When it comes to romance on a grand scale, Bill Snyder’s piano performances have no peer. His beautifully shaded keyboard stylings consistently express the mood romantic with passionate conviction and good taste. Caressing, yet gently persuasive, he imbues each melody with a haunting approach of subtlety and individuality. Here, with the suave accompaniment of an equally romantic-minded orchestra, the Snyder piano definitely proves that ‘Love’s In Season’ – all year ’round. Theme From Hudson River Rhapsody introduces the rippling piano and flowing orchestral backing in the pastel painted setting of New York’s Hudson River, as viewed from a candlelit penthouse just meant for two. Unrequited love, according to an Italian proverb is “like a question without an answer.” This brokenhearted mood is ably reflected by a plaintive piano and forlorn reeds and strings in the torchy entry, simply called, Without Love. Beauty, grace and ardor course through the performance of Moonlight Rendezvous, as Bill’s piano moonbeams light up a joyful encounter. A night of bliss leads to a Misty Morning, a delightfully mellow interpretation with a rich-toned melodic charm. Two fascinating treatments of classical favorites follow. Musetta is an engaging reworking of the attractive Musetta’s Waltz from Puccini’s ‘La Bohème,’ while Clair De Lune is a novel rendition of the Debussy classic. A lyrical Rachmaninoff selection entitled Our Theme, opens the second side, followed by a melodic paean for love, as a compelling piano pleads – Don’t Pass Me By. You Take My Breath Away envisions a love-at-first-sight spell that can’t be broken, and in Lazy Mississippi Moon, the moon glow continues in pitter-patter tempo as the tide of love ebbs and flows with the meandering piano keys. The title tune, Love’s In Season conveys a continually happy thought as Bill and the orchestra blossom out in a cheerful “all the world loves a lover” mood. Flirty, the jaunty closer casts some amorous glances via a lithe, dancing statement by piano and an ingratiating orchestral backdrop.