Musica Viva, Alexander Rudin - R. Schumann: Symphony No. 4, Cello Concerto in A Minor & Fantasy in C Major for Violin and Orchestra (2026) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120: I. Andante con moto - Allegro di molto
02. Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120: II. Romanza. Andante
03. Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120: III. Scherzo. Presto
04. Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120: IV. Largo - Finale. Allegro vivace
05. Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129: I. Nicht zu schnell
06. Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129: II. Langsam
07. Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129: III. Sehr lebhaft
08. Fantasy in C Major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 131 (Transcr. for Cello and Orchestra by Alexander Rudin)



This album offers an intimate journey into Schumann's world through three emblematic works. At it's heart stands the original 1841 version of the Fourth Symphony, a rarely performed score whose transparency and almost chamber-like clarity reveal a Schumann of striking immediacy, far from the heavier later revision. The Cello Concerto and the Fantasia for violin, the latter performed here in an idiomatic and expressive transcription for cello, both belong to Schumann's final Dusseldorf years and share an atmosphere of shifting moods and luminous shadows. Throughout the album, Alexander Rudin - appearing both as conductor and as solo cellist - joins Musica Viva in shaping a vivid, deeply human portrait of Schumann's imagination and it's fragile, radiant beauty.