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
Antonio Pappano, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Jan Lisiecki · view	2016	Deutsche Grammophon	10:11
Kurt Sanderling, Philharmonia Orchestra, Alfred Brendel · view	2016	Philips	15:38
Kurt Sanderling, Philharmonia Orchestra, Alfred Brendel · view	2016	Philips	11:41
Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Byron Janis · view	2016	Sony Classical	10:52
Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Byron Janis · view	2016	Sony Classical	4:47
Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Byron Janis · view	2016	Sony Classical	14:58
Alexander Melnikov, Isabelle Faust, Jean-Guihen Queyras · view	2015	harmonia mundi	12:14
Alexander Melnikov, Isabelle Faust, Jean-Guihen Queyras · view	2015	harmonia mundi	4:42
Alexander Melnikov, Isabelle Faust, Jean-Guihen Queyras · view	2015	harmonia mundi	14:42
Rudolf Barshai, State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation, Sviatoslav Richter · view	2015	Мелодия	10:35
Rudolf Barshai, State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation, Sviatoslav Richter · view	2015	Мелодия	4:47
Rudolf Barshai, State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation, Sviatoslav Richter · view	2015	Мелодия	14:38
Pablo Heras-Casado, Freiburger Barockorchester, Alexander Melnikov · view	2015	harmonia mundi	14:40
Carlo Maria Giulini, Philharmonia Orchestra, Annie Fischer · view	2015	audite Musikproduktion	6:00
Carlo Maria Giulini, Philharmonia Orchestra, Annie Fischer · view	2015	audite Musikproduktion	10:54
Carlo Maria Giulini, Philharmonia Orchestra, Annie Fischer · view	2015	audite Musikproduktion	15:03
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli · view	2015	Warner Classics	10:47
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli · view	2015	Warner Classics	15:39
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli · view	2015	Warner Classics	5:11
Rudolf Kempe, Munich Philharmonic, Nelson Freire · view	2014	Sony Classical	10:46