Ulvi Yurtsever wrote: >When you add the Szell and Kubelik (both on Sony I think) sets to >Goodman's I think the Schumann symphonies are just about covered for >eternity; it's hard to see why any conductor would want to record >them again in the face of such competition. I hope Ulvi doesn't mind if I add Swallisch on EMI to the "covered for eternity" list. It is stiff competition, but new recordings of the symhonies keep coming out; I recently noticed that Marriner has his second cd out on Hanssler which completes his traversal of the Schumann symphonies. I don't have any problem with an active conductor who loves a work, no matter how frequently recorded, wanting to perform and record it for posterity. But, that recording, in order to have any long-term viability needs to be a very good one indeed. Don Satz [log in to unmask]