Ranked Choices (in my opinion)
1. Wilhelm 
Kempff - Subtle, Sweet, Perfect 
2. Gregory Sokolov - Rich, Warm, Slightly faster compared to 1, Vibrant
3. Sviatoslav Richter - That signature Richter touch, very melodic, though slightly faster
4. Alfred Brendel - Light 
and slow, very moody
!classics what are your favorite 
interpretations?
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Are you Asian?
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No
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Then you must've played piano as a child? I played the viola and am super into classical music. With the depression I've stopped going to the symphony but usually I go like every 2 weeks or so, am very spoiled in Chicago.
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I played piano when I was a kid, then stopped and went back to learning at 21 which also made me super into classical, right now I own a Yamaha Clavinova but next one should be an acoustic, I almost bought a used acoustic in Argentina (used pianos are cheap there because there's a bunch of them, particularly in Buenos Aires)
That's one of the cook stuff about living on a large global city. The city I lived is comparable to a mid sized city in the american midwest so the closest decent symphony to me is the one in Curitiba, but the most prestigious is São Paulo, but both are 1 hour flight away.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/São_Paulo_State_Symphony_Orchestra
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sala_São_Paulo
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Yeah, I started learning the piano, my sister
used to teach me but I gave up once I started boarding school. And i grew up in a frozen 
( 
) little 
town in NE outside 
of Bangor. The only pastime was to go to the beach 
and throw 
rocks at the sea lol
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Must've been hard going to the beach in a wheelchair
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All fine, except fricking Brendel. What an annoying pedant.
I'm partial towards Kempff because that's the only recording I could hear before YT and Spotify, but I guess Sokolov's also nice.
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Yes while I don't particularly hate Brendel's interpretation, I put it in the 4th position because of it's kind of sparseness and austerity? I adore Brendel's Schubert sonatas so I might have some weakness for him there.
Also, for me one of the best Beethoven Sonata interpreter is Pollini, shame i couldn't find any recordings of him playing the Rondos
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Brendel and Pollini are the 2 pianists I hate most. I'm not a fan of emotionless performers. Then comes Baremboim, but at least in his case 50% of the hate comes from how smug and annoying he is (I know people who've worked with him).
Also, Pollini is not only a ccommie that was friends with Nono, he's actually collaborated with him. I'd gulag him 50 times only for this last thing.
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I like Viennese tradition of playing.
Next you're going to tell me you dislike Ingrid Haebler too!!
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Never heard of her, but I googled her and she looks funny
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There's a topic.
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