Sviatoslav Richter. Greatest pianist of the last century?

Yes, classifying Horowitz as pedestrian is so ludicrous that it makes the rest of this discussion nonsensical.  You could love or hate Horowitz, but he was very individual, one of the few pianists that can be reliably identified from brief snippets because he is so distinctive 

All pianists can be reliably identified from brief snippets. That you think otherwise explains much.

Kissin Lang Lang

How Glenn Gould Broke Classical Music