"The repertoire here includes Papillons op. 2, the Piano Sonata No 1 in F sharp minor op. 11, Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood) op. 15, the Fantasy in C major op. 17, Waldszenen (Forest Scenes) op. 82, and the Thema mit Variationen, also known as Geistervariationen. Schiff's recording presents a revelatory re-investigation of this enormously influential Romantic music..... Schiff, one of the greatest pianists of our era, traces the development of Schumann's piano music, from the early Papillons, written when Schumann was 19, all the way to the final Geistervariationen, "ghost variations" which the composer believed were dictated to him by angels. The Fantasy in C Major is heard with alternate endings: as well as the official published version, Schiff includes a preliminary one he finds more musically convincing"