Getting ready to compile my list of favorite albums of the year, and I decided to start with classical releases.
Yuja Wang: The American Project
Yuja Wang: Complete Rachmaninoff Concertos
Yuja Wang: Verbier Recital
Yunchan Lim: Liszt Etudes, Cliburn Recital
Kaija Saariaho: Reconnaissance, Choral Music
Nicholas Angelich: Homage (live recordings)
Vladimir Horowitz: Liszt and Schumann
Vikingur Olafsson: Goldberg Variations (Bach)
Lukas Geniusas: Rachmaninoff Sonata
Anatol Ugorski: Scriabin Sonatas
Byrd: Sacred Works
Argerich and Kissin: The Verbier Concerts
Lots of piano music on my list. Lots of the greatest living pianists doing great piano music on my list. It was a red letter year for fans of classical piano.