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Riccardo Muti

Riccardo Muti recorded the nine Beethoven symphonies 2 times: Philadelphia Orchestra, recorded 1985–1988, on EMI/Warner (6:00:31); Filarmonica della Scala, recorded 1997–1998, on Musicom (6:04:37). Their totals run from 6:00:31 to 6:04:37.

Philadelphia Orchestra

EMI/Warner · Recorded 1985–1988

Photo: from the editor’s collection

Symphony	Total	vs. average	I.	II.	III.	IV.	V.
No. 1	25:51	−0:08 shorter	8:45	8:12	3:30	5:24
No. 2	34:02	+0:36 longer	12:32	11:40	3:39	6:11
No. 3	51:52	+2:24 longer	17:43	16:18	6:00	11:51
No. 4	33:25	−0:25 shorter	11:08	10:02	5:27	6:48
No. 5	32:45	−0:15 shorter	7:18	9:54	5:09	10:24
No. 6	45:31	+3:39 longer	12:38	12:40	5:53	3:59	10:21
No. 7	40:32	+1:42 longer	13:18	9:00	9:39	8:35
No. 8	24:51	−1:08 shorter	8:59	3:40	4:54	7:18
No. 9	1:11:42	+4:39 longer	16:25	14:42	16:04	24:31
Total time	6:00:31

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Magnús Lyngdal Magnússon, “Riccardo Muti, Philadelphia Orchestra (1985–1988)”, Beethoven.is, https://beethoven.is/sets/riccardo-muti#riccardo-muti-0, accessed 4 November 2026.

Filarmonica della Scala

Musicom · Recorded 1997–1998

Photo: from the editor’s collection

Symphony	Total	vs. average	I.	II.	III.	IV.	V.
No. 1	27:19	+1:20 longer	9:04	8:14	3:51	6:10
No. 2	34:15	+0:49 longer	12:21	11:29	3:39	6:46
No. 3	54:33	+5:05 longer	18:28	17:20	5:47	12:58
No. 4	34:49	+0:59 longer	11:37	10:34	5:34	7:04
No. 5	30:34	−2:26 shorter	7:43	10:13	5:34	7:04
No. 6	44:35	+2:43 longer	12:32	12:29	5:27	3:56	10:11
No. 7	40:56	+2:06 longer	13:25	9:01	9:25	9:05
No. 8	27:18	+1:19 longer	10:10	4:23	4:49	7:56
No. 9	1:10:18	+3:15 longer	16:22	13:11	16:10	24:35
Total time	6:04:37

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Magnús Lyngdal Magnússon, “Riccardo Muti, Filarmonica della Scala (1997–1998)”, Beethoven.is, https://beethoven.is/sets/riccardo-muti#riccardo-muti-1, accessed 4 November 2026.