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Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 / Christian Zacharias, Lausanne CO

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2013-01-29

Works: Robert Schumann: Symphony no 1 in B flat major ("Spring"), Op. 38; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 97 "Rhenish"
Conductors: Zacharias, Christian
Ensemble: ; Lausanne Chamber Orchestra

Robert Schumann composed his first symphony in a fresh and youthful mood, free at last, and full of springtime renewal. And just how fresh and...continue...
Recording information: Métropole Lausanne (09/14/2011-09/16/2011)....continue...

Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 / Christian Zacharias

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2012-06-19

Works: Robert Schumann: Symphony no 2 in C major, Op. 61; Symphony no 4 in D minor, Op. 120
Conductors: Zacharias, Christian
Ensemble: ; Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

Recording information: Métropole Lausanne (09/14/2011-09/16/2011)....continue...

Brahms: Piano Quartets Opp. 25 & 60; Schumann: Piano Quartet Op. 47

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2011-11-22

Works: Robert Schumann: Quartet for Piano and Strings in E flat major, Op. 47; Johannes Brahms: Quartet for Piano and Strings no 1 in G minor, Op. 25; Quartet in C minor, Op. 60 (Detail)
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Ensemble: Mozart Piano Quartet

Recording information: Ehemaliges Ackerhaus der Abtei Marienmünster (12/19/2010)....continue...

Schumann: Works for Cello and Piano

1 CD / MD&G / 2011-06-14

Works: Robert Schumann: Stücke im Volkston (5) for cello (or violin) & piano, Op. 102; Adagio and Allegro for Cello and Piano in A flat major, Op. 70; Phantasiestücke (3 Fantasy Pieces) for clarin...
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Ensemble: Ensemble Villa Musica

At the age of thirty-nine Schumann began composing a series of chamber works in which he dedicated himself to instruments previously neglected by him in...continue...
Recording information: Ehem. Ackerhaus der Abtei Marienmünster....continue...

Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 1; Fantasia Op. 17 / Ju

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2011-04-05

Works: Robert Schumann: Fantasia in C major, Op. 17; Piano Soanta in F sharp minor, Op. 11
Performers: Ju, Jin [Piano]

Jin Ju's debut album on MDG features imaginative and impassioned interpretation and a very personal and profound vision of the Sonata in F sharp minor...continue...
Recording information: Ehemaliges Ackerhaus der Abtei Marienmünster (08/25/2010-08/26/2010)....continue...

Vienna Piano Trio plays Beethoven, Schumann, Ravel

1 CD / MD&G / 2011-04-05

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio for Piano, Clarinet/Violin and Cello no 4 in B flat major, Op. 11; Maurice Ravel: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in A minor; Robert Schumann: Trio for Piano and Strings n...
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Ensemble: Vienna Piano Trio

On its new CD program the Vienna Piano Trio covers 150 years of music history, again presenting itself and the great masters Beethoven, Schumann, and...continue...
Recording information: Ehemaliges Ackerhaus der Abtei Marienmünster (08/29/2010)....continue...

Schumann: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3

1 CD / MD&G / 2010-10-05

Works: Robert Schumann: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 121; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in A minor, Op. 105; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in A minor, WoO 27
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Ensemble: Ensemble Villa Musica

To celebrate the two hundredth anniversary of Robert Schumann's birth Nicolas Chumachenko (violin) and Kalle Randalu (piano) present the three violin sonatas composed by Schumann...continue...
Recording information: Ehem. Ackerhaus der Abtei Marienmünster (11/23/2009-11/24/2009)....continue...

Schumann: Piano Quintet Op. 44 / Leipzig String Quartet

2 CD / MD&G / 2010-05-04

Works: Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44; Quartet for Strings no 3 in A major, Op. 41/3; Quartet for Strings no 1 in A minor, Op. 41/1; Quartet for Strings no 2 in F major, Op. 41/2
Performers: Zacharias, Christian

The original versions of Robert Schumann's string quartets have never been heard in recorded form. The Leipzig String Quartet discovered this repertoire gap and now...continue...
Recording information: Ehem. Ackerhaus der Abtei Marienmünster....continue...

SCENE Paganini Plus / Raaf Hekkema, Hans Eijsackers

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2009-06-16

Works: Niccolò Paganini: Concerto for Violin no 2 in B minor, Op. 7 "La Campanella"; Quartet for Guitar, Violin, Viola and Cello no 15 in A major, MS 42; Work(s); Grigory Kalinkovitch: Concert-capricci...
Performers: Eijsackers, Hans; Hekkema, Raaf

Raaf Hekkema loves his saxophone, and the public and the music press love his refreshingly irreverent rendering of Paganini's caprices so much that it earned...continue...

On the Wings of Song - Schumann, Liszt, etc / Tanski

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2008-04-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: On Wings of Song; Variations Sérieuses (17) for Piano in D minor, Op. 54; Robert Schumann: Fantasia in C major, Op. 17; Franz Liszt: Buch der Lieder, Volume 1, S 531; Gustav M...
Performers: Tanski, Claudius

Claudius Tanski was born in Essen/Germany in 1959. He studied in Essen, Salzburg, Vienna and London, where Alfred Brendel was his most important teacher for...continue...

Saxophone Plus - Mendelssohn, et al / Bae, Alliage Quartet

1 CD / MD&G / 2007-10-23

Works: Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Performers: Bae, Jang Eun
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Ensemble: Alliage Quartett

"Adolphe Sax (who patented the saxophone in 1843, the same year both these pieces were premiered) dreamed of a time when his instrument would become...continue...

