'Every opportunity to perform the Schumann symphonies is an opportunity to marvel at their extraordinary profusion of ideas and poetic expression and to explore their kaleidoscopic originality. Each time it gives one a chance to vindicate Schumann as a master of symphonic form and instrumental colour, contrary to the dreary cliché that he couldn’t orchestrate.'
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Following the success of his Mendelssohn cycle, Sir John Eliot Gardiner turns to the music of Robert Schumann, launching an exploration of his symphonic works that begins with his Second and Fourth symphonies and a rare glimpse of his only opera.
Composer Robert Schumann Conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner Performers London Symphony Orchestra
1. Overture Genoveva
Symphony No.4 in D minor, Op. 120
2. Andante con moto - Allegro di molto
3. Romanza. Andante
4. Scherzo. Presto
5. Largo. Finale: Allegro vivace
Symphony No 2 in C Major, Op. 61
6. Sostenuto assai - Allegro, ma non troppo
7. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
8. Adagio espressivo
9. Allegro molto vivace
Release Date 20 September 2019
LSO0818 | 822231181828
Producer Nicholas Parker EngineersClassic Sound Ltd Recorded March 2018, Barbican, London
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Reviews
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‘Having been such a fan of Gardiner’s Mendelssohn recordings with the LSO, I had extremely high hopes for these Schumann symphonies, and so far my expectations have not just been met but easily surpassed.’
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‘This CD has addictive potential.’
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★★★★★
‘The Fourth Symphony is played in the 1841 version. Gardiner’s reading is lively and agile, slender and full of tension…The conductor also elicits entirely new aspects from the 2nd Symphony in D major.’
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