Cziffra's or MT's, I think. Barere starts out faster, but ends up slowing down.
In the version I heard Barere almost speeds up in the end and clocks at 4.27. An amazing feat indeed with a stiffaction keyboard. Barere has to have strongest fingers of any recorded pianist.
strongest fingers and weakest heart.BAAAD combination.
Exactly.Rachmaninov called Barere a genius. In his lifetime Rach only praised 3 other players then himself and thats Horowitz,Hoffmann and Barere