The greatest pianists past and present

John O'Conor

Lazar Berman

Arcadi Volodos

Vladimir Sofronitsky

John Ogdon

Rudolf Buchbinder

Alfredo Perl

Gerhard Oppitz

I was afraid nobody would mention Sokolov. Going to a concert by him on Teusday.

Witold Malcużyński

Hamish Milne

Mieczyslaw Horszowski

Yes indeed Aleg. These are also excellent

Schroeder

Some of the best collector's edition box sets represent all Lupu's recordings (except the Perahia duo disc he did for sony and some of his chamber music stuff):

Nobody plays the ninth symphony like Schroeder!

EJ

In the classical sphere I like Barenboim, Anda, Arrau, Kovacevich and quite like Imogen Cooper. 

J

Chico Marx (1887-1961)  "The ultimate bar-room pianist"

It's amasing that how much of *Beethoven-schtick* he captured. 

Would have liked to see his Chopin version. 

Zoltan Kocsis

Time's up.....*ding*

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G..._of_the_20th_Century

BB, there's no hurry... that series is not perfect. My own peeve is that Pogorelich and Fischer were no part of that project, but why was, say, Andre Previn included and not Stephen Hough, who had already made his mark by the end of the 20th century?

EJ

EJS

I'm going to plead the 5th on your question and defer to your superior knowledge of pianists, especially during the latter part of the 20th century, where my experience is spotty.

My main peeve is that the series is out of print and good luck finding it for under 2000 US.  Someone on ebay is selling the single sets individually for as much as 60 US each (for two cds !!).

Bro