Gustav Styger wrote:
>I did a brief search on the net, but could only find one recording on
>a rather obscure label (Berlin Classics). Are there any mainstream
>recordings of this work? Maybe a multi-tracked version by Dennis
>Brain, or is that asking too much?
Berlin isn't an obscure label. It's very good - very rarely do they
present anything that isn't top notch. Their recording standards are
high too. It's not expensive because they use a lot of East German
material often recorded in pre Wende days. Thye also specialise in
composers with East German connections - hence Schumann. The Berlin
recording you mention is Staatskapelle Dresden, a very good band. I
don't know the conductor though. But it should be reliable. There are
several DG recordings of Op 86 with JE Gardiner and with Thielemann.
Anne
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