I like the major
Rezpec! I talked to him for the last time six months earlier.
The major pisses me off hugely! I prefer the gothic chill of the minor.
Haha Comme you just gave me my 1000th like. I’ve been keeping an eye on it since Sat.
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I’ve never really paid attention to this, since I don’t like the tranny that much, but the major would be more idiomatic, no? Since Bach used the tierce de picardie almost as a matter of course.
The sharp is written in parenthesis, but the major is the more commonly heard.
Funny, I just sampled it on youtube and it depends on how it’s phrased. I think ABM would have done better to end in minor in Warsaw 55, whereas LdlS feels spot on with major in Verbier 2016. If I had played it I would have saw to that major fits however, since I do like it better. I think it’s the more grandiose/heroic ending, and a more fitting conclusion to all that has past before it.
Btw I’m not familiar with Kissin but if you mean his studio rec I do believe you when you say it’s good. They’re better than he is I almost wrote haha.
Yes that Hamelin version is my favorite too. I went on a Chaconne binge a few years ago. Also at the top were Grimaud, Ogdon, Pletnev, and Michelangeli (I settled on the 73 Lugano version).
My absolute favorite is Pletnev from Carnegie Hall.
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Can any pianist match this classic rec of the seldom played 
Ballade no.1?
Been obsessed with the Waldstein of late.
Best recs?
Pletnev
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Gilels
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Hofmann, then Ernst Levy, Cziffra, Horowitz (remake), Nat, Pletnev, Gilels
depends on what kind of interpretation I am in the mood for. This should cover a good variety, the first two being interventionist and wayward
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I like Hofmann in the first movement, no real favourites in the second (a bit of a nothing slow movement imo), and Schnabel in the third.
Wtf! The slow movement is a stroke of gensui and perfectly acts as a prelude to the finale.
His original slow movement was this -
Also why is Korstick barely mentioned around here? Possibly the most consistently brilliant modern Complete Sonata sets.
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1st movement, if anyone wants to check it out.
Yes, I know. The only thing I like about the second movement is the transition to the third movement. When I revisited this piece recently when I was back in Oz, I only played through the outer movements. Did not touch the middle one. I don’t like the slow movement of the tempest either. For some reason, I fell completely out of love with that piece after learning it.
Korstick’s set is excellent. And randomly, his Rachmaninoff 3rd was awesome too.
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Aite, I have becummah a bit in love wiff da Ravel noble waltzes.
So far heard da Vol a numbah of times and da Grosvenator, vastly prefer da Vol.
What are yo recummendations in diz?