![]() | Sergei Rachmaninoff: The Complete Recordings
Buy new: $68.97 / Used from: $61.07 it doesnt get better than this
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![]() | Frédéric Chopin: Piano Works
Buy used from: $43.29 a must for pianophiles
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![]() | Vladimir Horowitz, Piano: Early Recordings 1928 Through 1947
funerailles, liszt sonata, , etc etc, were never recorded with more passion--all the essential horowitz played at his peak-endless hours of piano insanity fun
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![]() | Benno Moiseiwitsch
Buy used from: $21.59 ballade 4(buy the apr if you can find it instead--good luck though....)
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![]() | Benno Moiseiwitsch plays Schumann & Brahms
Buy used from: $60.00 best op 17 on record not too mention op 12 & handel var.
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![]() | Sviatoslav Richter à Prague [Box Set]
Buy used from: $579.99 too much good stuff here, comp ballades, new pictures, Weber 3, rach etudes, and prelu, a bunch of BEeth sonata including a brilliant Hammer,and Diabelli, along with new concerto's 1 & 3-
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![]() | Vladimir Sofronitsky
Buy used from: $34.99 he is the best of the best... always on my list of top five pianist ever
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![]() | Rachmaninoff: Preludes (complete)
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $5.45 THE DEFINITIVE SET OF RACH"S PRELUDES-hear weissenberg at his best
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![]() | Fischer: Brahms Piano Sonata No. 3; Bartók: 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $10.29 annie fischer-you will never hear the Brahms Sonata sound so enjoyable and playable
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![]() | Robert Schumann: Piano Works
Buy used from: $75.00 Mixture of great recordings(E.Fischer Fant op 17!, best davids...I have ever heard...cortot symphonic etudes...etc,etc
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![]() | Beethoven: 29 Piano Sonatas / Gilels by Ludwig van Beethoven
Buy new: $68.98 / Used from: $39.95 My favourite reading of the new testament and the most comprehensive survey of Gilels titanic talent
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![]() | Myra Hess
Buy used from: $15.50 contains all the essentials of the this great pianists(schumann concerto\symph etudes, carnaval, beeth sonata,etc(beeth cello sonata in a is missing)
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![]() | Moriz Rosenthal, Vol. 2
I never tire of hearing his tone, still, in my opinion the top of the mountain
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![]() | The Pupils of Liszt
Buy used from: $59.95 so many good things here i had to add it--rosenthal(berceuse)D'alberts "au bord d'une source"(the best recorded version every!)
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![]() | Ivan Moravec Plays Chopin
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $8.75 my favourite set of ballades and a great representation of his talent
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![]() | Godowsky: The Complete Studies on Chopin's Etudes by Leopold [composer] Godowsky
Buy new: $45.98 / Used from: $23.75 too virtuosic to be true-but hamelin is the most talented living pianist(this isnt his best disc in terms of content, but is in terms of playing-check out wigmore hall recital, scriabin sonata's, etc
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![]() | Grigory Sokolov - Live in Paris
Buy used from: $89.95 This DVD is excellent-Le Tic Toc Choc is worth the price alone. Also--if you go to InternetArchiv.org and type in Sokolov you can get, for free, his Proms Rach Three--the single greatest interpretation of that monster I have heard. Also check out his Naive Box Sets
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![]() | Beethoven: The Complete Piano Sonatas & Concertos [Box Set] by Claudio Arrau
Buy used from: $120.00 I adore Arrau--he creates my favourite sound and this is my second fave Beeth cycle
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![]() | Beethoven: The Complete Piano Sonatas
Buy new: $71.98 / Used from: $39.00 My first fave Beeth cycle---endless enjoyment. Also rec--his 30's Liszt is a lesson in control and delicay for up and coming bangers.
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![]() | Josef Hofmann, Vol. 4
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $11.36 I rec all of these Hofmann Releases. The transfers are phenom and the playing is beyond belief. Just check out Beeth op31.3 second mvmt in Vol 5.
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![]() | Kaikhosru Sorabji: 100 Transcendental Studies, Nos. 1-25
Buy used from: $17.00 Extraordinary! One of my favourite neglected rep discs. The playing is fantastic and the music isnt half bad either--in fact, it is marvelous.
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![]() | Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Buy new: $63.98 / Used from: $29.95 Incredible control and one of the finest technicians ever. His Ravel and Debussy are beyond compare.
