Mahler, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, Bernard Haitink ‎– Symphony No. 1. Label: Philips Classics ‎– 420 080-2. Symphony No. 1 In D Major. Langsam, Schleppend.

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Jean Fournet. Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major - "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 1 - "Imple superna gratia". Ileana Cotrubas, Heather Harper, Birgit Finnilä, Marianne Dieleman, William Cochran, Hermann Prey, Amsterdam Toonkunst Choir, Collegium Musicum Amstel. Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Peter Eötvös.

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is widely considered one of the very best orchestras in the world. Time and time again, critics have lauded its unique sound. The extraordinary acoustics of The Concertgebouw and the exceptional musicians themselves play an important role in this respect. Another important contributing factor is the influence exerted on the orchestra by its chief conductors, of whom there have been only seven since 1988. Daniele Gatti was appointed chief conductor in September 2016

The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is a symphony orchestra in the Netherlands, based at the Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw (concert hall). Considered one of the world's leading orchestras. Queen Beatrix conferred the "Royal" title upon the orchestra in 1988. The Concertgebouw opened on 11 April 1888. The Concertgebouw Orchestra was established several months later, and gave its first concert in the Concertgebouw on 3 November 1888, conducted by the orchestra's first chief conductor, Willem Kes.

That orchestra was Amsterdam's Concertgebouw Orchestra. Perhaps no orchestra has ever had the kind of intimate history with Mahler that the Concertgebouw has, and this goes back to Willem Mengelberg and Edward van Beinum, who also knew Mahler quite well. During the acceleration of the Mahler revival in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the orchestra was led by Bernard Haitink; and their surveys of the Mahler symphonic canon were extremely acclaimed. One example can be found in this recording of Mahler's Firs Symphony. Both Haitink and the Concertgebouw had recorded the Titan Symphony once before in 1962; but this recording, made in May 1972, is really one of the most solid ones this work has received, on par with this same orchestra's 1987 rendering of it with Bernstein on the podium (for Deutsche Grammophon), though not quite as extreme.

Bernard Haitink, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. 2. Kräftig bewegt. Bernard Haitink, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam. 7. Conductor: Pierre Boulez. 2 'Resurrection'. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.

Symphony no. 1 (1972 recording). Release group by Mahler; Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, Bernard Haitink. Release group information. Artist: Mahler; Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, Bernard Haitink.