Which pianists do you prefer in this or that repertoire?

[verismissimo]

Glenn Gould. My favourite Hammerklavier. Bach, Hindemith, Berg and so on.

And Schoenberg!

[Sir Velo]

Scarlatti - Nicholson, Zacharias, Horowitz, Meyer

Good shout.

Addendum:

Scarlatti - Pletnev; Zacharias; Staier; Hantai; Sudbin
Scriabin (who he????) - Horowitz; Ashkenazy; Zarafiants; Sudbin
Medtner - Demidenko; Sudbin
Handel - Yates; Perahia
Bach - Egarr; Perahia;
Albeniz/Granados - Larrocha

[vinteuil]

Good shout.

Addendum:
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... ah, but I see Sir V is including the harpsichord too!
I was of course tempted but restricted m'self to performances on hammering rather than plucking instruments

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Bach - Egarr; Perahia; Loussier

Cheeky - I like the cut of your jib, SirV (at least, I think I do, not being aware of what a "jib" actually is, and therefore ignorant of how it should be cut).

I'll stick to Bach as 1) I can't confine my favourite repertory to just one particular pianist (I have five favourite pianists just for Ferneyhough) and (2) I prefer to listen to his keyboard works on the sort of instrument bah-di-blah-di-blah. BUT, two pianists make this repertory work for the 20th Century piano so convincingly that I have to mention them: Fischer and Gould.

[Sir Velo]

... ah, but I see Sir V is including the harpsichord too!
I was of course tempted but restricted m'self to performances on hammering rather than plucking instruments

Touche! :facepalm: Got carried away, din't I?

[carol_fodor]

CPE Bach - Staier
JC Bach - HoerenBeethoven - Brautigam, Rosen (and many others)
Brahms - Vladar, Kovacevich, Arrau
Chopin - Schoonderwoerd, Rubinstein, Pollini (and many others)
Clementi - Susan Alexander Max
Debussy - Planès, Rev, Ciani
Dussek - Staier
Fauré - Thyssens-Valentin
Haydn - Schornsheim, Beghin
Hummel - Binns, Hammer
Liszt - Martynov, Grimwood, Hitzlberger, Cziffra
Mozart - Lubimov, Kraus, Zacharias
Ravel - Thibaudet, Tharaud
Scarlatti - Nicholson, Zacharias, Horowitz, Meyer
Schubert - Vermeulen, Bilson, Staier, Brendel
Schumann - Giacometti, Vermeulen, Staier, Richter, Kempff

'Ho hum' - it's interesting that you clearly identify Harald Hoeren as a recommendable player of JC Bach...
Presumably you don't know of the lovely Ingrid Haebler recordings?
if you are able to point us in the direction of Herr Hoeren's recordings ( on the 'cpo' label? ) of JCB's 27 ( spooky!) harpsichord or piano concertos, that would be most welcome!.

[vinteuil]

'Ho hum' - it's interesting that you clearly identify Harald Hoeren as a recommendable player of JC Bach...
Presumably you don't know of the lovely Ingrid Haebler recordings?
if you are able to point us in the direction of Herr Hoeren's recordings ( on the 'cpo' label? ) of JCB's 27 ( spooky!) harpsichord or piano concertos, that would be most welcome!.

I like Ingrid Haebler in Mozart and Schubert, very much. For me her JC Bach concertos are let down by a rather insipid fortepiano.
I like JC Bach a lot: he isn't terribly well served so far as far as solo piano works are concerned - the Hoeren on cpo (op 5 and 17) aren't bad. There's also Robert Woolley (op 17) on chandos.

[Beef Oven!]

And Schoenberg!

And Krenek!

[EdgeleyRob]

Alkan (best composer for the piano EVER,but only IMVHO) - Hamelin,Gibbons,Smith.

[Alison]

Beethoven - Brendel.

Schubert - Lewis.

Mozart - Pires.