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 [log in to unmask]