Schubert: Sonata in E-flat major Op post 122/D568 (G Henle Verlag HN 1557)

Henle’s layout is beautiful and clear, with discreet but helpful fingerings from Martin Helmchen

The Americanist (Elizabeth Newkirk)

A compelling album, well worth seeking out

Wilms: The Piano Concertos, Vol 1 (Ronald Brautigam)

Ronald Brautigam niftily gets his fingers around Wilms’ complex passagework

Andrew McCormack: Terra Firma

Skilful and often compelling compositions help make this a first-rate release

Tickling the Ivories: A Piano Journey (Keith Jacobsen)

Throughout one senses Jacobsen’s strength of character and admirable perseverance in harnessing his lifelong love for music and piano playing

Romantic Piano Masters (Mariam Batsashvili)

Batsashvili is musicianly to the core

Visions – Messiaen, Enescu, Knussen & Birtwistle (Tamara Stefanovich, Pierre-Laurent Aimard)

A gripping 20th-century traversal

Kjetil Mulelid: Who Do You Love The Most?

Like Jarrett, Brad Mehldau and Bill Evans, he has a wholly melodic approach in which every note is made to count

Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol 11 (Jean-Efflam Bavouzet)

Flawlessly recorded, Bavouzet reminds us that Haydn was the least po-faced of all composers

Walter Gieseking: Debussy – The first Columbia recordings

Schumann: Fantasie etc (Émile Naoumoff)

With Naoumoff, one is never aware of the bristling difficulties of Schumann’s score

Debussy: early and late piano pieces (Steven Osborne)

Osborne’s performances are of a superfine mastery

Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 4 (Anna Fedorova)

Fedorova is undoubtedly a fine performer but her playing has a certain reticence about it

Papaïoannou, Constantinides & Levidis (Cyprien Katsaris)

Katsaris revels in the virtuosity as much as the lyricism