"Rodney DeCecco" wrote:

>How about a "shoot-out" like some of the 19th century "competitions?" "The
>Three Pianists" (UGH!):  Volodos, Hamelin, and . . .(your choice).

Interesting question, my choice would be

1. Hamelin
2. Volodos
3. Hough

And a choice from Donohoe, Shelley, Lane, Austboe (his Messiaen!!) etc.
And from the "older "ones:  Horowitz, Kempff, Curzon maybe

Peter Wisse
The Hague