Four symphonies were enough for Robert Schumann to leave his mark. Without allowing himself to be overawed by Beethoven’s shadow, he succeeded from the outset in coining a highly personal idiom, with an astonishing combination of formal rigour and freedom of inspiration.

Pablo Heras-Casado and the Münchner Philharmoniker offer their interpretation of this corpus, more mysterious than it appears, which tells of its composer’s passionate and tormented soul.

Star conductor Christian Thielemann and the Staatskapelle Dresden present a brand new recording of all four symphonies of Robert Schumann, who lived in Dresden from 1844 to 1850 and wrote his second symphony there. His symphonies are considered masterpieces amongst German romantic symphonic works. This cycle, which was recorded live at the Suntory Hall in Tokyo, receiving great critical acclaim, is a new milestone in Schumann interpretation. ‘The Staatskapelle’s sumptuous playing is hard to fault …’ (The Guardian)

BONUS: Discovering Schumann - Christian Thielemann about Schumann´s Symphonies

RECORDING DATE: Suntory Hall, Tokyo, October 2018

SOUND FORMAT: DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.0

PICTURE: 16:9, HD

SUBTITLES (Bonus): German (Original Language), English, Korean, Japanese

BOOKLET: English, German, French

TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 182 mins (155 mins Concert + 27 mins Bonus)