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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Top Performers

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
Witold Rowicki, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra · view	-	W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.	1:45
Witold Rowicki, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra · view	-	W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.	1:55
Witold Rowicki, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra · view	-	W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.	2:09
William Steinberg, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Rubinstein · view	-	Sony Classical	-
William Steinberg, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Rubinstein · view	-	Sony Classical	-
William Steinberg, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Rubinstein · view	-	Sony Classical	-
Witold Rowicki, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, Sviatoslav Richter · view	-	Philips	-
Antonio Pedrotti, Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli · view	-	Worten Clássico	10:55
Antonio Pedrotti, Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli · view	-	Worten Clássico	4:44
Antonio Pedrotti, Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli · view	-	Worten Clássico	15:24
Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra, Evgeny Kissin · view	-	EMI Classics	10:30
Otto Klemperer, Vienna Symphony, Guiomar Novaes · view	-	Vox Box	5:36
Otto Klemperer, Vienna Symphony, Guiomar Novaes · view	-	Vox Box	10:32
Ferenc Fricsay, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Alfred Cortot · view	-	Green Door	10:51
Ferenc Fricsay, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Alfred Cortot · view	-	Green Door	5:00
Colin Davis, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Murray Perahia · view	-	Sony Classical	14:48
Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Byron Janis · view	-	Sony Classical	10:53
Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Byron Janis · view	-	Sony Classical	4:47
Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Byron Janis · view	-	Sony Classical	14:57
Pablo Heras-Casado, Freiburger Barockorchester, Alexander Melnikov · view	-	harmonia mundi	4:43