Early RomanticConcerto

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor, op. 54

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor, op. 54 by Robert Schumann, Concerto, composed 1841–1845. 665 recordings in this catalogue, from 1956 to 2025. Scored for Piano.

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Philharmonia Orchestra

Orchestra · 47 rec

London Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra · 42 rec

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

Soloist · 41 rec

Berlin Philharmonic

Orchestra · 31 rec

Sviatoslav Richter

Soloist · 31 rec

Martha Argerich

Soloist · 29 rec

Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra

Orchestra · 28 rec

Witold Rowicki

Conductor · 25 rec

Recordings (665)

Conductor

Witold Rowicki25 Herbert von Karajan23 Colin Davis22 Fritz Reiner19 Bystrík Režucha17 Ernest Ansermet15 Claudio Abbado13 Riccardo Chailly12 Gianandrea Gavazzeni11 Kurt Masur10 Antonio Pedrotti9 Carlo Maria Giulini9

Orchestra

Philharmonia Orchestra47 London Symphony Orchestra42 Berlin Philharmonic31 Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra28 Vienna Philharmonic24 Chicago Symphony Orchestra22 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra21 Slovak Philharmonic18 Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin16 BBC Symphony Orchestra15 Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra13 Orchestre de la Suisse Romande12

Label

Deutsche Grammophon64 EMI Classics58 Decca Classics52 Sony Classical52 Warner Classics52 Decca Records31 RCA Red Seal26 Philips Classics21 W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.16 Profil Edition Günter Hänssler15 Philips14 EMI13

Decade

1950s9 1960s8 1970s2 1980s56 1990s134 2000s109 2010s163 2020s44

Credited instrument

Piano540 Organ3 Flugelhorn1

Performers	Year	Label
Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Van Cliburn · view	2007	RCA Red Seal	15:18
Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Van Cliburn · view	2007	RCA Red Seal	10:18
Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Van Cliburn · view	2007	RCA Red Seal	5:15
Martyn Brabbins, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Lars Vogt · view	2007	BBC Music Magazine	15:04
Aleksandr Titov · view	2006	Classical Music Archives	15:15
Aleksandr Titov · view	2006	Classical Music Archives	4:56
Aleksandr Titov · view	2006	Classical Music Archives	10:28
Malcolm Sargent, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Myra Hess · view	2006	BBC Music	10:57
Malcolm Sargent, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Myra Hess · view	2006	BBC Music	5:32
Malcolm Sargent, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Myra Hess · view	2006	BBC Music	14:51
Riccardo Chailly, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Martha Argerich · view	2006	Decca Classics	5:47
Riccardo Chailly, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Martha Argerich · view	2006	Decca Classics	10:13
Riccardo Chailly, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Martha Argerich · view	2006	Decca Classics	14:47
Naoshi Takahashi, Erzgebirgische Philharmonie Aue · view	2006	Querstand	10:32
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Martha Argerich · view	2006	Classic FM	4:57
Naoshi Takahashi, Erzgebirgische Philharmonie Aue · view	2006	Querstand	5:18
Robert Schumann · view	2006	-	10:06
Naoshi Takahashi, Erzgebirgische Philharmonie Aue · view	2006	Querstand	14:52
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Hélène Grimaud · view	2005	Deutsche Grammophon	15:02
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Hélène Grimaud · view	2005	Deutsche Grammophon	10:32