Donald Satz <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >If this "top list" business is good enough for Classic CD, it's good >enough for me also: 1.Argerich 2.Pires: Her performances of the Chopin Nocturnes and Schubert Impromptus are my touchstones 3.Perahia:My favorite Grieg, and the Handel-Scarlatti is a wonder 4.Brendel: His reissued Beethoven Concertos in Chicago especially #3 & #4 are my favorite digital performances 5.Kovacevich 6.Uchida: Her Mozart concerto cycle is,for me, the integral set and I rate her Kreiserlania with Horowitz 7.Moravec 8.Zimmerman 9.Tureck 10.Hewitt: Her Bach is simply magnificent 11.Alicia de Larrocha 12.Kissin 13.Pollini 14.Ashkenaszy 15.Pressler: a wonderful chamber performer 16.Weissenberg:the Philips anthology knocked me out 17.Pletnev 18.Hough: yeoman service with the Romantics 19.Thibaudet: Ravel 20.Koscis Regrettably, the numbers omit John Browning whose live Beethoven 4 was one of the most selfless performances I have heard; Charles Rosen; and Andsnes. Jeff Tedford <[log in to unmask]>