The greatest pianists past and present
Posted by: EJS on 04 May 2012
Coinciding with the young pianists thread, I'm starting a thread to provide an overview of the best established pianists past and present. Let's hope we can do a better job than Universal with their Greatest Pianists of the 20th Century series!
Let me kick off with my two heroes:
Stephen Kovacevich
Tatiana Nikolayeva
Marcelle Meyer
Martha Argerich
Friedrich Gulda
Andras Schiff
Evgeny Kissin
Clifford Curzon
Alfred Cortot
Dinu Lipatti
Monique Haas
Artur Schnabel
Solomon
Walter Gieseking
Alicia De Larrocha
Geza Anda
Yves Nat
Aldo Ciccolini
Gyorgy Cziffra
Stefan Askenase
Alexis Weissenberg (just passed away in January 2012)
Artur Rubinstein
Emanuel Ax
How can anyone overlook this man, he should be somewhere among the first ranks ........
Radu Lupu
Menahem Pressler
Rudolf Serkin
