As always, LIVE only (there are many excellent studio recordings of this piece, mainly Rubinstein and Arrau).

Pianists, in order:
1. Maurizio Pollini (with score) (00:00)
2. Martha Argerich (01:34)
3. Seong-Jin Cho (02:51)
4. Ivo Pogorelich (04:29) (this one is very strange.....)
5. Jan Lisiecki (06:53)
6. Alexis Weissenberg (08:05)
7. Yundi Li (09:27)
8. Yakov Flier (10:38)
9. Yuja Wang (12:01)
10. Emil Gilels (13:31)
11. Myra Hess (14:46)
12. Vladimir Sofronitsky (16:34)
13. Nikolai Lugansky (18:09)
14. Grigory Sokolov (19:40)
15. Alice Sara Ott (21:01)
16. Josef Hofmann (23:24) (listen to his VOICING)

It is amazing the difference in interpretation here - who observes the dynamics? Does that matter? Who actually goes double speed? Does it matter? Discuss! Did I miss anyone's favorites? (of course, live only!).

I am trying to get a part II going with viewer requests for other great performances. The Chopin comp copystriked it because of one performance, so for know I will just post links to some other WONDERFUL performances (live only!). If you want some great studio recordings, check out those by François, Cortot, Rigutto, Novaes, Pires, Ashkenazy, Rubinstein.

Viewer requests:
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