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- ↑ Fiona Maddocks (3 September 2011). "Schumann: Geistervariationen – review". The Observer . Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ↑ Michael Tumelty (3 October 2011). "Schumann's Ghost Variations reveal the dark side of the composer's art". The Herald . Glasgow. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
