Schumann R
Dmytro Choni (piano) Heartlands (Naïve)
Marvellous performances by an outstanding young pianist [PBW]
Karol Szreter (piano): Parlophon and Odeon Recordings 1923-1931 (APR)
Valuable recordings of a pianist who died too young [RCh]
Schumann: Complete Works for Violin and Orchestra (BIS)
(Déjà Review) Ulf Wallin clearly relishes these challenges [GD]
Victor de Sabata: New York Broadcasts 1951 (Pristine Audio)
A rare souvenir of a hugely under-recorded conductor in the company of two legendary artists, rendered into acceptable sound [RMo]
Martha Argerich and Friends – Lugano 2010 (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) A very rewarding collection of wonderful music in excellent interpretations [OL]
Jorge Bolet – The Ambassador Auditorium Recitals (First Hand Records)
Bolet heard in a rare surviving example of live recitals – occasionally fallible but far more energising than in the studio [JW]
Schumann: Violin Concerto (Pentatone)
Midori makes a compelling case for Schumann’s neglected violin concerto [MC]
Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 & Schumann: Piano Quintet (Elatus)
(Déjà Review) Buy this for the Schumann Piano Quintet, which is very successful [GA]
Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano): A Poet’s Love (BIS)
A very interesting performance of some well-known and some less well-known settings of Heine poems [DJa]
Schumann: Symphony No.4
by Alan George
Schumann: Symphony No.2
by Alan George
Alfred Cortot (piano) The Late Recordings Vol 4 (APR)
Much to excite the poetic instinct [JW]
Schumann: Symphony No.1
by Alan George
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) Perfect Prima Donna (Warner Classics)
A very special collection of lieder, opera and operetta from one of the great post-war sopranos [DBe]
Kahn and Others: Songs (Delphian)
The songs of Robert Kahn represent a major discovery [JQ]
Schumann: Piano Music (Signum Classics)
A mixed bag of Schumann [RMas]
Herbert von Karajan Live in Berlin, 1970–1979 (Berliner Philharmoniker)
An important survey of one of the great partnerships of the 20th century at its peak [DHa]
Pierre Monteux in Boston (West Hill Archives)
(Déjà Review) Authoritative, finely played, well recorded and transferred [JW]
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor): The Complete Teldec Recordings (Warner Classics)
Consistently thought-provoking [DF]
Sir Adrian Boult: Complete Warner Stereo Recordings (Warner Classics)
79 CDs of Warner’s Boult stereo legacy offering the known and the overlooked alike [JW]
Sir Adrian Boult: Complete Warner Stereo Recordings (Warner Classics)
A cornucopia of patrician music-making that has rarely been rivalled [RMo]
Schumann: Chamber Music (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) Seek it out, lend it not [DC]
Schumann: Symphonies 3 & 4 & Overtures (BIS)
(Déjà Review) An attractive prospect [DC]
Robert Schumann: Piano works (Da Vinci Classics)
Mariani finds inspiration in Schumann’s passionate moods [RCh]
