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Isata Kanneh-Mason's 'Romance - The Piano Music of Clara Schumann' makes 105.9:WQXR 'Best Classical Recordings of 2019'

As a decade that has brought its fair share of ups and downs comes to a close, it's hard to be anything but amazed by one enormous plus: the sheer volume of exceptional new classical recordings that hit the shelves in the 2010s. The last year has been a fitting culmination, chock-full of brilliant reinterpretations of old favorites and bold ventures into new musical frontiers. Here are our favorites of 2019.

Romance: The Piano Music of Clara Schumann - Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Holly Mathieson, conductor

Clara Schumann's criminally underappreciated oeuvre has found an ideal champion in 24-year old British pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason, who taps into its inherent melancholy with immense sensitivity on this charismatic and refined debut. It tops the heap of tributes released for Schumann's bicentennial in September.

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