Schumann - Symphonies Nos. 1-4
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Orchestral » Symphonies
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also Recommended
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Simon Rattle conducts Schumann’s Symphonies
Recorded live at the Berlin Philharmonie in February und November 2013
Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle
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The first thing to be said about this Schumann cycle is how splendidly alert the orchestral playing is: the Scottish Chamber Orchestra must be one of the finest ensembles of its kind in the... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2014, Orchestral Choice
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Schumann - Complete Symphonies
RecommendedRoger Montgomery, Susan Dent, Gavin Edwards, Robert Maskell (horns)
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner
The first point to note is how much more comprehensive this is than previous cycles, even the outstanding RCA set of period performances from Roy Goodman and the Hanover Band.
Gardiner offers... —Awards:
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Building a Library, November 2006, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Right from that wonderful opening fanfare, the ‘Spring’ has a sense of confident, intelligent, loving engagement with the music, well served by the recording team, which carried me right through... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Orchestral Performance
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Rattle’s deft, beautifully nuanced readings have none of the plush upholstery that once characterised the Berliners’ Schumann, and yet it’s impossible to listen to these performances without... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th May 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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These enormously invigorating and brilliantly executed performances...quash once and for all the old age that Schumann's Symphonies are deficient in their treatment of the orchestra...Nézet-Séguin... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2014, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2014, Editor's Choice
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These performances are sumptuous rather than sinewy and perhaps a touch more indulgent than has become the fashion…But, in phrase after elegantly turned phrase, you hear how much this music... —
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Diapason d’Or, February 2020, Vidéo
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Schumann - Complete Symphonies
RecommendedGidon Kremer (violin) & Martha Argerich (piano), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
The musical adventurer par excellence, ...the scholarly conductor with temperament, the thinking musician who makes music with rough edges. —
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also Recommended
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