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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I enjoyed reading all the choices. If you haven't heard it already: Ito Ema - Goldberg Variations on MA Recordings is extraordinary.

Best recorded: RDC-4 Direct to Disk from Japan (RCA) 45 rpm LP of Beethoven's Piano Appassionata" or Piano Sonata #23 in F minor, op57..,Ikuyo Kamiya playing....
Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack - perhaps overlooked however this is a masterpiece worthy of place in any collection. Enjoy!

Agree with many of the others posted here, great thread! Thanks to all for some inspiring suggestions.
A few nice classical recording.
Beethoven piano sonatas, Fischer Annie, Hungaroton,
Bartók, solo piano works, Kocsis Zoltán, Philips,
look for Reference Recordings "Nojima Plays Liszt." Not only is it typical of Reference Recordings, as far as recording quality, the piansm is fantastic. I am particularly fond of the "La Campanella." You can get the CD from Amazon. The CD is pretty good, but the out-of-print LP is even better.