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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