Schumann: Piano Concerto & Violin Concerto (2LPs)

This album, which features both of Schumann’s concertos with an exceptional cast of performers (Martha Argerich, Gidon Kremer and Nikolaus Harnoncourt), has been among the best sellers in the Teldec catalog since its release over thirty years ago, and it hasn’t aged a bit. It will be released on vinyl for the very first time, shortly before Argerich’s 85th birthday (on June 5th).

“In her live recording Martha Argerich gives a vividly compelling, characteristically volatile reading of the Schumann Concerto, at once poetic and full of fancy, not to say powerful and often wildly individual. The performance, recorded live in July 1992, culminates in an account of the finale so daring one wants to cheer at the end” Gramophone

“Argerich combines phenomenal pianism with temperamental intensity, although at times she overwhelms Schumann’s lyricism. Gidon Kremer gives a richly characterised account of the Violin Concerto.” BBC Music Magazine