Classical piano solo—Your one favorite performance and recording


What would you choose if you only had one choice for the desert island?

Here’s one to start with:

J. S. Bach - Goldberg Variations BMV 988

Glenn Gould (Zenph re-performance)

‘Sony Classical SACD

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There's a rather good movie out there called Eroica, made by Simon Cellan Jones.  As you might suspect, it features among other things a performance of that symphony.  For those just starting out with classical music, it demonstrates very well, I think, the nature of the transition between the Classical and Romantic periods.

There are so many quality box sets which contain performances that deserve to be mentioned here. Many others have touched on these so I'll mention a different source that always has my attention - The Cliburn competition.

Cliburn 2017 Bronze medalist Danial Hsu gave a rendition of Pictures At An Exhibition which has really stuck with me.

Cliburn Masterpiece: Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition