We used to play a similar game on another forum, it’s brutal.
Haven’t had time to listen yet but I’m gonna assume one is Horowitz? Probably the 1968 performance (the reference for me), apart from not sure how many other pianists played it, Sofronitsky? Ashkenazy?
4 is Horowitz. Possibly the 1948 non commerical rec.
I think you possibly got da Ginzburg in there, or not.
The Ginzburg live version from 1957 has always been my favorite. Never cared for the Horowitz rendition too muchand I have the 1948, 1968 incarnations and the later stuff - there’s a nice one from 1986 on the Scriabin Piano… but still way too much cheating for my liking - Scriabin said specifically about this etude not to redistribute notes into the right hand.
and before you bash me for having an opinion, well - fuck you too.
I think fattyfatman’s last guess is as about as good mine would be conditional on all of Simon’s hints.
The only performance I would have guessed with 100% confidence with no clues is Horowitz’s.
Next most obvious imo is Kissin’s for clarity and attack (esp. LH).
I think the least convincing one interpretively is #1, which indeed sounds like Ashkenazy on autopilot. Lugansky’s is not great either, imo. I think Volodos’s is a bit better but isn’t interesting by Volodos’s standards (if it’s indeed #2, which seems probable).
I’m not as sure about #3 and #7 though. I don’t know Piers Lane’s playing at all. But whoever #3 is, I’m impressed.