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Two cycles, side by side

Choose any two of the 190 complete sets. The difference column shows how much longer (+) or shorter (−) the first cycle is.

Sym.
Hickox
Szell
Difference
No. 1
27:02
28:52
−1:50
No. 2
35:42
31:51
+3:51
No. 3
56:35
47:25
+9:10
No. 4
36:05
31:47
+4:18
No. 5
35:17
31:44
+3:33
No. 6
44:34
41:33
+3:01
No. 7
42:34
33:59
+8:35
No. 8
26:41
26:59
−0:18
No. 9
1:10:28
1:06:35
+3:53
Total
6:14:58
5:40:45
+34:13

Timings depend on which printed and historical repeats each conductor observes. Sir Richard Hickox · George Szell