Jonathan Berman has received the highest acclaim for his recording of Franz Schmidt's four symphonies for the Accentus Music label. The BBC Music Magazine emphasises Berman's ‘commitment and enthusiasm, delivering playing of sensitivity and technical brilliance’; the Spanish magazine Scherzo states that ‘this is perhaps the most convincing approach to the composer's musical universe’; the Belgian Crescendo speaks of a ‘landmark recording’ and the Austrian Online Merker also recognises in this interpretation ‘new standards, in that each work is interpreted with precision, passion and tonal refinement’. Fono Forum attests Berman ‘a deep understanding of [Schmidt's] music’, the Italian magazine Musica emphasises ‘the expressive particularity of a warm, cheerful lyricism without sentimental devotion and without rhetoric’, the Austrian Radio Ö 1 confirms the recording's ‘taste and transparency’ and the Australian Limelight magazine is also impressed by the ‘beautiful playing’.
Jonathan Berman has recorded Franz Schmidt's symphonic oeuvre with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales; the CD box set has been available in stores and online platforms, e.g. here, and on all streaming platforms since 1 December 2023.