Schumann - Romances (3), Op. 28

[Carnaval] draws from Le Sage a performance which triumphs unobtrusively over extreme familiarity to create an aura of spontaneity and freshness which beguiles the ear and the imagination alike.... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2011, 3 out of 5 stars More…

this anthology celebrates Kempff's special feeling for Schumann. He is in his element in pieces like Arabesque, the relatively little-known first and third Romances, and the Novelettes, where... — Penguin Guide, 2011 edition More…

Collard may lack Pollini's blazing intellectual rigour in Op. 11 and Richter's inimitable phrased sensitivity in Papillons, yet she demonstrates a special empathy for Schumann's dream-like wonder. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2005, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Less contained than Pollini and more attuned to Horowitz's flamboyance, his performance captures all of Schumann's teeming imagination...Above all, Maltempo's well-recorded performances have... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2015 More…