The conductor Pierre Monteux made a large number of recordings throughout his career. His first recording was as a violist in "Plus blanche que la blanche hermine" from Les Huguenots by Meyerbeer in 1903 for Pathé with the tenor Albert Vaguet.Meyerbeer CD reissue index, Marston Records, accessed 17 March 2012 His first recording as a conductor was the first of his five recordings of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring.Canarina, pp. 325 and 328. His last studio recordings were with the London Symphony Orchestra in works by Ravel at Wembley Town Hall at the end of February 1964.Discographical information in booklet for: Pierre Monteux - Decca and Philips Recordings 1956-1964 (475 7798). Decca Music Group Ltd, 2006. He recorded works by more than fifty composers.Canarina, pp. 321–326 However, he disliked recording, saying of studio sessions,
In Monteux's lifetime it was rare for record companies to issue recordings of live concerts, although he would much have preferred it. He said, "if one could record in one take in normal concert-hall conditions". Some live performances of Monteux conducting the San Francisco Symphony and Boston Symphony orchestras survive alongside his studio recordings, and many have been issued on compact disc.
Many of Monteux's recordings have remained in the catalogues for decades, notably his RCA Victor recordings with the Boston Symphony and Chicago Symphony orchestras; Decca recordings with the Vienna Philharmonic; and Decca and Philips recordings with the LSO.
Monteux's recordings include:Canarina, pp. 321–340
Franco Alfano “Dieu de grâce” from Résurrection (Dorothy Warenskjold, The Standard Symphony Orchestra (San Francisco),This is in effect the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, which alternated with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Alfred Wallenstein for these hour-long Sunday broadcasts. A few of the pieces have cuts. Canarina, pp. 154-6. Music & Arts - MACD1192, 13 CDs)
Hendrik Andriessen Concerto for Organ (Hendrik Andriessen, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra - Live 1950)
Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto for two violins, BWV 1043 (Yehudi Menuhin, Georges Enesco (Orchestre Symphonique de Paris - 1932) Suite No. 2 in B minor (Claude Monteux, London Symphony Orchestra - 1963) Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 : Sinfonia (San Francisco SO, 1949)
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 1 (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - 1960) Symphony No. 2 (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra - 1949, Orchestre National de l'ORTF - Live 1956, North German Radio Symphony Orchestra - 1960, London Symphony Orchestra - 1960) Symphony No. 3 (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - 1957, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - 1960, Concertgebouw Orchestra - 1962) Symphony No. 4 (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra - 1952, London Symphony Orchestra - 1959, North German Radio Symphony Orchestra - 1960, Israel Philharmonic - Live 1964) Symphony No. 5 (The Standard Symphony Orchestra (San Francisco) - Live 1950, Boston Symphony Orchestra - Live 1959, London Symphony Orchestra - 1961) Symphony No. 6 'Pastoral' (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - 1958, Boston Symphony Orchestra - Live 1959, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra - Live 1963) Symphony No. 7 (NBC Symphony Orchestra - Live 1953; Orchestre National de l'ORTF - Live 1955; London Symphony Orchestra - 1961) Symphony No. 8 (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra - 1950, Orchestre National de l'ORTF - Live 1955, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - 1959; Chicago Symphony Orchestra - 1961 video) Symphony No. 9 'Choral' (Maria Stader, Hélène Bouvier, Libero de Luca, Josef Greindl, Orchestre National de l'ORTF - Live 1958; Elisabeth Söderström, Regina Resnik, Jon Vickers, David Ward, London Symphony Orchestra, Bach Choir - 1962)The Beethoven symphonies recorded in Vienna and London from 1957 to 1962 constitute Monteux's Beethoven cycle. Overture: The Creatures of Prometheus (North German Radio Symphony Orchestra - 1964) The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43 - suite (Boston Symphony Orchestra - Live 1958) The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43: