SCHUMANN: 4 Symphonies; Manfred & Genoveva Overtures - Mehta, Vienna Philharmonic (2 CDs)

Zubin Mehta has had a long association with the Vienna Philharmonic, conducting them for his first ever recording for Decca (Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony – Decca Eloquence 461 3572) and returning often to conduct them both in their home city and on tour. Collected here for the first time are his complete Decca recordings of Schumann – the four symphonies as well as two of the overtures, all played with immense verve and with a gloriously burnished sound from the Vienna Philharmonic.

ROBERT SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 38 ‘Spring’
Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op.97 ‘Rhenish’
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120
Manfred Overture, Op. 115
Genoveva Overture, Op. 81

FIRST INTERNATIONAL CD RELEASE OF MEHTA’S COMPLETE DECCA SCHUMANN RECORDINGS

Wiener Philharmoniker
Zubin Mehta