- Martin Achrainer, Maki Namekawa: “Philip Glass: Songs” (Orange Mountain Music)
- Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini: “Daylight: Stories of Songs, Dances and Loves” (Naïve)
- Roderick Williams, Roger Vignoles: “Mirages: The Art of French Song” (Champs Hill Records)
There comes a point when, driving down a long stretch of highway, you get hit with a disorienting feeling of staticness. Your car isn’t moving; it’s the road beneath you that is. Maybe your gaze starts to soften. Maybe the sun has begun to set, making it all the more difficult to distinguish the sky from the ground. Maybe you should change lanes before you run into a guardrail.