| recordings |
|---|
| 1956-12-09 | Candide: Act I. Overture | | Samuel Krachmalnick | 4:05 |
| 1960-09-28 | Overture to "Candide" (alternate version) | | New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein | 4:13 |
| 1963-06-18 | Candide: Overture. Allegro molto con brio | | New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein | 4:13 |
| 1971-11-30 | Candide: Overture | | London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn | 4:17 |
| 1973 | Candide: Overture | | Česká filharmonie, Aaron Copland | 4:51 |
| 1974 | Candide: Overture | | [theatre] | ?:?? |
| 1976-04 | Overture Candide | | Los Angeles Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta | 4:13 |
| 1981-06 | Overture "Candide" | | Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams | 4:20 |
| 1982-07-24 | Candide: Overture | | Los Angeles Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein | 4:21 |
| 1983-12 | Candide (Overture) | cover and live | Giora Feidman | 3:25 |
| 1987-11-08 | Overture to Candide | live | James Levine | 4:59 |
| 1988-04-16 – 1988-04-20 | Overture | | Scottish Opera Orchestra, Justin Brown | 4:26 |
| 1989-12-18 | Candide: Overture | | London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein | 4:30 |
| 1990-07 | Candide: Ouverture | | Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton | 4:22 |
| 1992-08-29 – 1992-08-30 | Candide: Overture | | Empire Brass | 4:22 |
| 1992-12-07 | Candide Overture | live | New York Philharmonic | 4:43 |
| 1996-02-03 – 1996-02-04 | Overture to Candide | | Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman | 4:27 |
| 1996 | Candide: Overture | | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Carl Davis | 4:23 |
| 1997 | Overture | | Orchestra | 4:37 |
| 1999-02-17 – 1999-02-18 | Overture to Candide | | Minnesota Orchestra, Eiji Oue | 4:30 |
| 1999-10 | The Overture | | NT Orchestra, Mark W. Dorrell | 4:27 |
| 2002-02-02 | Candide: Ouvertüre | | Aachener Studentenorchester, Christian Schmitz | 5:27 |
| 2002-04-14 – 2002-04-15 | Candide: Overture | | Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle | 4:18 |
| 2007-02-24 | Candide (Overture) | live | New Jersey All-State Wind Ensemble, Edward J. Teleky | 4:32 |
| 2008-10-24 | Candide | live | Extrabreit & Philharmonisches Orchester Hagen | ?:?? |
| 2016-05-31 | Candide Overture | cover | Iiro Rantala | 5:05 |
| 2016-08 | Overture to Candide | | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Christian Lindberg | 4:28 |
| 2016-12-12 | Overture to Candide | | São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop | 4:24 |
| 2017-04-28 | Candide Overture | live | Iiro Rantala & The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen | 5:08 |
| 2018-10-11 | Bernstein: Overture to Candide / Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto / Shostakovich: Symphony no. 10 | live | Sayaka Shoji, Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands, Klaus Mäkelä | 2:20:24 |
| 2018-12-08 – 2018-12-09 | Candide: Overture | live | London Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop | 4:42 |
| 2019-06-20 | Candide Overture | live | Wiener Philharmoniker, Gustavo Dudamel | 5:02 |
| 2020-01-21 – 2020-01-22 | Candide, Overture | | Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrea Battistoni | 4:33 |
| 2021-11-27 | Candide Overture (Live) | | Iiro Rantala | 4:56 |
| 2023-04-15 – 2023-04-16 | Candide: Overture | | London Symphony Orchestra, Yannick Nézet‐Séguin | 4:36 |
| Candide (1955), ouverture | | Orchestre Lamoureux, 佐渡裕 | 4:36 |
| Candide (Overture) | live | London Arts Orchestra, Jacques Delacôte | 4:19 |
| Candide (Overture) | | Leonard Bernstein | 4:22 |
| Candide Overture | | The London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn | 4:13 |
| Candide Overture | | Los Angeles Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta | 4:19 |
| Candide Overture | | Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Erich Kunzel | 4:23 |
| Candide Overture | cover | Cameron Carpenter | 5:34 |
| Candide Overture | cover | Cameron Carpenter | 5:35 |
| Candide Overture | | London Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Simon | 4:25 |
| Candide Overture | | Florida Philharmonic Orchestra, James Judd | 4:14 |
| Candide Overture | | New York City Opera Orchestra, Paul Gemignani | 4:15 |
| Candide Overture | | [unknown] | 4:24 |
| Candide Overture | | [unknown] | 4:18 |
| Candide Overture | | Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton | 4:09 |
| Candide Overture | | New York Philharmonia Virtuosi, Richard Kapp | 4:25 |
| Candide Overture | | Cleveland Pops Orchestra, Louis Lane | 4:27 |
| Candide Overture (L. Bernstein/R. Wilbur) | | John Williams & The Boston Pops Orchestra | 4:20 |
| Candide, Act 1: Overture | | Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle | 4:17 |
| Candide, Act I: Overture | | Leonard Bernstein | 4:29 |
| Candide: Overture | | 東京フィルハーモニー交響楽団, Friedrich Haider | 4:26 |
| Candide: Overture | | The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin | 4:20 |
| Candide: Overture | live | Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Paul Gemignani | 4:21 |
| Candide: Overture | | Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung | 4:48 |
| Candide: Overture | | Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein | 4:26 |
| Candide: Overture | | London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn | 4:17 |
| Candide: Overture | | 東京佼成ウインドオーケストラ, Frederick Fennell | 4:31 |
| Candide: Overture | | Leonard Bernstein | 4:07 |
| Candide: Overture | | The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein | 4:01 |
| Candide: Overture | | Rochester Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel | 4:24 |
| Candide: Overture | | Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman | 4:19 |
| Candide: Overture | | Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton | 4:13 |
| Candide: Overture | | Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin | 4:21 |
| Candide: Overture | | Festivalový orchestr Praha, Pavel Urbanek | 4:20 |
| Candide: Overture | | London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn | 4:14 |
| Candide: Overture | | Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler | 4:32 |
| Candide: Overture | | [unknown] | 4:20 |
| Candide: Overtüre | live | Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, John Fiore | 4:36 |
| Ouvertüre zu Candide | | Basler Sinfonie-Orchester, Howard Griffiths | 4:48 |
| Overture for Candide | | Leonard Bernstein | 4:26 |
| Overture from 'Candide' | | [unknown] | 4:22 |
| Overture to ‘Candide’ | | National Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin | 4:23 |
| Overture to "Candide" | | Buffalo Grove High School Symphony Orchestra | ?:?? |
| Overture to "Candide" | | New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein | ?:?? |
| Overture to “Candide” | | London Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Simon | 4:23 |
| Overture to Candide | | Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas | 4:24 |
| Overture to Candide | | Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Lukas Foss | 4:37 |
| Overture to Candide | | [unknown] | 4:27 |
| Overture to Candide | | Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler | 4:07 |
| Overture to Candide | | [unknown] | 4:33 |
| Overture to Candide | | Tivoli-Gardens Musikkorps, Helge Nielsen | 4:41 |
| Overture to Candide | cover | United States Marine Band, Col. John R. Bourgeois | 4:18 |
| Overture to Candide | | [unknown] | 4:17 |
| Overture to Candide | | Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Jorge Mester | 4:22 |
| Overture to Candide | | Camelia Sima, Jenaer Philharmonie, David Montgomery | 4:40 |
| Overture: Candide | | Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle | 4:19 |
