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Pierre-Laurent Aimard, CO Europe/Nikolaus Harnoncourt Warner 0927 473342 review review
Claudio Arrau, Boston SO/Charles Munch West Hill WHRA6014 review
Claudio Arrau, Philharmonia O/Alceo Galliera EMI 9184322 review
Claudio Arrau, University of Chile SO/Victor Tevah Euroarts 2058648 review
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Wilhelm Backhaus, Cologne RSO/Georg Solti Medici MM0062 review
Daniel Barenboim, New PO/Otto Klemperer EMI 3615252 review review
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Daniel Barenboim, Staatskapelle Berlin Euroarts 2056778 review
Felicja Blumental, Vienna SO/Robert Wagner Brana BR0023 review
Alfred Brendel, Vienna SO/Zubin Mehta Brilliant 93761 review review
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Felicja Blumental, Vienna SO/Robert Wagner Brana BR0023 review
Yefim Bronfman, Royal Concertgebouw O/Andris Nelsons C Major 710108 review
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Rudolf Buchbinder, Vienna PO C Major 708904 review review
Robert Casadesus, Cologne RSO/Christoph von Dohnányi Medici Arts MM0322 review
Robert Casadesus, New York PO/Guido Cantelli Andromeda ANDRCD5092 review
Robert Casadesus, Concertgebouw O/Hans Rosbaud Newton 8802050 review
Shura Cherkassky, BBC Scottish SO/Ronald Zollman BBC Legends BBCL42312 review
Clifford Curzon, Vienna PO/Hans Knappertsbusch Decca 4671262 review
Christoph Eschenbach, Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa Brilliant 9189 review
Till Fellner, Montréal SO/Kent Nagano ECM 2114 review
Edwin Fischer, Philharmonia O/Wilhelm Furtwängler Naxos 8.112025 review
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Mario Galeani, Royal PO/Grzegorz Nowak RPO SP013 review
Bruno Gelber, New PO/Ferdinand Leitner
EMI 3877392 review
Walter Gieseking, NHK SO Tokyo/Wilhelm Loibner King International KKC2001 review
Walter Gieseking, Berlin Radio O/Artur Rother Music & Arts CD1145 review review
Emil Gilels, Philharmonia O/Leopold Ludwig Regis RRC1367 review review
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Emil Gilels, USSR State SO/Kurt Masur Brilliant 9200 review
Brilliant 92132 review
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Brilliant 94291 review
Emil Gilels, NHK SO/Wolfgang Sawallisch King Int'l KKC2022/3 review
Glenn Gould, Buffalo PO/Josef Krips West Hill WHRA6038 review
Lelia Gousseau, Boston SO/Charles Munch West Hill WHRA6015 review review
Hélène Grimaud, Staatskapelle Dresden/ Vladimir Jurowski DG 4777149 review
Cor de Groot, Hague PO/Willem von Otterloo Doremi DHR7937-9 review
Vladimir Horowitz, RCA Victor SO/Fritz Reiner Naxos 8.110787 review review review review
Julius Katchen, London SO/Piero Gamba EMI 4608252 review
Mindru Katz, Hallé O/John Barbirolli Cembal d'amour CD148 review
Wilhelm Kempff, Berlin PO/Paul van Kempen DG 4765299 review review
Wilhelm Kempff, NHK SO Tokyo/Tadashi Mori King Int'l KKC2017-19 review
Evgeny Kissin, London SO/Colin Davis EMI 2063112 review review
Paul Lewis, BBC SO/Jirí Belohlávek Harmonia Mundi HMC902053-5 review
John Lill, Scottish Ntl O/Sir Alexander Gibson CFP 5757522 review
Marcelle Meyer, Suisse Romande O/Volkmar Andreae Tahra TAH579-80 review
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Roma della RAI SO/Massimo Freccia Memoria ABM999001 review
Benno Moiseiwitsch, London PO/George Szell Naxos 8.110776 review review review
John O’Conor, London SO/Andreas Delfs Telarc CD80675 review
John Ogdon, BBC Northern SO/Jascha Horenstein BBC Legends BBCL41422 review
Artur Pizarro, Scottish CO/Sir Charles Mackerras Linn CKD336 review review
Mikhail Pletnev, Russian Ntl O/Christian Gansch DG 4777475 review
Robert Riefling, Oslo PO/Gabriel Chmura Simax PSC1833 review
Arthur Rubinstein, London PO/Daniel Barenboim BMG-RCA 82876 658382 review review
Artur Schnabel, London SO/Malcolm Sargent Pristine PASC001 review
Rudolf Serkin, Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa Telarc CD80061 review
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Opera North O/Howard Shelley Chandos CHAN10695(4) review review
Solomon, Philharmonia O/Herbert Menges EMI 2061022 review
Yevgeny Sudbin, Minnesota O/Osmo Vänskä BIS BISSACD1758 review
Melvyn Tan, London Classical Players/Roger Norrington Virgin 5220142 review
Mitsuko Uchida, Bavarian RSO/Kurt Sanderling Philips 4756757 review
Gerard Willems, Sinfonia Australis/Antony Walker ABC 9800465 review
Friedrich Wührer, Vienna Pro Musica O/Heinrich Hollreiser Tahra TAH704-7 review
Christian Zacharias, Staatskapelle Dresden/ Hans Vonk EMI 5009272

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