Georg Kulenkampff - Schumann Violin Concerto d-moll

Robert Schumann’s Violin Concerto in D minor, WoO 23 was his only violin concerto and one of his last significant compositions, and one that remained unknown to all but a very small circle for more than 80 years after it was written. In 1937 Georg Kulenkampff gave the premiere of the rediscovered Violin Concerto in D minor, which had been studied and suppressed by Joseph Joachim, but which Kulenkampff now revived with the help of Georg Schünemann, the Nazi-appointed Director of the “Prussian State Library“ (German: Preußische Staatsbibliothek), where the autograph score was housed, and Paul Hindemith, whose compositions were already banned by the Nazi authorities. The addition of this work to the repertoire was a very important and successful affair, and soon afterwards Kulenkampff made this world premiere recording. Note! There are short pauses between the movements (1st and 2nd and 2nd and 3rd ones).