COMPOSERS: Schumann
LABELS: Apex
WORKS: Symphonies Nos 1-4
PERFORMER: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/ Armin Jordan
CATALOGUE NO: 2564 68642-3
Flexible, graceful phrasing and airy recorded sound are not invariably partnered with stellar orchestral playing under Armin Jordan’s direction (the second movement of the Third Symphony lacks polish), but the finale of the Fourth soars. David Breckbill