'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
Engineers Classic Sound Ltd
Recorded March 2018, Barbican, London

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