Rodney DeCecco wrote: >Mr. Wisse's choice of Hough would be mine also. But "Horowitz, Kempff, >Curzon" would be unusual, to say the least. How about "Solomon, Kempff, >Curzon" or at another time "Argerich, Argerich, Argerich"? This could lead to an very long list of excellent pianist from the "past" I have just mentioned a few of my favourites, I could have added: Ogdon (Busoni concerto, Alkan concerto), Bolet (Liszt, Sgambati concerto), Richter, Guilels (Grieg lyric pieces) Arrau (Liszt), I mentioned Horowitz, because of his Scarlatti, and Kempff because of his fantastic Schubert sonatas. I like Curzon because of his integrety, and intensely musical playing, e.g in the Mozart concerti, and also Rachmaninoff (his own concerti, and a brilliant Schumann Carnival), not to forget Byron Janis Anda & Sandor (Bartok) Peter Wisse The Hague