Since the dawn of the LP era, the Berlin Philharmonic have had a strong relationship with the symphonies of Robert Schumann, recording the whole cycle under Herbert von Karajan, James Levine and Rafael Kubelík, and appearing with Wilhelm Furtwängler on a recording of the Fourth symphony which still stands as perhaps the most extraordinary performance of that work ever committed to tape. It thus makes perfect sense that the Berlin Philharmonic should wish to use these symphonies to inaugurate their new record label; however, in this remarkable new release, there is far more at stake than just the music. Instead of simply releasing yet another Schumann cycle, Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings have attempted nothing less than the establishment of a new strategy for how classical music might be marketed and sold in the age of digital…
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