[milkpowder]

Superb recommendations guys! Thanks so much.

I have one to add:

 

[GimliLongBow]

Wow. What a list. Well, there goes my music allocation for the next month. Or two. Or three.

 

[jsaliga]

Terrific thread. There are a few other titles that I think are basic to any good collection of piano music:

Arthur - Rubinstein - The Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 28

Rubinstein was perhaps the greatest interpreter of Chopin, and this CD features
the best performances of the Polonaises I have ever heard. Polonaise No. 6
in A Flat Major, Op. 53 (Héroïque) is absolutely magical.


There are also a lot of great Horowitz recordings, but two documents I would not
want to be without are:

Vladimir Horowitz - Horowitz Live and Unedited

Vladimir Horowitz - Horowitz in Moscow

--Jerome

 

[Kang]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Agent Kang /img/forum/go_quote.gif X2. To me Michelangeli is the man for Debussy

Ditto. Michelangeli's Debussy is unsurpassed.

A fabulous thread and a great writeup. Thank you, David.

 

[zoomjohn]

I highly, highly recommend this one. Albeniz piano works (3CD) played by Esteban Sanchez. For people who are looking for a equally impressive, and IMHO more incisive Spanish piano playing other than de Larrocha, this is it.