Amazing Solo Piano Recordings


I'm looking to get your oppinions on the best solo piano recordings available. Style or genre is not important as long as the recording is pristine, clear, open and in your oppinion AMAZING! Please if you can, state artist, label, etc., so we audiogoner's can buy 'em!
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Shostakovich - 24 Preludes and Fugues. Amazing music.
Try Konstantin Scherbakov on Naxis for this. Very affordable 2-disc set and very good performance.
Detlof, thanks. I was actually in the process of ordering Nikolaeva, but there seem to be different editions:
1) Melodia
2) Hyperion
3) separated into 3 CDs, which look like some sort of budget label

Which of these is considered the right one to get? I think Melodia was the earlier recording than Hyperion. Hyperion is the most expensive, as usual.