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
Rudolf Kempe, Munich Philharmonic, Nelson Freire · view	2014	Sony Classical	5:34
Rudolf Kempe, Munich Philharmonic, Nelson Freire · view	2014	Sony Classical	15:18
Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra, Alicia de Larrocha · view	2014	RCA Victor Red Seal	11:16
Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra, Alicia de Larrocha · view	2014	RCA Victor Red Seal	16:41
John Eliot Gardiner, London Symphony Orchestra, Maria João Pires · view	2014	LSO Live	11:04
John Eliot Gardiner, London Symphony Orchestra, Maria João Pires · view	2014	LSO Live	5:04
John Eliot Gardiner, London Symphony Orchestra, Maria João Pires · view	2014	LSO Live	15:20
Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra, Annie Fischer · view	2014	EMI Classics	11:29
Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra, Annie Fischer · view	2014	EMI Classics	5:39
Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Byron Janis · view	2013	Sony Classical	4:46
Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Byron Janis · view	2013	Sony Classical	10:51
Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Byron Janis · view	2013	Sony Classical	14:57
Hannu Koivula, Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Janne Mertanen · view	2013	Alba	5:31
Hannu Koivula, Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Janne Mertanen · view	2013	Alba	10:11
Hannu Koivula, Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Janne Mertanen · view	2013	Alba	15:12
Johannes Geffert, Claudio Brizi, Costantino Catena · view	2013	Camerata Tokyo Inc.	11:07
Johannes Geffert, Claudio Brizi, Costantino Catena · view	2013	Camerata Tokyo Inc.	6:25
Johannes Geffert, Claudio Brizi, Costantino Catena · view	2013	Camerata Tokyo Inc.	16:07
Jiří Bělohlávek, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Francesco Piemontesi · view	2013	naïve	10:43
Jiří Bělohlávek, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Francesco Piemontesi · view	2013	naïve	5:09