Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Arturo Toscanini · Aksel Schiøtz · Dame Myra Hess · Philharmonia Orchestra · Mieczysław Horszowski · Géza Anda · Alexander Schneider · Dinu Lipatti · Clifford Curzon · and others

CD 1

Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 38 “Spring Symphony”

The National Symphony Orchestra, London
Piero Coppola, conductor
Recorded 1946

Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97 “Rhenish”

NBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini, conductor
Recorded 1949

CD 2

Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54

Dinu Lipatti, piano
Philharmonia Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Recorded 1948

Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 63

Mieczysław Horszowski, piano
Alexander Schneider, violin
Pablo Casals, cello
Recorded 1952

CD 3

Carnaval, Op. 9

Dame Myra Hess, piano
Recorded 1938

Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13

Géza Anda, piano
Recorded 1953

CD 4

Dichterliebe, Op. 48
(Poet’s Love – settings of poems by Heinrich Heine)

Aksel Schiøtz, tenor
Gerald Moore, piano
Recorded 1946

Kinderszenen, Op. 15
(Scenes from Childhood)

Clifford Curzon, piano
Recorded 1954