In reverse chronological order.
AS COMPOSER (full albums only)
Helix, Piano Concerto, Dichotomie; Salonen conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic, with Yefim Bronfman, piano (DG, 2009)
Foreign Bodies, Wing On Wing, Insomnia; Salonen conducting the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, with Anu & Pia Komsi, sopranos (DG, 2005)
LA Variations, Five Images After Sappho, Giro, Mania, Gambit; Salonen conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the London Sinfonietta, with Dawn Upshaw, soprano, and Anssi Karttunen, cello (Sony Classical, 2001)
Mimo II, YTA I-III, Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra, Floof; Salonen conducting the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Avanti! Chamber Orchestra, with Jorma Valjakka, oboe, Mikael Helasvuo, flute, Tuija Hakkila, piano, Anssi Karttunen, cello, Pekka Savijoki, alto saxophone, and Anu Komsi, soprano (Finlandia, 1994)
AS CONDUCTOR
Mahler, Symphony No. 6; Philharmonia Orchestra (Signum, 2011)
Hindemith, Symphonic Metamorphoses of Themes by Weber, Wagner excerpts; Los Angeles Philharmonic, with Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone (DG iTunes)
Mahler, Symphony No. 9; Philharmonia Orchestra (Signum, 2010)
Pärt, Symphony No. 4; Los Angeles Philharmonic (ECM, also DG iTunes, 2010)
Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique, Beethoven, Leonore Overture No. 2; Philharmonia Orchestra (Signum, 2010)
Schoenberg, Gurre-Lieder; Soile Isokoski, Monica Groop, Stig Andersen, Ralf Lukas, Andreas Conrad, Barbara Sukowa, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Voices, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus (Signum, 2009)
Salonen, L.A. Variations, Sibelius, Symphony No. 5; UBS Verbier Festival Orchestra (Idéale Audience, 2009)
Stravinsky, The Firebird; Los Angeles Philharmonic (DG iTunes, 2009)
Ligeti, Concert Românesc, Husa, Music for Prague 1968, Lutosławski, Concerto for Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic (DG iTunes, 2009)
Mossolov, The Iron Foundry, Shostakovich, Music from The Nose and Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District; Los Angeles Philharmonic (DG iTunes, 2009)
Sibelius and Schoenberg, Violin Concertos; Swedish Radio Symphony, with Hilary Hahn, violin (DG, 2008)
Sibelius, Symphony No. 2; Los Angeles Philharmonic (DG iTunes, 2007)
Salonen, Helix, Ravel, Concerto for the Left Hand, Prokofiev, Suite from Romeo and Juliet; Los Angeles Philharmonic, with Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano (DG iTunes, 2007)
Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring, Bartók, The Miraculous Mandarin, Mussorgsky, Night on Bald Mountain; Los Angeles Philharmonic (DG, 2006)
Beethoven, Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8, Anders Hillborg, Eleven Gates; Los Angeles Philharmonic (DG iTunes, 2006)
Lutosławski, Symphony No. 4, Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 and Leonore Overture No. 2; Los Angeles Philharmonic (DG iTunes, 2006)
Schumann, Piano Concerto; Dresden Staatskapelle, with Hélène Grimaud, piano (DG, 2006)
Saariaho, L’Amour de loin; Finnish National Opera Orchestra and Chorus, with Dawn Upshaw, soprano, Gerald Finley, baritone, and Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano (DG DVD, 2005)
Hindemith, Symphonic Metamorphoses, The Four Temperaments, Mathis der Maler Symphony; Los Angeles Philharmonic, with Emanuel Ax, piano (Sony, 2005, Europe only)
Lindberg, Kraft, Piano Concerto; Toimii Ensemble, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Ondine, 2004)
Beethoven, Choral Fantasy, Arvo Pärt, Credo; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, with Hélène Grimaud, piano (DG, 2004)
Hillborg, Clarinet Concerto and Violin Concerto; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, with Martin Fröst, clarinet, and Anna Lindal, violin (Ondine, 2003)
Adams, Naive and Sentimental Music; Los Angeles Philharmonic (Nonesuch, 2002)
Lindberg: Cantigas, Cello Concerto, Parada, Fresco; Philharmonia Orchestra, with Anssi Karttunen, cello (Sony Classical, 2002)
Marsalis, All Rise; Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic (Sony Classical, 2002)
Saariaho, Château de l'âme, Graal Théâtre, Amers; Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony, Avanti! Chamber Orchestra, Finnish Radio Chamber Choir; with Dawn Upshaw, soprano, Gidon Kremer, violin, and Anssi Karttunen, cello (Sony Classical, 2001)
