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Review of SCHUMANN Symphonies Nos 1 & 3

SCHUMANN Symphonies Nos 1 & 3

Christian Zacharias | Lausanne Chamber Orchestra

MDG

With this disc of the two ‘named’ symphonies, Christian Zacharias and the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra round off their survey of...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 04/2013

Review of SCHUMANN Works for Clarinet, Viola and Piano

SCHUMANN Works for Clarinet, Viola and Piano

Ensemble Contraste

Cyprès

Once you get over the initial surprise of hearing Schumann’s Adagio and Allegro, Op 70, played on the viola instead...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 10/2013

Review of SCHUMANN Complete Symphonic Works, Vol 1

SCHUMANN Complete Symphonic Works, Vol 1

WDR Symphony Orchestra

Audite

Right from the off, things augur well. The Spring Symphony’s opening Andante un poco maestoso is also, usefully, con moto,...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 12/2013

Review of SCHUMANN String Quartets Nos 2 & 3 (Elias Quartet)

SCHUMANN String Quartets Nos 2 & 3 (Elias Quartet)

Elias String Quartet

Alpha

In 2010 the Elias Quartet played the first of Schumann’s three string quartets at Wigmore Hall – a richly characterised,...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 05/2018

Review of SCHUMANN Kinderszenen. Abegg Variations

SCHUMANN Kinderszenen. Abegg Variations

Lise de la Salle

Naïve

For her eighth Naïve CD Lise de la Salle turns to Schumann, ranging from Kinderszenen (most touching of childhood visions...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: AW2014

Review of SCHUMANN Violin Concerto. Piano Trio No 3

SCHUMANN Violin Concerto. Piano Trio No 3

Alexander Melnikov | Freiburg Baroque Orchestra | Isabelle Faust | Jean-Guihen Queyras | Pablo Heras-Casado

Harmonia Mundi

Isabelle Faust brings her flawless technique and peerless intelligent musicianship to two works from a period during which Schumann’s sanity...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 03/2015

Review of SCHUMANN Complete Symphonies (Heras-Casado)

SCHUMANN Complete Symphonies (Heras-Casado)

Munich Philharmonic Orchestra | Pablo Heras-Casado

Harmonia Mundi

Pablo Heras-Casado becomes the latest of his generation of conductors to record a Schumann cycle. He has form in this...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 07/2022

Review of SCHUMANN Symphonies Nos 1-4

SCHUMANN Symphonies Nos 1-4

Robin Ticciati | Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Linn

What blessed times these are for Schumannistas. Hard on the heels not only of Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s compelling survey of the...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 09/2014

Review of SCHUMANN Davidsbündlertänze. Fantasie. Geisterveriationen

SCHUMANN Davidsbündlertänze. Fantasie. Geisterveriationen

Cordelia Williams

Somm Recordings

The young British pianist Cordelia Williams turns her attention to Schumann for her latest recording, combining two established masterpieces with...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: AW2015

Review of SCHUMANN Das Paradies und die Peri

SCHUMANN Das Paradies und die Peri

Andrew Staples | Bernarda Fink | Florian Boesch | Kate Royal | London Symphony Orchestra | Mark Padmore | Sally Matthews | Simon Rattle

LSO Live

This release should be about several things: primarily Simon Rattle’s freshly confirmed artistic relationship with the LSO – this is...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: AW2015

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