German cellist, Jan Vogler presents his second recording of Schumann's Cello Concerto (the first recording was on Edel, 2001), but this time with his own orchestra, the Dresden Festival Orchestra (alongside Ivor Bolton), that consists of more than 50 members from Europe's most renowned early music ensembles. Exploring Schumann's "original sound", Jan Vogler plays on gut strings and the orchestra on period instruments. In addition to the cello concerto, the orchestra plays Schumann's Second Symphony. The repertoire connects the Dresden Music Festival and its orchestra to the productive Dresden period of Schumann's work (1844-50) since both works were composed during that time. The Second Symphony was written between December 1845 and October 1846 in Dresden, the Cello Concerto immediately after he had left the city.