Goldmark and Sibelius, Violin Concertos; Los Angeles Philharmonic, with Joshua Bell, violin (Sony Classical, 2000)
Bach Transcriptions: Arrangements by Mahler, Elgar, Webern, and Stokowski; Los Angeles Philharmonic (Sony Classical, 2000)
Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde; Los Angeles Philharmonic, with Placido Domingo, tenor, and Bo Skovhus, baritone (Sony Classical, 2000)
Shostakovich, Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Los Angeles Philharmonic, with Yefim Bronfman, piano, and Thomas Stevens, trumpet (Sony Classical, 1999)
Corigliano, The Red Violin; Philharmonia Orchestra, with Joshua Bell, violin (Sony Classical, 1999)
Ligeti, Le Grand Macabre; Sibylle Ehlert, Laura Claycomb, Charlotte Hellekant, Jard van Nes, Derek Lee Ragin, Graham Clark, Steven Cole, Richard Suart, Willard White, Frode Olsen, London Sinfonietta Voices, and the Philharmonia Orchestra (Sony Classical, 1999)
Revueltas, Sensemayá, Ocho por radio, La Noche des los Mayas, Homenaje a Federico García Lorca, Ventanas, First Little Serious Piece, Second Little Serious Piece; Los Angeles Philharmonic and Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group (Sony Classical, 1998)
Mahler, Symphony No. 3; Los Angeles Philharmonic, with Anna Larsson, mezzo-soprano, the Paulist Boy Choristers of California, and the women of the Los Angeles Master Chorale (Sony Classical, 1998)
Bruckner, Symphony No. 4; Los Angeles Philharmonic (Sony Classical, 1998)
Schoenberg, Verklärte Nacht, String Quartet No 2 (version for string orchestra); Stockholm Chamber Orchestra, with Faye Robinson (Sony Classical, 1997)
Debussy, Images, Prélude à 'L’Après-midi d’un faune', La Mer; Los Angeles Philharmonic (Sony Classical, 1997)
Bernard Herrmann, Film Scores: The Man Who Knew Too Much, Psycho, Marnie, North by Northwest, Vertigo, Torn Curtain, Fahrenheit 451, Taxi Driver; Los Angeles Philharmonic (Sony Classical, 1996)
Lutosławski, Symphony No. 2, Fanfare for the L.A. Philharmonic, Piano Concerto, Chantefleurs et Chantefables; Los Angeles Philharmonic, with Paul Crossley, piano, and Dawn Upshaw, soprano (Sony Classical, 1996)
Bartók, Concerto for Orchestra, Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta; Los Angeles Philharmonic (Sony Classical, 1996)
Ligeti, Works for voices and instruments, including Mysteries of the Macabre, Aventures, and Nouvelles Aventures; Philharmonia Orchestra, the King’s Singers (Sony Classical, 1996)
Dallapiccola, Il Prigioniero, Canti di prigionia; Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Jorma Hynninen, Howard Haskin, Sven-Erik Alexandersson, Lage Wedin, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir (Sony Classical, 1995)
Bartók, Piano Concertos Nos. 1-3; Los Angeles Philharmonic, with Yefim Bronfman, piano (Sony Classical, 1995)
Debussy, Nocturnes, La Damoiselle élue, Le Martyre de Saint-Sébastien; Los Angeles Philharmonic, with Dawn Upshaw, soprano, and the women of the Los Angeles Master Chorale (Sony Classical, 1994)
Sibelius, Kullervo; Los Angeles Philharmonic, with Marianna Rørholm, mezzo-soprano, Jorma Hynninen, baritone, and the Helsinki University Chorus (Sony Classical, 1993)
Lars-Erik Larsson, Förklädd gud, Pastoralsvit, Violin Concerto; with Hillevi Martinpelto, soprano, Håkan Hagegård, baritone, Erland Josephson, narrator, Arve Tellefsen, violin, and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir (Sony Classical 1993)
To the Edge of Dream: Works of Lutosławski, Messiaen, Stravinsky, Takemitsu; Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, and London Sinfonietta, with John Shirley-Quirk, bass-baritone, Paul Crossley, piano, and John Williams, guitar (Sony Classical, 1993)
Schoenberg, Piano Concerto, Liszt, Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2; Philharmonia Orchestra, with Emanuel Ax, piano (Sony Classical, 1993)
Stravinsky, Petrushka, Orpheus; Philharmonia Orchestra (Sony Classical, 1993)
Nielsen, Flute and Clarinet Concertos, Saul and David Prelude, Springtime in Funen; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir, with Hakan Rosengren, clarinet, and Per Flemstrom, flute (Sony Classical, 1993)
Prokofiev, Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet; Berlin Philharmonic (Sony Classical, 1993)
Saariaho, Du cristal, ...à la fumée; Los Angeles Philharmonic, with Petri Alanko, flute, and Anssi Karttunen, cello (Ondine, 1993)
