ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856): Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129 (violin version by Schumann), Violin Concerto in D Minor, Phantasie for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 131, 3 arrangements for Violin and Orchestra from Klavierstücken for Piano Four Hands, Op. 85, Nos. 3 & 9 (arr. Ernst Rudorff [1840-1916]) and No. 12 (arr. Joseph Joachim [1831-1907]).

Description: For collectors who want every piece of unusual Schumanniana, we offer two claimed first recordings: transcriptions for violin and orchestra of piano pieces - the Joachim done in 1861 and the Rudorff published in 1877. The violin version of the cello concerto is rare but not unrecorded (this is not the odd Shostakovich re-orchestration which Gidon Kremer recorded decades ago on DG!). Lena Neudauer (violin), Deutsche Radio Philharmonie; Pablo González.