Almost without equal

Both concertos were out to a distant time on CBS Masterworks prestigious collection which as its name implies gathered the great successes of the label.
The Schumann concerto was then coupled, in the collection "Essential Classics" from Sony with another catastrophic version of the Grieg by a pianist (Swiss?) Entremont, this is not a joke, I assure you.
Here reunited the two concertos by George Szell, austere leader and not prone to fantasy, but unanimously respected leader of his musicians, the famous Cleveland Orchestra and all the soloists with whom he played, among which the great pianist Rudolf Serkin and Leon Fleisher, too little known pianist who knew always promote a sensitive touch virtuosity.
If this version of the famous concerto by Edward Grieg remains unmatched to this day, however, I will include a reservation to that of Schumann and dare prefer the version Serkin has recorded with Eugene Ormandy, this is not the piano that is in question but dryness of the orchestra.
Unlike most works for solo piano by Schumann, one feels that the composer here indulged in a bit of lyricism, and the direction of George Szell (huge interpreter also) lack a little bit of poesy.
But in both cases, the version is however to rank among the greatest achievements, the agreement between the two musicians (who also played an integral remarkable Beethoven concertos Sony) is perfect and Cleveland is never too intrusive, finely accompanying pianist.
Too directory concertos are crushed by the mass of an orchestra that often confuses and masterfully cavalry charge.