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![]() | Liszt: Fantasia quasi sonata; Bartók: Out of Doors; Silvestrov: 3 Pieces; Beethoven: Seven Bagatelles
Buy used from: $29.87 I rec this and especially his Liszt Son which Arrau, Bolet, and others said was the best they had ever heard at the American Liszt Society concert.
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![]() | The Complete HMV Recordings, 1934-1936
Buy new: $21.98 / Used from: $14.65 This plus six volumes of Carnegie Hall recitals make up an exciting virtuosic tour de force. Carnaval, Liszt Sonata, Blumenfield Etude, Beethoven op90 and 110, Gnomenreigen, make up just a few of the highlights. A must for pianado's
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![]() | Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Sleeping Beauty
Buy used from: $48.13 This is an exceptionally revealing Pictures, one of my faves of all time. At Pletnev's best, he is one of the leaders of our time, though he also tends to overdo some things. This is a great place to start.
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![]() | Brahms: Intermezzi, Op. 117; Piano Pieces, Opp. 118 & 119; Scherzo, Op. 4
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $4.11 Idil Biret is one of the top five greatest living pianists and the number one most overlooked. Her chopin and brahms complete sets are extraordinary. Check out her Brahms Cto's also, easily the rivals of Gilels, Richter, and other definatives.
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![]() | Walter Gieseking 2
Buy used from: $10.93 This version of the Appasionata is one of the craziest ever, faster and more accurate than even Richter's 1960 carnegie performance. Gieseking is the ultimate enigma. At his best he is the best. Though he is often uncommitted.
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![]() | Icon: Solomon [Box Set]
Buy new: $46.98 / Used from: $28.81 I adore Solomon. His Hammer is often called the defin. His Carnaval and Brahms op5 are awesome are his Brahms Cto's
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![]() | The Art of Julius Katchen: Volume 8 by Julius Katchen
Katchen is a true phenom. His great pianist disc contains his earlier, more firey Brahms op5[1946?], a wonderful comp to his later Decca vers.
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![]() | Sergio Fiorentino: The Early Recordings, Vol. 6: Schumann
Buy new: $21.98 / Used from: $44.67 This latest release of Fiorentino is one of the finest Carnaval's ever. Fiorentino is one of the last bridges to the golden era of the past. Get EVERYTHING!!!
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![]() | Chopin: 4 Ballades / Perahia
Buy used from: $4.73 Perahia is my favourite living american pianist. His tone, his sound, his style, too die for.
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![]() | Ravel: The Piano Concertos; Valses nobles et sentimentales
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $7.75 Zimerman is one of the most intelligent and reliable pianists alive. Anything is going to be great.
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![]() | Chopin: Préludes
Buy new: $19.98 / Used from: $34.93 Tharaud is emerging as one of the finest living pianists. These preludes are, in my opinion, the finest ever.
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![]() | Rachmaninov: Etudes-Tableaux; Corelli Variations; Six Poems
Buy new: $21.98 / Used from: $13.98 No intention of living in the moment, but this pianist is one of the greatest virtusos I have heard in a while. With the exception of Sudbin, he may be the finest young virtuoso on the planet
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![]() | Scarlatti: Piano Sonatas
Buy new: $20.98 / Used from: $16.66 This scarlatti recital is the finest of all time. His scriabin disc is also one the finest. His Rachmaninov disc is incredible. His tchaikovsky is remarkable and the Medtner is outstanding. He is the most exciting talent on the current classic map.
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![]() | Alkan: Esquisses, Op. 63
Buy new: $21.98 / Used from: $9.49 Intelligent repertoire, matched with world class virtuosity and the touch of an angel, Osborne delivers time and time again. In rep outside the norm, he is defintive[tippett, alkan] and even in more pop rep such as Debussy, he ranks with the best.
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![]() | Leif Ove Andsnes ~ Haydn - Piano Sonatas by Joseph Haydn
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $10.19 Leif is amazing. One of the most intriguing and remarkable pianists since Glenn Gould[without the insanity and desire to shock]
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![]() | Glenn Gould: The Complete Original Jacket Collection - Amazon.com Exclusive by Glenn Gould
Buy used from: $398.98 Gould is one of the most fascinating pianists of all time. Any Time. His Bach is often definative and moreso, his pianism is often unparalleled. His ability in polyphonic playing is probably the greatest ever. His Beethoven is below average. His mozart mostly sucks, but his Haydn is good.
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