Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Jan Willem de Vriend - Schumann: Symphonies 3 & 4

The second and final instalment in Jan de Vriend's survey of Robert Schumann's symphonies. De Vriend conducts the wonderful Stavanger Symphony Orchestra and they both enjoy the fantastic acoustic of the Fartein Valen hall, considered one of the best in the world.

Such accomplished, high-class music-making makes the imminent follow-up with the Rhenish and Fourth Symphony en enticing prospect. - Gramophone - UK (on CC 72958 - Symphonies nos. 1 & 2).

de Vriendstrives for a balance between a magnificent orchestral sound and a transparent polyphony that also seeks to illuminate the complex inner life of Schumann's orchestral sound with brisk tempi. - Rondo - DE (on CC 72958 - Symphonies nos. 1 & 2)

Swagger and elegance. - BBC Record Review(on CC 72958 - Symphonies nos. 1 & 2)