Schumann: Piano Concerto, Piano Quintet / Serkin, Ormandy

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Label
CBS Masterworks
Release Date
June 25, 2009
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SCHUMANN, ROBERT
    • PERFORMER
      Rudolf, Serkin
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 25, 2009
    • UPC
      074643725620
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SONY37256
    • LABEL
      CBS Masterworks
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Concertos
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro affettuoso

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra

      Performer: Rudolf Serkin

      Conductor: Eugene Ormandy

    2. II. Intermezzo: Andantino grazioso

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra

      Performer: Rudolf Serkin

      Conductor: Eugene Ormandy

    3. III. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra

      Performer: Rudolf Serkin

      Conductor: Eugene Ormandy

    4. I. Allegro brillante

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Budapest String Quartet

      Performer: Rudolf Serkin

    5. II. In modo d'una marcia. Un poco largamente

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Budapest String Quartet

      Performer: Rudolf Serkin

    6. III. Scherzo: Molto vivace - Trio I - Trio II: L'istesso tempo

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Budapest String Quartet

      Performer: Rudolf Serkin

    7. IV. Allegro, ma non troppo

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Budapest String Quartet

      Performer: Rudolf Serkin


Rudolf Serkin's gaunt tone and impassioned phrasing, along with Eugene Ormandy's robust, alert support, have long distinguished this 1964 recording of Schumann's A minor concerto as one of the catalog's finest.

-- Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com [reviewing Sony 93908]