Amazing Solo Piano Recordings

24 Preludes and Fugues op 87 by Shostakovich, played by Tatiana Nikolayeva on Hyperion CDA 66441/3

Just discovered:
Piotr Anderszewski playing the Bagatelles op.126 by Beethoven om Virgin Classics. There is also Beethovens Piano Concerto No 1 on the same CD with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie of Bremen, but that is not much to write home about. The Bagatelles are absolutely stunning however and extremely well recorded. A good CD to test the dynamics of your system by the way. It almost goes from pppp to ffff, if your system can render it. We got the best dynamic rendering with the Spoiler/Pacecar Combo via USB Cable from a Toshiba laptop with special music-software. Much better than through the Zanden Combo or the dcs -stack with upsampling.

Audphil, it is amazing music indeed. Scherbakow's rendering on Naxos is excellent to my mind and also those of Keith Jarret and Vladimir Ashekenase, however to my taste Tatiana Nikolajewa has best covered the spirit of these pieces.

Audphile, I only have the Hyperion, I'm afraid, so I cannot say anything about The Russian recording. Thanks for the hint though, I'll go and hunt for it. The Russian is an earlier take I would think, unless Hyperion just bought the rights for it. I doubt this though, because T.N. recorded a lot for them shortly before she died. The 3 CD set I am also not aware of.
Cheers,
Detlof

The pianist is Francesco Napoleoni. Very nice performance, would have sounded even better if it had been played not on an electric piano but on a Steinway Grand.
Thanks Mapman for awakening my curiosity.....