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In Reply to: Recs. wanted: Schumann Fantasy, Op. 17 posted by MichaelV8 on March 1, 2012 at 11:47:13:
Schiff has a two-CD set of Schumann piano music (I think it's called "Ghost Variations") that may be the only recording with Schumann's original ending for the last movement. In the original, the arpeggioed modulations down to the last chord are replaced by a harkening back to music from the first movement of the Fantasia, specifically the quotation from Beethoven's An die Ferne Geliebte song cycle. The discs also include another performance of the last movement as everybody else plays it. So with the magic of the PROGRAM feature on your CD player, you can have it either way.I thought the Op. 17 performance overall was worthy, but I didn't like it as much as some of the other favorites I mentioned in an earlier post. The ECM sound is clear but a little bass-shy. I haven't listened to the other pieces on the CDs yet, so no comment on those.
Edits: 03/15/12
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- Andras Schiff is very different than any other performance (ECM) - pbarach 14:43:46 03/15/12 (1)
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