- Lise Davidsen, Leif Ove Andsnes: “Grieg” (Decca)
- Christian Tetzlaff, Lars Vogt: “Beethoven: Sonatas, Op. 30” (Ondine)
- Adam Tendler, Jenny Lin: “Liszt: Harmonies poétiques et religieuses” (Steinway)
A line from Phoebe Stuckes that has (for lack of a better word) stuck with me in the turnover of a new year: “I want to be stinking drunk in a restaurant eating bread from a basket, thinking of vintage Prada and snow.”