Air de Ballet (The Standard Symphony Orchestra (San Francisco) - Live 1944) Overture: The Ruins of Athens (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra - 1949) Overture: King Stephen (London Symphony Orchestra - 1960) Overture: Leonore No. 3 (The Standard Symphony Orchestra (San Francisco) - Live 1952; London Symphony Orchestra - 1959; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra - Live 1960) Overture: Egmont, Op. 84 (The Standard Symphony Orchestra (San Francisco) - Live 1951; London Symphony Orchestra - 1961) Overture: Consecration of the House, Op. 124 (The Standard Symphony Orchestra (San Francisco) - Live 1949; Concertgebouw Orchestra - Live 1950) Overture: Fidelio, Op. 72c (The Standard Symphony Orchestra (San Francisco) - Live 1944; Boston Symphony Orchestra - Live 1959; London Symphony Orchestra - 1960) Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major ‘Emperor’ (Rudolf Serkin, New York Philharmonic - Live 1959) Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 (Berl Senofsky - violin, Boston Symphony Orchestra - Live 1958) Grosse Fuge in B-flat major, Op. 133, orch. Weingartner (Boston Symphony Orchestra - Live 1958)
Hector Berlioz Symphonie fantastique (Orchestre symphonique de Paris - 1930; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra - 1945 and 1950; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - 1958; North German Radio Symphony Orchestra - 1964) Roméo et Juliette (Regina Resnik, André Turp, David Ward, London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus - 1962) Roméo et Juliette, Part III (André Vessières, London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Choral Society and Chorus - Live 1961) Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17 (excerpts) (The Standard Symphony Orchestra (San Francisco) - Live 1944) Overture: Le Carnaval romain, Op. 9, (The Standard Symphony Orchestra (San Francisco) - Live 1946; Chicago Symphony Orchestra - 1961 video) Overture: Le Corsaire, Op. 21 (The Standard Symphony Orchestra (San Francisco) - Live 1952) Overture: Les Troyens, Prelude (Orchestre symphonique de Paris - 1930; The Standard Symphony Orchestra (San Francisco) - Live 1945; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra - 1945) L'Enfance du Christ, Op. 25 – excerpts (The Standard Symphony Orchestra (San Francisco) - Live 1947) La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24 (complete) (Régine Crespin, André Turp, Michel Roux, London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus - 1962) La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24 (three excerpts) (The Standard Symphony Orchestra (San Francisco) - Live 1944) La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24 (Rakoczy March) (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra - 1951; London Symphony Orchestra - 1961) Overture: Benvenuto Cellini (Orchestre Symphonique de Paris - 1930; Concertgebouw Orchestra - Live 1939; San Francisco SO - 1945 and 1952)
Alexander Borodin Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances (The Standard Symphony Orchestra (San Francisco) - 1951; North German Radio Symphony Orchestra - 1964)
Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor (Concertgebouw Orchestra - Live 1963) Symphony No. 2 in D major (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra - 1945 and 1951; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - 1959; London Symphony Orchestra - 1962) Symphony No. 3 in F major (Boston Symphony Orchestra - Live 1956; Concertgebouw Orchestra - Live 1960; BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra - Live 1962) Piano Concerto No. 1 (Leon Fleisher, Boston Symphony Orchestra - Live 1958; Julius Katchen, London Symphony Orchestra - 1959) Variations on the St Anthony Chorale (London Symphony Orchestra - 1958) Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 (Nathan Milstein, Concertgebouw Orchestra - Live 1950; Zino Francescatti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Live 1955; Henryk Szeryng (London Symphony Orchestra - 1958; Leonid Kogan, Boston Symphony Orchestra - Live 1958, Isaac Stern, Boston Symphony Orchestra - Live 1959) Double Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 102 (Zino Francescatti Violin, Pierre Fournier, Cello, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Live 1955) Tragic overture (The Standard Symphony Orchestra (San