Four symphonies were enough for Robert Schumann to leave his mark. Without allowing himself to be overawed by Beethoven’s shadow, he succeeded from the outset in coining a highly personal idiom, with an astonishing combination of formal rigor and freedom of inspiration. Pablo Heras-Casado and the Munich Philharmonic offer their interpretation of this music, more mysterious than it appears, which tells of its composer’s passionate and tormented soul.
Robert Schumann: Complete Symphonies – Munich Philharmonic, Pablo Heras-Casado
