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
Robert Schumann · view	1996	Reader’s Digest	15:41
Mstislav Rostropovich, National Symphony Orchestra, Martha Argerich · view	1995	Deutsche Grammophon	10:17
Mstislav Rostropovich, National Symphony Orchestra, Martha Argerich · view	1995	Deutsche Grammophon	14:24
Mstislav Rostropovich, National Symphony Orchestra, Martha Argerich · view	1995	Deutsche Grammophon	5:09
Paavo Berglund, Philharmonia Orchestra, John Ogdon · view	1995	Seraphim	10:32
Paavo Berglund, Philharmonia Orchestra, John Ogdon · view	1995	Seraphim	5:40
Ernst Gröschel · view	1995	Best Direct	15:52
Paavo Berglund, Philharmonia Orchestra, John Ogdon · view	1995	Seraphim	14:52
Gerard Schwarz, Seattle Symphony, Bella Davidovich · view	1995	Naxos	16:13
Gerard Schwarz, Seattle Symphony, Bella Davidovich · view	1995	Naxos	11:52
Gerard Schwarz, Seattle Symphony, Bella Davidovich · view	1995	Naxos	5:21
Gerard Oskamp, Berliner Symphoniker · view	1995	folio	11:57
Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli · view	1995	Documents	14:10
Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli · view	1995	-	15:38
Gerard Oskamp, Berliner Symphoniker · view	1995	folio	16:47
Gerard Oskamp, Berliner Symphoniker · view	1995	folio	6:21
András Ligeti, Jenő Jandó · view	1995	-	4:21
Michael Tilson Thomas, London Symphony Orchestra, Jean-Marc Luisada · view	1994	Deutsche Grammophon	5:58
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Martha Argerich · view	1994	Warner Classics	10:04
Aleksandr Titov · view	1994	Infinity Digital	10:11