Schumann Symphonies Complete Set

[cloughie]

After the disappointing MCO/Harding Schumann 2nd at the Proms I returned to the Harnoncourt set on the original 1992/4 Telarcs. WOW! Even better than I remembered with outstanding sound too, as good as the Dausgaard, even a little warmer and more spacious. The COE/NH partnership was at its peak then - easy to forget what a great orchestra they can be. Especially in that lovely Stefaniensaal Graz acoustic.

Teldec! Maybe I like my Schumann delivered with more weight but I didn't take to Harnoncourt.

[jayne lee wilson]

Teldec! Maybe I like my Schumann delivered with more weight but I didn't take to Harnoncourt.

Ha! Yes, I've got Telarc on the brain, having thrilled to Mackerras/SCO in Brahms 1st Serenade & Verdi's Quattro Pezzi Sacri with Robert Shaw.

Oddly enough I thrilled to Harnoncourt's Schumann again precisely because of the prominence of the brass/winds in climaxes and the excellent fullness & impact in the bass registers. But each to her own of course.

[BBMmk2]

After the disappointing MCO/Harding Schumann 2nd at the Proms I returned to the Harnoncourt set on the original 1992/4 Teldecs. WOW! Even better than I remembered with outstanding sound too, as good as the Dausgaard, even a little warmer and more spacious. The COE/NH partnership was at its peak then - easy to forget what a great orchestra they can be. Especially in that lovely Stefaniensaal Graz acoustic.

Why did you think that, JLW? I thought it was a most exce4llant performance, all the musicians in that orchestra were at one with each other, as well as the conductor, and I do not normally like Schumann!?!?!?

[Don Petter]

Szell/Cleveland

Yes yes yes and yes again!

I know the Szell set is still available separately, but those potentially interested might like to know that it also figures as part of the Sony Masterworks Heritage Collection box:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00CUPQHT6/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Quite a bargain for 29 CDs.

[richardfinegold]

Ha! Yes, I've got Telarc on the brain, having thrilled to Mackerras/SCO in Brahms 1st Serenade & Verdi's Quattro Pezzi Sacri with Robert Shaw.

Oddly enough I thrilled to Harnoncourt's Schumann again precisely because of the prominence of the brass/winds in climaxes and the excellent fullness & impact in the bass registers. But each to her own of course.

I recently mixed up Teldec/Telarc when I was recommending a Previn recording of Brahms German Requeim. Why did Telefunken ever feel the need to change their name?

[jayne lee wilson]

Lots of Schumann threads around here , but this seems the place for a another reminder that JEG's Symphony cycle is due out again on 10/02 in a 5-disc Collectors' Edition with the choral works Paradies und die Peri and Requiem fur Mignon...

[richardfinegold]

I'd be grateful for your first impressions please Bryn - thanks to the advocacy of some Board members and his own Beethoven violin concerto BaL, I've grown to be rather fond of Mr Goodman and his merry band

I have their Schubert set, a real bargain on Brilliant Classics. It's a bit uneven but the playing is always piquant.

[amateur51]

I have their Schubert set, a real bargain on Brilliant Classics. It's a bit uneven but the playing is always piquant.

Piquant is such a good descriptor in this case, rfg - thank you

[Karafan]

Szell/Cleveland



I know the Szell set is still available separately, but those potentially interested might like to know that it also figures as part of the Sony Masterworks Heritage Collection box:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00CUPQHT6/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Quite a bargain for 29 CDs.

The Szell cycle has never sounded better than in their short-lived emergence on Sony SACD* - stupendous! (Pure SACD, not even a hybrid...)

K.

[MickyD]

I have their Schubert set, a real bargain on Brilliant Classics. It's a bit uneven but the playing is always piquant.

It's a shame that the Brilliant re-issue didn't include the two 'In the Italian Style' overtures that appeared on the original Nimbus discs.

[MickyD]

Lots of Schumann threads around here , but this seems the place for a another reminder that JEG's Symphony cycle is due out again on 10/02 in a 5-disc Collectors' Edition with the choral works Paradies und die Peri and Requiem fur Mignon...

Yes, grrrr...I only have the symphonies set and missed out on the choral stuff.

[BBMmk2]

I found that it was JEG's recording that really motivated me, unusually so with this composer's symphonies etc.

[Nick Armstrong]

Radical: Swedish CO/Dausgaard (BIS) ... this can seem somewhat severe & plain-spoken at times, vibrato at a minimum, but great clarity of line, rhythm and texture and always keeps you listening; light and swift, still expressive enough in slow movements (especially 2). Outstandingly natural sound, and it includes one of the best Overture,Scherzo and Finale(s) I've heard. Just try a bit at a time as a download.

Am doing just that, following the recent Schumann 4 BAL...

I absolutely LOVE Dausgaard's way with the Spring Symphony! Tempo choices and orchestral flair fantastic.

[jayne lee wilson]

Currently to pinned my chair each early morning by those extraordinary Hanover Band Horns! Leaping out at me from centre-left...wonderful!

Some reservations about the longer line... but another fascinating, very well and analytically-recorded cycle with Goodman, and an altogether outstanding 1841/4th, one of the best I've heard in a strong field.(Harnoncourt, JEG, Dausgaard etc)... and also omitted (like too much else that is distinctive) from the recent BaL....

The O-S-F is top-notch too. Need more time with the 2 and 3...but the clarity, the close-up view upon the terracing of the orchestra is exceptional. You could almost write down the score from the recording (well, with the requisite aural gifts of course..).

[BBMmk2]

I’ve been recommended the JEGGERS and Sawallisch. I may buy both!