Francisco) - Live 1949; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Live 1959; Boston Symphony Orchestra - 1959 video; Concertgebouw Orchestra - Live 1962; London Symphony Orchestra - 1962) Academic Festival Overture (Boston Symphony Orchestra - Live 1958; London Symphony Orchestra - 1962) Alto Rhapsody (Marian Anderson, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and Municipal Chorus, 1945) Schicksalslied, Op. 54 (Stanford University Choir, San Francisco Orchestra, 1949) Chorale Preludes (11), Op. 122 arr. V Thomson (Boston Symphony Orchestra - Live 1959) Waltzes (16), Op. 39, five extracts (arr. Alfred Hertz) (The Standard Symphony Orchestra (San Francisco) - Live 1949)
Max Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 (Yehudi Menuhin, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra - 1945)
Emmanuel Chabrier Fête Polonaise from Le roi malgré lui (Orchestre Symphonique de Paris - 1930; San Francisco Symphony - 1947; London Symphony Orchestra - Live 1961)
George Chadwick Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee (The Standard Symphony Orchestra (San Francisco) - Live 1943)
Ernest Chausson Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19 (Gladys Swarthout, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra - 1952) Poème för violin and orchestra, Op. 25 (Jascha Heifetz, San Francisco Orchestra - 1945) Symphony in B-flat, Op. 20 (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra - 1950; BBC Symphony Orchestra - Live 1956)
Luigi Cherubini Overture Anacréon (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Live 1960)
Piero Coppola Interlude dramatique (Orchestre Symphonique de Paris - 1930)
François Couperin, arr. Darius Milhaud Excerpts from La Sultane (Orchestre National de l'ORTF - Live 1958)
Claude Debussy La mer (Concertgebouw Orchestra - Live 1939; Boston Symphony Orchestra - 1954) Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Concergebouw - Live 1950; Boston Symphony Orchestra - Live 1959; London Symphony Orchestra - 1961) Images (San Francisco Symphony - 1951; BBC Symphony Orchestra - Live 1956; Orchestre National de l’ORTF - Live 1956; London Symphony Orchestra - 1963) Jeux (Orchestre National de l’ORTF - Live 1955) Three Nocturnes (Boston Symphony Orchestra - 1955; Boston Symphony Orchestra - Live 1958) Nocturnes Nos. 1-2 (London Symphony Orchestra - 1961) Le martyre de Saint Sébastien - fragments symphoniques (Roger Lord, London Symphony Orchestra - 1963) Le martyre de Saint Sébastien - fragments symphoniques, two movements (Boston Symphony Orchestra - Live 1958)
Léo Delibes Coppélia, Suite (Boston Symphony Orchestra - 1953) Sylvia, Suite (Boston Symphony Orchestra - 1953)
Paul Dukas The Sorcerer's Apprentice (The Standard Symphony Orchestra (San Francisco) - Live 1952; London Symphony Orchestra - 1961 video)
Antonín Dvořák Symphony No 7 (London Symphony Orchestra - 1959)
Edward Elgar Enigma Variations (Concertgebouw Orchestra - Live 1950; London Symphony Orchestra - 1958 and 1962; Orchestre National de l’ORTF - Live 1958)
Manuel de Falla The Three-Cornered Hat – suite (The Standard Symphony Orchestra (San Francisco) - Live 1946; London Symphony Orchestra - Live 1961)
César Franck Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra (Robert Casadesus, Boston Symphony Orchestra - Live 1956) Symphony in D minor (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra - 1941 and 1950; The Standard Symphony Orchestra (San Francisco) - Live 1946; Orchestre National de l’ORTF - Live 1958; Chicago Symphony Orchestra - 1961) Pièce héroïque pour orgue, orch O’Connell (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra - 1941) Prélude, Chorale et Fugue, M21 (arr. Gabriel Pierné) (The Standard Symphony Orchestra (San Francisco) - Live 1944) Rédemption - Symphonic Interlude (The Standard Symphony Orchestra (San Francisco) - Live 1952) Psyché Suite (extracts) (The Standard Symphony Orchestra (San Francisco) - Live 1944) Les Éolides M43 (Concertgebouw Orchestra - Live 1939)
Alexander Glazunov Scènes de ballet, Op. 52 (The Standard Symphony Orchestra (San Francisco) - Live 1943)
Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture (Boston Symphony Orchestra - Live 1958)
Christoph Willibald Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice (Risë Stevens, Lisa Della Casa and Roberta Peters, Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma - 1957)