major, Op. 10 / Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26 / Piano Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 14 / Piano Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 28
    • Gary Graffman, piano
    • The Sonatas are works for solo piano and do not include the orchestra
 George Szell 1962–1966 Sony Classical Great Performances
Schubert: Symphonies 8 & 9
  • Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 / Symphony No. 9 in C major, D 944 "Great"
 George Szell Sony Classical Essential Classics
R. Strauss Tone Poems
  • R. Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20 / Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Op. 28 / Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24
 George Szell CBS Masterworks Great Performances
Strauss Waltzes
  • Johann Strauss, Jr: On the Beautiful, Blue Danube, Op. 314 / Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410 / Perpetuum mobile, Op. 257 / Die Fledermaus: Overture / Pizzicato Polka
  • Josef Strauss: Delirien, Op. 212 / Dorfschwalben aus Österreich, Op. 164
    • SACD disc only playable on Super Audio CD Players
 George Szell 1958 & 1962 Sony Classical
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
  • Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op.
  • Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G minor, Op. 23, No. 5 / Prelude in G-sharp minor, Op. 32, No. 12 / Prelude in A minor, Op. 32, No. 8
    • Gary Graffman, piano
    • The Rachmaninoff works are for solo piano and do not include the orchestra.
 George Szell 1969 CBS Masterworks Great Performances
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
  • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 / Capriccio italien, Op. 45
 George Szell 1958 & 1959 Sony Classical Great Performances
Orff: Carmina Burana Michael Tilson Thomas 1974 Sony Classical Great Performances
Live in Tokyo (2-CD set)
  • Weber: Overture to Oberon
  • Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550
  • Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43
  • Berlioz: Rákóczy March
  • Interview with Pierre Boulez
 George Szell 1970 Cleveland Orchestra
Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos Vladimir Ashkenazy Decca
Severance Hall reopening concert
  • Smith: The Star Spangled Banner
  • Birtwistle: Sonance Severance 2000 (World Premiere)
  • Ligeti: Atmospheres
  • Prokofiev: Classical Symphony
  • Ravel: Daphnes & Chloe Suite No. 2
  • Wagner: Overture to Die Miestersinger
 Christoph von Dohnányi 2000 Cleveland Orchestra
The Cleveland Sound
  • Bruckner: Symphonies 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9
  • Mahler: Symphonies 1, 4, 5, 6
 Christoph von Dohnányi 2000 Decca
A New Century
  • Beethoven: String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132 (arr. Franz Welser-Möst)
  • Varèse: Amériques
  • Staud: Stromab
  • R. Strauss: Aus Italien, Op. 16
  • Deutsch: Okeanos (Paul Jacobs, organ)
  • Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 44
 Franz Welser-Möst 2020 Cleveland Orchestra
Schubert and Křenek
  • Schubert: Symphony in C Major ("The Great")
  • Křenek: Static and Ecstatic, Op. 214
 Franz Welser-Möst 2020 Cleveland Orchestra
Schnittke and Prokofiev
  • Schnittke: Concerto for Piano and Strings
  • Prokofiev: Symphony No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40
 Franz Welser-Möst 2021 Cleveland Orchestra`
Strauss: Three Tone Poems
  • Macbeth
  • Don Juan
  • Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
 Franz Welser-Möst 2021 Cleveland Orchestra
George Walker
  • Antifonys (for string orchestra)
  • Sinfonia No. 4, “Threads”
  • Lilacs (for voice and orchestra)
  • Sinfonia No. 5, “Visions”
 Franz Welser-Möst 2022 Cleveland Orchestra

Guest appearances

The Cleveland Orchestra was heard on the Michael Jackson album Dangerous in the song "Will You Be There", which was used as the theme song to the film Free Willy.[7]

References
  1. Rosenberg, Donald. The Cleveland Orchestra Story - Second to None. Gray & Company. ISBN 1-886228-24-8
  2. "A New Century". The Cleveland Orchestra. March 13, 2020. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
  3. "The Milwaukee Journal - Google News Archive". 1941-09-21. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
  4. "Primary discographical source". Arkiv Music. 2011-04-19. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
  5. "Encore - The Cleveland Orchestra 75 (sound recording) seventy-fifth anniversary". Encore.cuyahoga.lib.oh.us. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
  6. "Music Notes - New York Times". The New York Times. 1993-10-02. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
  7. "Michael Lynche Songs - American Idol Season 9 - Songs Performed By Michael Lynche on American Idol". Top40.about.com. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
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