Saxophone Plus - Mendelssohn, et al / Bae, Alliage Quartet

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2007-10-23

Works: Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Performers: Bae, Jang Eun
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Ensemble: Alliage Quartett

The Alliage Saxophone Quartet has again tried to stretch the boundaries of repertoire for saxophone. The saxophone was invented by Adolphe Sax, in 1843, the...continue...

Schumann: Piano Concerto, etc / Zacharias, Lausanne CO

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2007-01-30

Works: Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54; Introduction and Allegro for Piano and Orchestra in D minor, Op. 134; Introduction and Allegro appassionato for Piano and Orchestra in G major,...
Performers: Zacharias, Christian
Conductors: Zacharias, Christian
Ensemble: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra

The best-selling and critically acclaimed recording of the Schumann Piano Concerto with Christian Zacharias as soloist and conductor....continue...

Schumann: Piano Quartets / Schlichtig, Trio Parnassus

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2006-08-22

Works: Robert Schumann: Quartet for Piano and Strings in E flat major, Op. 47; Quartet for Piano and Strings in C minor, WoO 32
Performers: Schlichtig, Hariolf
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Ensemble: Trio Parnassus

BBC Music Magazine - Erik Levi
Recorded hereàthe (C minor Piano Quartet) presents many fascinating anticipations of his maturity àthe performance is strongly committed. The aug...continue...

Schumann: Piano Quartets / Schlichtig, Trio Parnassus

1 CD / MD&G / 2006-08-22

Works: Robert Schumann: Quartet for Piano and Strings in E flat major, Op. 47; Quartet for Piano and Strings in C minor, WoO 32
Performers: Schlichtig, Hariolf
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Ensemble: Trio Parnassus

Schumann's 1829 Piano Quartet, composed at the age of 19, was deemed unplayable for decades, however going back to original sources and scores musicologist Joachim...continue...

SCENE O Täler weit, O Hohen / Drops, Detmold

1 CD / MD&G / 2004-09-21

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Work(s); Robert Schumann: Frühlingsgruss ("So sei gegrüsst vieltausendmal"), song for voice & piano (Lieder-Album für die Juge; German Traditional: Ich ging durch...

Archive - Hommage à Werner Haas - Beethoven, Chopin, et al

6 CD / MD&G / 2001-10-23

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 30 in E major, Op. 109; Sonata for Piano no 10 in G major, Op. 14 no 2; Sonata for Piano no 3 in C major, Op. 2 no 3; Sonata for Piano no 6 in F major, Op. 1...
Performers: Haas, Werner [Piano]

Schumann: Piano Concerto, etc / Zacharias, Lausanne CO

1 CD / MD&G / 2001-05-22

Works: Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54; Introduction and Allegro for Piano and Orchestra in D minor, Op. 134; Introduction and Allegro appassionato for Piano and Orchestra in G major,...
Performers: Zacharias, Christian
Conductors: Zacharias, Christian
Ensemble: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra

Zacharias offers a bracing and fresh account of Schumann's popular concerto. He perfecty captures the work's youthful, surging Romanticism. Despite its deserved reputation as a...continue...

Schumann: Complete Piano Trios Vol 2 / Trio Parnassus

1 CD / MD&G / 2000-08-22

Works: Robert Schumann: Etudes (6) in Canon Form for pedal piano, Op. 56; Trio for Piano and Strings no 2 in F major, Op. 80; Trio for Piano and Strings no 3 in G minor, Op. 110
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Ensemble: Trio Parnassus

"Half a year after the first volume we are again satisfied...Phrasing is warm and the whole is very pleasing...They [Trio Parnassus] play with a fresh...continue...

Schumann: Piano Sonata Op 14, Etudes, etc / Mi-Joo Lee

1 CD / MD&G / 2000-05-23

Works: Robert Schumann: Sonata for Piano no 3 in F minor ("Concerto Without Orchestra"), Op. 14; Etude after Paganini no 1, for piano in A minor (Agitato), Op. 3/1; Etude after Paganini no 2, for piano in E...
Performers: Lee, Mi-Joo

"...Outstanding pianists abound...and Mi-Joo Lee is emphatically one of them....On grounds of playing and repertoire alike...this is a disc that every Schumann lover should hear...Her...continue...

Schumann: Complete Piano Trios Vol 1 / Trio Parnassus

1 CD / MD&G / 1999-10-19

Works: Robert Schumann: Oriental Pictures (Bilder aus Osten), impromptus (6) for piano, 4 hands, Op. 66; Phantasiestücke (4) for violin, cello & piano in A minor, Op. 88; Trio for Piano and Strings no ...
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Ensemble: Trio Parnassus

This is the first volume in a complete survey of Schumann's works for piano trio by the internationally acclaimed Trio Parnassus. The Piano Trio No....continue...

Schumann: Complete Organ Works / Rudolf Innig

1 CD / MD&G / 1996-03-19

Works: Robert Schumann: Etudes (6) in Canon Form for pedal piano, Op. 56; Sketches (4) for pedal piano, Op. 58; Fugues (6) on B-A-C-H for organ (or pedal piano or harmonium), Op. 60
Performers: Innig, Rudolf

"Innig's lyricism prevails in the end and resonates with the good graces and high skill of Schumann's small but distinguished organ repertoire." -Fanfare...continue...

Brahms: Missa Sacra; Schumann: Kyrie, etc / Peter Neumann

1 CD / MD&G / 1995-11-21

Works: Robert Schumann: Mass for soloists, chorus & orchestra in C minor, Op. 147; Johannes Brahms: Kyrie for chorus & continuo in G minor, WoO posth. 17; Fugue for organ in A flat minor, WoO 8; Missa Canon...
Performers: Noll, Christoph Anselm
Conductors: Neumann, Peter
Ensemble: Cologne Chamber Choir

Musica sacra
A performance of such fine feeling, mastery, and persuasiveness, now that is an experience
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