I think the Donohoe live rec is incredible. Must admit to not being terribly familiar with the Ohlsson, nor the Scarpini, though I’ve heard them.
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Mahler should have written a piano concerto
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I agree. My top 3 are Ohlsson 2018/2019, Donohoe, and Mewton-Wood. Ohlsson is probably the most kosher/least coloured characterisation of it, but his playing is a bit bland - although I think he plays this concerto better than anything else. Mewton-Wood is superb, but “something else”. Donohoe is a good middleground.
Did you ever listen to the Gerstein rec? I actually like it a lot, even though someone else here said it’s shit, iirc.
I actually don’t have any recollection of it. I either didn’t like it, or I forgot about it altogether.
It just came out few months ago.
Well that might explain it. I have a broadcast with Gerstein from early 2017. I don’t think I’ve heard his commercial recording if it’s that recent.
It’s all slowly coming together here… 
The commercial release IS of the Boston broadcast, of which my copy was furthermore initially marked as having Hamelin as soloist which means I could very well have left it alone. No I don’t think I’ve listened to this.
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