Schumann

[Pires] has the enviable ability to make everything sound fresh but natural, and her tone is enchanting...The definition on [the Blu-ray] is superb and the camera work actually helps the viewer... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2015, 3 out of 5 stars/5 out of 5 stars More…

Gardiner [goes] all out for visceral sensation. The London performances bring the music most readily to life. — Gramophone Magazine, December 2019 More…

Now in his late 70s, John Eliot Gardiner seems to have embarked on a second spring rather than an Indian summer. The Schumann symphonies  on his second instalment of the cycle are bottled sunshine…you... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2020, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

…these are generally first-rate performances that keep the fine Swedish Chamber Orchestra on its toes throughout, and render Schumann's textures admirably transparent. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The first point to note is how much more comprehensive this is than previous cycles, even the outstanding RCA set of period performances from Roy Goodman and the Hanover Band.
Gardiner offers... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Right from the slow introduction's mysterious opening bars, this is a compelling account of the C major Second Symphony, imbued with Abbado's characteristic attention to detail, and the sharply... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2013, 3 out of 5 stars/5 out of 5 stars More…