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.

Rank #91 Iconic Masterpiece665 recordings

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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
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Hélène Grimaud · view	2005	Deutsche Grammophon	5:41
William Steinberg, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Rubinstein · view	2005	Centurion Classics	14:51
William Steinberg, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Rubinstein · view	2005	Centurion Classics	5:17
William Steinberg, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Rubinstein · view	2005	Centurion Classics	10:12
Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Martha Argerich · view	2004	EMI Classics	13:36
Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Martha Argerich · view	2004	EMI Classics	4:59
Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Martha Argerich · view	2004	EMI Classics	10:37
Herbert von Karajan, Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Gieseking · view	2004	Membran International GmbH	9:47
Herbert von Karajan, Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Gieseking · view	2004	Membran International GmbH	5:44
Herbert von Karajan, Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Gieseking · view	2004	Membran International GmbH	14:36
Rudolf Schwarz, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Rubinstein · view	2004	BBC Legends	10:22
Rudolf Schwarz, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Rubinstein · view	2004	BBC Legends	5:31
Rudolf Schwarz, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Rubinstein · view	2004	BBC Legends	15:21
George Szell, Cleveland Orchestra, Leon Fleisher · view	2004	Sony Classical	5:09
George Szell, Cleveland Orchestra, Leon Fleisher · view	2004	Sony Classical	10:23
Charles Dutoit, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Alicia de Larrocha · view	2003	Decca Records	11:45
Charles Dutoit, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Alicia de Larrocha · view	2003	Decca Records	16:09
Charles Dutoit, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Alicia de Larrocha · view	2003	Decca Records	5:23
Mariss Jansons, Berlin Philharmonic, Leif Ove Andsnes · view	2003	Warner Classics	5:08
Uri Segal, Vladimir Ashkenazy, London Symphony Orchestra · view	2003	Decca Classics	11:11