Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C, Op. 61 - I. Sostenuto assai; Allegro ma non troppo
Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61 Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos
Recorded December 3, 1940, in Northrup Auditorium, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Issued in 1942 as Columbia Masterworks set M-503 (records 11761-D through 11765-D), and in automatic sequence as set MM-503 (records 11766-D through 11770-D). Issued in Australia as Columbia LOX 778 through LOX 782. Reissued on LP, c. 1953, as Columbia Entre RL-3025. The side and matrix information:
Side 1 (XCO 29310): First movement, part 1 (Sostenuto assai) Side 2 (XCO 29315*): First movement, part 2 (Allegro ma non troppo) Side 3 (XCO 29316): First movement, part 3 Side 4 (XCO 29317): Second movement (Scherzo: Allegro vivace), part 1 Side 5 (XCO 29318): Second movement, part 2 Side 6 (XCO 29319): Third movement (Adagio espressivo), part 1 Side 7 (XCO 29320): Third movement, part 2 Side 8 (XCO 29321): Third movement, part 3 Side 9 (XCO 29322): Fourth movement (Allegro molto vivace), part 1 Side 10 (XCO 29323): Fourth movement, part 2
*The gap in matrix numbers here (XCO 29311 through XCO 29314) belongs to recordings of Richard Strauss' Waltzes from "Der Rosenkavalier" and Tchaikovsky's Marche Slave, made on December 14, 1940, by the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Artur Rodzinski. Mitropoulos' further recordings for the same day as the Schumann symphony, December 3, 1940, are of Mozart's Entr'actes from "Thamos" (XCO 29336/7 - a recording I have uploaded elsewhere) and Grieg's Two Elegiac Melodies (XCO 29338/9).