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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My favorite demo-quality piano recording is Horszowski Plays Mozart, Chopin, Debussy, Beethoven; Elektra/Nonesuch CD# 9 79160-2. It's discontinued, but I found 2 copies on Amazon. Mieczyslaw Horszowski was 90-some years old when he recorded this, and his playing is simply wonderful--not showy, not 'technical', just musical. Max Wilcox recorded it digitally in a warm-but-not-too-big-sounding studio, fairly closely so the piano is rather wide. Its presence is breathtaking if played at realistic levels. My favorite cut is #2, the Chopin Nocturne in F#, o. 15 #2.
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