Name some pianists who SHOULD play more of certain repertoire.
Also name pianists who play certain repertoire yet should steer clear of it.
For example -
Volodos SHOULD play Rach son 2 - absolutely tailor made for him, yet he never has.
Hamelin SHOULDN’T play Schubert - not because he isn’t good at it, but because he is quite good but not exceptional, it’s a bit of a waste of time; his pianism is more suited to exploring richly textured complex music like Feinberg, Godowsky etc.
Grigory Sokolov shouldn’t play Bach
(this subtle reverse psychology)
Hamelin and Berezovsky shouldn’t play Chopin.
Definitely agree on Hamelin. That one sprang immediately to mind.
Not sure about Volodos in Rachmaninoff. His sound worked extremely well in the third concerto, but I like more rawness in the Second sonata. I also thought his sound was wrong for Beethoven C minor concerto.
Actually been thinking about Vol and rach sons meself, strange that he hasn’t done it, I totally agree with you that he’s a perfect match.
Randomly would love to hear him do da ravel gaspah as well, n medtnah.
I think Volodos would be great in French music in general.
Yuja should not play Chopin
Trif should not play Rach
Yuja’s problem is she doesn’t live with the repertoire she plays long enough, since she learns and performs things so quickly. I actually think Trifonov shouldn’t play Chopin, that second sonata was bad enough to make me never wanna see him live again.
I think the Trif Chop 2 was a bit of a fluke, I was surprised at the WTF interp
It’s scarred me for life. 28 minutes!
I’m scared to listen, but maybe this recording of Trifonov from La Roque d’Antheron from Aug 2018 is a bit better?
LINK [France Musique broadcast]
Trifonov’s Fantaisie-Impromptu was a binge of menopausal maudlinism as well.
Gotta listen to that one, thanks dude!
Someone time it and see if it comes in at sub 25 minutes.
Cziffra - Alkan. Shame this never happened.
tha VOL zhud bazically play everything 
Tru 
Da DOC zhud do da HANON
Hahaha!
I would’ve loved to hear da prime-era Doc go toe-to-toe with da Lib in da Czerny art of dex.
