Est 1923

Schumann Miscellaneous Works

Record and Artist Details

Composer or Director: Robert Schumann

Label: Rose Collection

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 64

Mastering:

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Catalogue Number: 3221

Tracks:

Composition Artist Credit
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Robert Schumann, Composer
Berlin Festival Orchestra
Martha Bergerich, Piano
Robert Schumann, Composer
Vladimir Petroschoff, Conductor
(6) Studies Robert Schumann, Composer
Hans Christoph Becker-Foss, Organ
Robert Schumann, Composer
Requiem für Mignon Robert Schumann, Composer
Christa Lehnert, Soprano
Edith Mathis, Soprano
Innsbruck Conservatorium Choir
M. Moreira, Contralto (Female alto)
Margarete Witte-Waldbauer, Contralto (Female alto)
Meutlberg Chamber Choir
Robert Schumann, Composer
Robert Titze, Bass
Robert Wagner, Conductor
It's useful to have inexpensive access to Schumann's late, touching Requiem fur Mignon, albeit in a rather thin, excessively directional recording. I was initially heartened at the idea of hearing Edith Mathis in digital sound, until the penny dropped and I recalled that this very recording—originally put out on Vox—was actually reviewed by Gramophone in September 1964! Still, the elderly vintage notwithstanding, it's a fairly good production and sits nicely beside the even rarer (and charming) organ canons, offered here in securely musical performances by Hans Christoph Becker-Foss. But I suppose that most prospective purchasers of this very modestly-priced CD (under £3·00) will be interested primarily in the Piano Concerto, which, as a performance, isn't much to write home about. The solo playing warms to a certain bland poetry in quieter sections, but elsewhere rarely rises above the routine, while orchestra and conductor are run-of-the-mill. Value for money... but at a price!'

Schumann Miscellaneous Works

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra

(6) Studies

Requiem für Mignon

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