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Pierre-Laurent Aimard, CO Europe/Nikolaus Harnoncourt Warner 0927 473342 review review
Piotr Anderszewski, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen Virgin 5021112 review
Martha Argerich, Philharmonia O/Giuseppe Sinopoli DG 4778124 review
Claudio Arrau, New York P-SO/George Szell West Hill WHRA6037 review
Claudio Arrau, Philharmonia O/Alceo Galliera EMI 9184322 review
Emanuel Ax, Royal PO/André Previn BMG-RCA 76557032 review
Daniel Barenboim, New PO/Otto Klemperer EMI 3615252 review review
Daniel Barenboim, Staatskapelle Berlin Euroarts 2056778 review
Idil Biret, Bilkent SO/Antoni Wit IBA 8.571253 review review
Felicja Blumental, Vienna SO/Robert Wagner Brana BR0034 review
Ronald Brautigam, Norrkopping SO/Andrew Parrott BIS BISSACD1692 review
Alfred Brendel, Stuttgart PO/Wilfried Boettcher Brilliant 93761 review review
Alfred Cortot, Lausanne CO/Victor Desarzens Tahra TAH610 review
Walter Gieseking, Philharmonia O/Rafael Kubelík Music & Arts CD1145 review review
Emil Gilels, Société des Concerts du Conservatoire O/André Vandernoot
EMI 3877392 review
Emil Gilels, USSR State SO/Kurt Masur Brilliant 92132 review
Emil Gilels, New PO/Sir Adrian Boult ICA Classics ICAC5000 review
Cor de Groot, Vienna SO/Willem von Otterloo Doremi DHR7937-9 review
Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Omroep CO/Mauritz van der Berg Arbiter 154 review
Julius Katchen, London SO/Piero Gamba EMI 4608222 review
Wilhelm Kempff, Berlin PO/Paul van Kempen DG 4765299 review review
Evgeny Kissin, London SO/Colin Davis EMI 2063112 review review
Lang Lang, Paris O/Christoph Eschenbach DG 4776719 review
Paul Lewis, BBC SO/Jirí Belohlávek Harmonia Mundi HMC902053-5 review
John Lill, Scottish Ntl O/Sir Alexander Gibson CFP 5757522 review
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Artur Schnabel, London SO/Malcolm Sargent Pristine PASC197 review
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Rudolf Serkin, Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa Telarc CD80061 review
Opera North O/Howard Shelley Chandos CHAN10695(4) review
Melvyn Tan, London Classical Players/Roger Norrington Virgin 5220142 review
Mitsuko Uchida, Bavarian RSO/Kurt Sanderling Philips 4756757 review
Lars Vogt, CBSO/Sir Simon Rattle EMI 4575732 review
Gerard Willems, Sinfonia Australis/Antony Walker ABC 9800465 review
Friedrich Wührer, Vienna Pro Musica O/Hans Swarowsky Tahra TAH704-7 review
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