Piano priorities: I wouldn’t want to be without… the infectious variety of Piers Lane being in town again, https://www.colinscolumn.com/hyperion-releases-piers-lane-goes-to-town-again/, moreish Mendelssohn, https://www.colinscolumn.com/peter-donohoe-records-mendelssohns-songs-without-words-volume-two-for-chandos/, a double entry given it also appeared in March’s Highlights, and Bach rode high in Oslo, https://www.colinscolumn.com/nils-anders-mortensen-records-j-s-bach-partitas-for-lawo-classics/.
Symphonic successes included the wit and elegance of Paavo Järvi’s Haydn ‘Clock’ & ‘Drum Roll’ Symphonies, https://www.colinscolumn.com/paavo-jarvi-deutsche-kammerphilharmonie-bremen-record-haydn-symphonies-101-103-clock-drum-roll-for-rca-red-seal/, Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s Sibelius, https://www.colinscolumn.com/orchestre-metropolitain-de-montreal-yannick-nezet-seguin-record-sibeliuss-third-fourth-symphonies-for-atma-classique/, Osmo Vänskä’s latest Minnesota Mahler, https://www.colinscolumn.com/osmo-vanska-and-the-minnesota-orchestra-record-mahlers-ninth-symphony-for-bis/, François-Xavier Roth’s welcome use of Bruckner’s first thoughts for the ‘Romantic’ Symphony (No.4), https://www.colinscolumn.com/francois-xavier-roth-records-anton-bruckners-fourth-symphony-romantic-1874-score-for-myrios-classics/, the BP/KP survey of three Shostakovich Symphonies, https://www.colinscolumn.com/berliner-philharmoniker-recordings-kirill-petrenko-conducts-shostakovich-symphonies-8-9-10/, especially Eight & Nine, and Leonard Slatkin’s DSO Rachmaninov is also significant for any year if especially during the current ‘150’, https://www.colinscolumn.com/leonard-slatkin-and-the-detroit-symphony-orchestra-record-rachmaninovs-three-symphonies-plus-for-naxos/.