Best music recordings of 2011

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Schumann: Piano works. Andras Schiff, piano (ECM New Series)

The Hungarian pianist's absorbing, two-disc survey includes the great Fantasy in C major (complete with alternative ending), "Kinderszenen" and the composer's last completed piano piece, the shadowy and mysterious "Geistervariationen" ("Ghost Variations").
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