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
Artur Rother, The Berlin Symphony Orchestra · view	1981	Armando Curcio Editore	-
Artur Rother, The Berlin Symphony Orchestra · view	1981	Armando Curcio Editore	-
Artur Rother, The Berlin Symphony Orchestra · view	1981	Armando Curcio Editore	-
Herbert von Karajan, Philharmonia Orchestra, Dinu Lipatti · view	1980	Philips	5:26
Herbert von Karajan, Philharmonia Orchestra, Dinu Lipatti · view	1980	Membran Music Ltd.	14:24
Herbert von Karajan, Philharmonia Orchestra, Dinu Lipatti · view	1980	Philips	10:02
André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra, Radu Lupu · view	1973	Classic FM	14:38
André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra, Radu Lupu · view	1973	Decca Records	15:39
Carlo Maria Giulini, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Rubinstein · view	1968	RCA Victor Red Seal	5:31
Carlo Maria Giulini, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Rubinstein · view	1968	RCA Victor Red Seal	16:27
Carlo Maria Giulini, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Rubinstein · view	1968	RCA Victor Red Seal	11:02
Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Van Cliburn · view	1965	Victor	10:10
Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Van Cliburn · view	1965	Victor	5:15
Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Van Cliburn · view	1965	Victor	15:18
George Szell, Cleveland Orchestra, Leon Fleisher · view	1960	Sony Classical	14:51
George Szell, Cleveland Orchestra, Leon Fleisher · view	1960	Epic	15:37
Witold Rowicki, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, Sviatoslav Richter · view	1959	Deutsche Grammophon	14:27
Alceo Galliera, Philharmonia Orchestra · view	1959	Columbia	5:53
Alceo Galliera, Philharmonia Orchestra · view	1959	Columbia	11:14
Alceo Galliera, Philharmonia Orchestra · view	1959	Columbia	16:34