Greatest Bach Pianists

Three Lists. Top 10 Bach Pianists. Top 5 WTC recs. Top 5 Goldbergs. GO

Favourite Bach Pianists

  1. Samuel Feinberg
  2. Sviatoslav Richter
  3. Sergio Fiorentino
  4. Glenn Gould
  5. Emil Gilels
  6. Edward Aldwell
  7. Edwin Fischer
  8. Grigory Sokolov
  9. Martha Argerich
  10. Yevgeny Koroliov

Favourite Bach WTC Recs

  1. Samuel Feinberg
  2. Sviatoslav Richter LIVE
  3. Sviatoslav Richter STUDIO
  4. Edwin Fischer
  5. Mieczyslaw Horszowski (Assuming Book II is anywhere near as good as book I)

Favourite Bach Goldberg Vars Recs

  1. Claudio Arrau
  2. Glenn Gould 1981
  3. Glenn Gould 1959 Live
  4. Konstantin Lifschitz
  5. Alexis Weissenberg

Now make your lists:

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[color=yellow]Favourite Bach Pianists:

  1. Feinberg
  2. Argerich
  3. Richter
  4. Gould
  5. Gav

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WTC Recs

  1. Feinberg
  2. Richter (not the studio recs)
  3. Sokolov

[color=cyan]Favourite Bach Goldberg recs

  1. Lifschitz
  2. Gould '81

Gieseking deserves a mention.

:dong: where should I put ā€œSchiffā€ā€¦

Schiff goes under ā€˜Schittā€™

too badā€¦ da rectum never recorded da bach goldberg vars. i visualize he probably plays it like Arrau, unpretentiously straight to da notes (with more fury added. :rectum: )

da bezt bach playah iz da Whale n Orgie

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mart, what else did da whale unleash besides da goldberg? i cant think of any.

da orgie didnā€™t unleazh much bach eithah 8)

tru I dun believe in ā€œbach zpecializtzā€ I believe in wikid peniz hu, at zum point unleazhed zum wikid bach

I cud add da lipatti to mah fav bach lizt too 8)

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pozz I shud hear zum richter n hog bach too :rectum:

mart, lipatti only unleashed da bach partita no.1 and a few choral preludes. Thatā€™s it.

and to be honest, i find da gensuiking perf of partita no.1 bettah. But tru, da orgy Bach is some of the most wikid ever especially her bach cello sonata cd, one of moi all time fav cd.

My fave: Edwin Fischer
I just wish Schnabel recorded more Bach. Same goes to Argerich.

ahahaha i zenze sheeyatnezz in da topic/zect zelexion

zeekin da ā€˜greatest bach peniztā€™ in relation to ā€˜sdc legendzā€™ iz az uzelezz az

azkin which mofo haff da biggezt tv in relation to how rich dey iz. tru tiz obviouz moz rich mofoz haff huge tvz, but dey alzo haff caztlez jetz armyz n amuzement parkz.

zo tiz juz a bit ztupid to be imprezzd by da zize of da tv 8)

42 inch flat screen. u haff anytin against dat?

-da meph

Favourite Bach pianists (no particular order):
Aldwell
Kapell
Lipatti
Feinberg
Gilels
Fiorentino
Argerich
Fischer
Horzowski
Backhaus
Kempff

koji

Iā€™ve never had the opportunity to hear Backhaus Bach. Nor Kempff Bach, besides his Goldbergs, which I didnā€™t find to be all that great.

Yeah, his Goldbergā€™s are disapointing, but the selections from his WTC, Bach D major toccata, 5th French Suite, and of course, the transcriptions are gorgeous.

koji

Donā€™t forget his amazing D minor concerto recording (live)!

koji

Tru, the Lipatti D minor is probably the best Iā€™ve heard.

canadain, derez a hidden mezzage in diz ztatement :kan:

it appears that you are too subtle for me :wink:

I haff pozted HOG bach in da pazt. u iz too slow mart. But randomly, I also havenā€™t heard any rectum bach.