Rachmaninov, Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3; Philharmonia Orchestra, with Yefim Bronfman, piano (Sony Classical, 1992)
Stravinsky, Oedipus Rex; Vinson Cole, Anne Sofie von Otter, Simon Estes, Hans Sotin, Nicolai Gedda, Patrice Chéreau, the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Sony Classical, 1992)
Sibelius, Lemminkäinen Suite, En Saga; Los Angeles Philharmonic (Sony Classical, 1992)
Mahler, Symphony No. 4; Los Angeles Philharmonic, with Barbara Hendricks, soprano (Sony Classical, 1992)
Prokofiev, Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, Stravinsky Violin Concerto; Los Angeles Philharmonic, with Cho-Liang Lin, violin (Sony Classical, 1992)
Takemitsu, To the Edge of Dream, Vers, l’arc-en-ciel, Palma; London Sinfonietta, with John Williams, guitar (Sony Classical, 1992)
Stravinsky, Pulcinella, Renard, Ragtime, Octet; London Sinfonietta (Sony Classical, 1991)
Stravinsky, Apollo, Concerto in D, Cantata; London Sinfonietta, Stockholm Chamber Orchestra, London Sinfonietta Chorus, with Yvonne Kenny, soprano, and John Aler, tenor (Sony Classical, 1991)
Ears Open!: Works of Lindberg, Salonen, Kaipainen; Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Symphony (Finlandia, 1991)
A Nordic Festival: Works of Sibelius, Grieg, Nielsen, Järnefelt, Alfvén, Leifs; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Sony Classical, 1991)
Berwald, Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Musica Sveciae, 1991)
Haydn, Symphonies Nos. 22, 78, and 82; Stockholm Chamber Orchestra (Sony Classical, 1991)
Nielsen, Symphonies Nos. 3 and 6; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Sony Classical, 1991)
Stravinsky, Capriccio, Symphonies for Wind Instruments, Concerto for Piano and Winds, Movements; London Sinfonietta, with Paul Crossley, piano (Sony Classical, 1990)
Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring, Symphony in Three Movements; Philharmonia Orchestra (Sony Classical, 1990)
Stenhammar, Serenade, Chitra, Midwinter; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir (Musica Sveciae, 1990)
Hindemith, Kammermusik No. 3, Merikanto, Konzertstück, Lindberg, Zona, Zimmermann, Canto di speranza; London Sinfonietta, with Anssi Karttunen, cello (Finlandia, 1990)
Nielsen, Symphony No. 2, Pan and Syrinx, Aladdin Suite; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (CBS, 1989)
Strauss, Metamorphosen, Prelude to Capriccio; New Stockholm Chamber Orchestra (CBS, 1989)
Grieg, Excerpts from Peer Gynt; Oslo Philharmonic, with Barbara Hendricks, soprano (Sony Classical, 1989)
Lindberg, Kinetics; Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Finlandia, 1989)
Sibelius and Nielsen, Violin Concertos; Philharmonia Orchestra and Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, with Cho-Liang Lin, violin (CBS, 1988)
Stravinsky, Firebird, Jeu de cartes; Philharmonia Orchestra (CBS, 1988)
Messiaen, Des Canyons aux étoiles, Couleurs de la cité céleste, Oiseaux exotiques; London Sinfonietta, with Paul Crossley, piano (CBS, 1988)
Lindberg, Kraft, Action — Situation — Signification; Toimii Ensemble, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Finlandia, 1988)
Nielsen, Symphony No. 5, Maskarade Overture; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (CBS, 1988)
Lindberg, Ritratto; Avanti! Chamber Orchestra (Finlandia, 1987)
Nielsen, Symphony No. 1, Little Suite; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (CBS, 1987)
Sibelius, Symphony No. 5, Pohjola’s Daughter; Philharmonia Orchestra (CBS, 1987)
Lutosławski, Les Espaces du Sommeil, Symphony No. 3, Messiaen, Turangalîla-Symphony; Los Angeles Philharmonic and Philharmonia Orchestra (CBS, 1986) [Lutosławski pieces reissued with Symphony No. 4 on a Sony CD in 1994]
Tomasi, Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra, Jolivet, Concerto No. 2 for Trumpet and Concertino; Philharmonia Orchestra, with Wynton Marsalis, trumpet (CBS, 1986)
Nielsen, Symphony No. 4, Helios Overture; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (CBS, 1986)
Works of Tchaikovsky, Balakirev, Borodin; Bavarian Radio Symphony (Philips, 1985)
A Swedish Serenade: Works of Wiren, Larsson, Söderlundh, Lidholm; Stockholm Sinfonietta (BIS, 1984)
Saariaho, Verblendungen; Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (originally recorded in 1984, released by BIS in 1997)
Rautavaara, Regular Sets of Elements in a Semi-Regular Situation; Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (originally recorded in 1982, released by Ondine in 1995)
