Richter's Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues for the piano are the best I
have ever heard. Unfortunately, he only ever recorded half of them. They
are on the Philips great pianists series, I believe. Jarrett's actually
quite good with them too, but not in the same league as Richter.
John Grant
http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/42/john_lewis_grant.html