Composer: Robert Schumann
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: LSO
Release: 2019
Size: 1.4 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Genoveva Overture
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120
02. I. Andante con moto – Allegro di molto (1841 Version)
03. II. Romanza. Andante (1841 Version)
04. III. Scherzo. Presto (1841 Version)
05. IV. Largo – Finale. Allegro vivace (1841 Version)
Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61
06. I. Sostenuto assai – Allegro, ma non troppo
07. II. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
08. III. Adagio espressivo
09. IV. Allegro molto vivace
Following their award-winning Mendelssohn cycle, Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the London Symphony Orchestra embark on a new journey through the symphonies of Robert Schumann.
Gardiner feels the Schumann symphonies are criticised unfairly and with these recordings he is on a mission to dispel the cobweb of myths around these symphonic masterpieces.