안드라스 쉬프의 슈만 유령변주곡
슈만: 나비 op.2, 피아노 소나타 1번 F샤프단조 op.11, 어린이 정경 op.15, 환상곡 C장조 op.17, 숲의 정경 op.82, 주제와 변주(유령 변주곡)
* 연주: 안드라스 쉬프(피아노)


명료한 터치와 독창적 감각으로 담담하면서도 깊은 여운을 남기는 감동적 슈만 연주를 들려주는 안드라스 쉬프! 마침내 그 진가가 담긴 음반을 녹음하였다. <트로이메라이> 등 사랑스러운 선율로 가득한 모음곡 사이에 피아노 소나타 F샤프단조가 갖고 있는 명징함은 안드라스 쉬프의 인토네이션을 대변하는 키포인트가 된다. 그리고 두 번째 음반은 쉬프가 바라보는 슈만의 이상을 함축시킨 것으로, 특히 환상곡 C장조의 숨겨진 부다페스트 사본을 통해 베토벤에 대한 존경과 클라라에 대한 사랑을 쏟아낸 진정한 의미를 되짚어보게 하는 명연을 이룩하였다.


Papillons, Op. 2
Piano Sonata No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 11
Kinderszenen, Op. 15
Fantasie in C major, Op. 17
Waldszenen, Op. 82
Theme with Variations in E flat major WoO 24 ('Geistervariationen')

The Guardian 1st September 2011 ****
“[the Ghost Variations] make a touching ending to a series of wonderfully thoughtful and carefully detailed performances. In Schiff's hands, the F sharp minor Sonata becomes much more introspective than usual. But Schumann lovers will be most intrigued by his account of the great C major Fantasy. Here, rather than the familiar ending, he plays what appears to have been Schumann's original idea.”

The Independent on Sunday 2nd October 2011
“Schiff's exquisite double-disc recital takes its title from the Ghost Variations of 1854, composed to a theme dictated by angels in the hallucinatory days before Schumann threw himself into the Rhine...Schiff is too subtle a musician to allow a single thesis to dominate. Yet the fine line between dream and delusion can be felt elsewhere, not least the C major Fantasy”


BBC Music Mgazine November 2011 ****
“if you want the living definition of virtuoso pedalling, listen to Andras Schiff in the 'Aria' movement of Schumann's F sharp minor Sonata...It's the most impressive realisation of Schumann's challenging pedal markings that I have ever heard. Schiff's ability to 'voice' piano writing is perhaps his outstanding feature as a performer...the whole set is full of the pure, Olympian beauty and intellectual sharpness that characterise Schiff at his finest.”