Helene Grimaud's version deserves top billing alongside Perahia's two versions as the finest recent recordings of Schumann's piano concerto. Hers is a recording I fell in love with immediately, due to her warm, lyrical playing, not because she may be the prettiest celebrated pianist alive! She seems as celebral and as warm as Perahia is, playing all three movements at nearly the same tempi. Admittedly, the German Symphony Orchestra of Berlin isn't as well moulded an ensemble as either the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra or the Berlin Philharmonic, yet David Zinman does a fine job conducting, letting himself and his orchestra serve as sympathetic accompanists to Grimaud's commanding performance. Both Grimaud and the orchestra also give a fine performance of Strauss' "miniature" piano concerto.