Really good solo piano recordings

[Tube60]

Any recommendations?
Doesn't matter the genre, just as long as it's a work of art!
Thanks in advance!

 

[Duane Rogers]

piano

Tube If you are into New Orleans style Blues and Boogie try to findDr. JohnPlays Mac Rebennack on Demon Records. Awesome!!! D.R.

 

[sleepysurf]

Off the bat, I heartily recommend these...

Telarc: Malcolm Frager Plays Chopin
RCA (I think): Barry Douglas Mussorgsky- Pictures At An Exhibition
Windham Hill: anything by George Winston
Yarlung Records: David Fung The Piano- Evening Conversations

BTW, Yarlung recordings are phenomenal, and they are starting to release some in high-res. I've been meaning to order more.

 

[zaphod]

Off the bat, I heartily recommend these...

Windham Hill: anything by George Winston

December is still my favourite by Winston. Just classic. it just breathes "winter" and "Christmas" to me. His other "seasonal" albums are very good, but Forest was uphill work.

One that i'd add is Harry Connick Jr's 21 which has some great stride piano on it.

 

[TheBobGoat]

If you want to sample them, you can listen at amazon. I do this all the time before I buy any music - just wish they had more than 30 seconds. For that though, Pandora works pretty well.

Dr John
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_dmusic?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=Dr.+John+Plays+Mac+Rebennack+


Malcolm Frager
http://www.amazon.com/Malcolm-Frager-Plays-Chopin/dp/B001AUG9HC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1217631933&sr=8-1

George Winston
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_dmusic?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=George+Winston&x=11&y=21

David Fung
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00126WFOA/ref=sr_f2_album_1?ie=UTF8&child=B00126UOZC&qid=1217632187&sr=102-1

 

[amey01]

If you like jazz.......

Jessica Williams - All Alone

 

[Gordon Gray]

On the classical side, if you can get the Reference Recordings RR-25CD / Nojima Plays Liszt, go for it. Hopefully not out of print yet.

One of the most amazing piano CD's I've heard. Has it all. Artistry, dynamic range, clarity, etc.

If you like Ravel, same artist and label.

Another nice Classical CD is the Piano Music by Edvard Grieg, Ian Davis pianist. Audifon CD72022.

Then there's the myriad of solo piano recordings by Keith Jarrett. Well recorded but can be somewhat abstract on the jazz side of the equation.

You might try Concert at Kohn, which is one of his well known recordings.

Happy listening.

GG

 

[theWB]

December is still my favourite by Winston. Just classic. it just breathes "winter" and "Christmas" to me.

December is also my favorite George Winston title.

Also try David Lanz ~ Cristofori's Dream

 

[JonFo]

Anything by Evgeny Kissin

His Carnegie Hall recording is a masterpiece.

Also, I second the Nojima plays Lizt recording.

It was that recording playing a pair of Quests that conviced me that a live piano was playing in the room (before I reached the room). Once in the room, I still could not believe it.
Then and there, I swore I'd get ML's. Sure enough, hooked for 15+ years now...

 

[jtwrace]

Tube If you are into New Orleans style Blues and Boogie try to findDr. JohnPlays Mac Rebennack on Demon Records. Awesome!!! D.R.

ordered this

If you like jazz.......

Jessica Williams - All Alone

as well as this and another one of hers....

 

[jtwrace]

I really like Michel Camilo

On Fire

Why Not

http://www.michelcamilo.com/welcome.html

 

[risabet]

The Zenph rerecording of Glen Gould playing Bach's Goldberg Variations is a great bit of technological legerdemain. All the passion of the original recording with better sound without Gould's infernal humming.

 

[wrat]

Tube If you are into New Orleans style Blues and Boogie try to findDr. JohnPlays Mac Rebennack on Demon Records. Awesome!!! D.R.

I second this one,good stuff

 

[Tube60]

Thanks all for the suggestions so far! I'll look into them.

 

[David Matz]

Classical:

Horowitz in Moscow
Rubinstein: Ludwig Van Beethoven Piano Sonatas - get the cd with Pathétique, Moonlight, Appassionata, Les Adieux



Jazz - Dave Brubeck

 

[twich54]

Anything by Evgeny Kissin

His Carnegie Hall recording is a masterpiece.

Also, I second the Nojima plays Lizt recording.

I'll second Johnathans recomendation and add one of my favorites........

BeeGie Adair

 

[Bernard]

On the classical side, if you can get the Reference Recordings RR-25CD / Nojima Plays Liszt, go for it. Hopefully not out of print yet.

Better still, get the LP !

 

[Bernard]

Guess I'm just an audiophile wannabe! I just realized that I remember good performances, not good recordings.

 

[amey01]

as well as this and another one of hers....

Which one? I've got "Some Ballads, Some Blues" and "Live at Yoshi's" - both are excellent, but "All Alone" is the only piano solo one!

 

[jtwrace]

Which one? I've got "Some Ballads, Some Blues" and "Live at Yoshi's" - both are excellent, but "All Alone" is the only piano solo one!

I also got Vital Signs & Songs for a New Century. Ah,, yes, SOLO. sorry.

http://www.jessicawilliams.com/cds/vital_signs.html

http://www.jessicawilliams.com/cds/sfanc.html