Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Changed times: it seems only yesterday that the Berlin Philharmonic was Deutsche Grammophon’s in-house orchestra.

Throughout the week Classic FM’s presenters bring you the best new recordings, including world exclusives and premiere broadcasts of latest releases. This week: Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 – by ...

If I had listened to these rival versions without knowing their provenance, I probably would have sworn Oramo’s came from central Europe and Luisi’s from the leaner-sounding Nordic fringe. But no: ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. Robert Schumann started writing symphonies just after embarking on married life, taking out a mortgage on posterity after a well-spent ...

Carolin Widmann (violin), Dénes Várjon (piano) ECM New Series 476 6744 *****:The first of Schumann's three violin sonatas gets the lion's share of attention while the third hardly gets any at all.

All this week, we'll be focusing our lens on the music of Robert Schumann and the lasting impact of his work. Leading the conversation is pianist Jonathan Biss, who's making a 30-concert project out ...

It WAS the first concert in the Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s ambitious Schumann symphony series. And right from the start, you could feel how much this music meant to conductor Robin Ticciati. Did you ...

These Wigmore Hall performan- ces of Schumann's three violin sonatas, recorded in 2010 and 2011, are extremely well turned. That is their strength and also, sometimes, their weakness. The turbulence ...