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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newbee
I have the Ohlsson's Chopin Vol 9 for the Rondo a la Krakowiak which I love. Thanks for the tips. I will look for some Rosenberger
Larri Thanks for the recommendation of the Schubert Music for Four Hands Carnegie Hall Concert with Kissen and Levine. It truly has a magical beautiy, particularly the Fantasie in F minor.
Larryi
Thanks for the additional recomendations, I will check them out
Jeffrey I have the Horszowski too. I agree it is a wonderful recording. To me he plays with absolutely no ego which let the music come through as if channeled from the gods.
I also very much enjoy Arcadi Volodos Piano Transcriptions on Sony, particularly his interpretation of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody adaption by Horowitz - it is inspired and the whole disc is great.
I have very much enjoyed the sound from the Bosendorfer Imperial Grand Piano on Malcom Frager plays Chopin. Does anyone know any other good recordings using the Bosendorfer Grand. The extra bass octave and its ability to play soft passages with melow overtones is something special.
Babbro
I could not find Couperin Keyboard Music - 2 (CDA67440)on Amazon. Please, do you know if it is in print and a resource for the music
Thanks
Joe
Thanks Newbee and Gabbro - I ordered the Couperin and the Window in Time tonight on Amazon
I very much enjoyed hearing the Window in Time - kind of exciting "hearing" Rach himself andexcellent recording quality
Cruising this thread, came across this old post, just bought the CD and love it too. Very well recorded and performed plus music that I have never heard before that is beautiful:
11-22-02: Jkaway
Get Stephen Hough's "English Piano Album" on Hyperion! Great playing recording and choice of selections. John K.
Awesome video Babbro - thanks for sharing. Tough to believe a human can play like that