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Haven't done this in a while! Of the many CDs I acquired last year, these are some of my favorites:

Paul Lewis' Schubert is without peer. The sonatas themselves are transcendental.

Pierre Hantaï's Well-tempered Clavier on the harpsichord is the best recording I've ever heard of the piece.

Alexandre Tharaud's Scarlatti is charming, lively, & thoroughly Gallic.

I bought the re-release of Elliott Carter's early Nonesuch albums when he died last year to revisit these pieces & their original performances.