Best Piano CD of Various Composers

[Wanderer]

Great suggestions so far.

Some more:
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[snyprrr]

'The Eleventh Finger' Jenny Lin (Koch)

[George]

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Strongly seconded.

[George]

First thought was the Casimir Recital by Josef Hoffman, but that one's pricey and not likely to be on Spotify.

So I need some time, but know this, I will have more than 1 to recommend, though I promise to whittle the list down to only the CDs I would hate mysel for not listing. will do this later today.

Oh, and great idea for a thread, Dave!

[Ataraxia]

Oh, and great idea for a thread, Dave!

Thank you, George. It's been quite informative.

[AnthonyAthletic]

A beautiful account of the Rach 2nd sonata.  Long been my favourite.

Great disc IMHO

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[Ataraxia]

Two Grimaud discs thus far! This surprises me although I'm not sure it should.

[Drasko]

Huge number of possible choices here, let's say this one:

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[JerryS]

So many great recommendations! Here's mine:


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[val]

Emil Gilels playing Beethoven's Sonata opus 106.

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Finally found a pic of this one:






One of my all-time favorite Schumann performances . Link is here but disregard the erroneous cover photo.

[snyprrr]

I'm going to pick a true 'various' cd, Midori's 'Encores',... oh wait,...that's violin,...

but none of these cds has more than 3 Composers. How about Stephen Hough's 'Piano Albums 1-2'? That's entertainment!

[Mandryka]

Finally found a pic of this one:






One of my all-time favorite Schumann performances . Link is here but disregard the erroneous cover photo.

You mean the symphonic etudes. I agree it's very special.

By coincidence I've been exploring the Symphonic Etudes this week and I was very struck by the inspiration of Cziffra's , and the beauty, elegance, of Cziffra's  sound. Is that the only recording he made of the Symphonic Etudes that he made or is there another in the big box, or on a live CD?

[Dancing Divertimentian]

You mean the symphonic etudes. I agree it's very special.

Yes, the etudes.

By coincidence I've been exploring the Symphonic Etudes this week and I was very struck by the inspiration of Cziffra's , and the beauty, elegance, of Cziffra's  sound.

Agreed. And EMI's recording is a plus.

Is that the only recording he made of the Symphonic Etudes that he made or is there another in the big box, or on a live CD?

To be honest I'm not sure if another etudes recording exists. But I've never really searched all that hard. It'd be interesting to hear him in this work live, for comparisons.

I wonder how he stacks up in Carnaval....

[Holden]

Finally found a pic of this one:






One of my all-time favorite Schumann performances . Link is here but disregard the erroneous cover photo.

You'll find the LvB Mozart on CD 21 and the Etudes on CD 25 of the 40 CD Cziffra box. Listening to the Etudes now.

[Wakefield]

This is my candidate:

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I have loved this disc for 20 years and now -with no surprise- I see it has received 34 over 35 five-stars reviews on Amazon.

This is not only a piano recital, but a vibrant historical document:

By 1985, Horowitz, no longer taking medication or drinking alcohol, returned to concertizing and recording and was back on form. His first post-retirement appearance was not on stage, but in the documentary film Vladimir Horowitz: The Last Romantic. In many of his later performances, the octogenarian pianist substituted finesse and coloration for bravura, although he was still capable of remarkable technical feats. Many critics, including Harold C. Schonberg and Richard Dyer, felt that his post-1985 performances and recordings were the best of his later years.

In 1986, Horowitz announced that he would return to the Soviet Union for the first time since 1925 to give recitals in Moscow and Leningrad. In the new atmosphere of communication and understanding between the USSR and the USA, these concerts were seen as events of political, as well as musical, significance. Most of the tickets for the Moscow concert were reserved for the Soviet elite and few sold to the general public. This resulted in a number of Moscow Conservatory students crashing the concert, which was audible to viewers of the internationally televised recital. The Moscow concert, was released on a compact disc entitled Horowitz in Moscow, which reigned at the top of Billboard's Classical music charts for over a year. It was also released on VHS and, eventually, DVD. The concert was also widely seen on a Special Edition of CBS News Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt, reporting from Moscow.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Horowitz

[Kontrapunctus]

[pbarach]

Nojima's Liszt and ravel discs
Babayan's Scarlatti
Graffman's Prokofiev Sonatas 2 and 3
Brendel Haydn sonatas
Moravec Chopin nocturnes
Richter's Sofia recital