ok seems like no-one else is gonna participate in this round. G was Hamelin, I was Friedman, J was Busoni, K was michelangeli. G was hard since it is Hamelin out of his standard rep and playing a movement which everyone coats in pedal (thus making it hard to discriminate between performances).
I'll give you some more clues for H and L:
H:
was born in 1927 (5 points)
was injured in a plane crash and then withdrew from the concert stage (4 points)
was the first pianist to record the Liszt paganini fantasie op 2 (3 points)
is nicknamed the "HOG" by a certain speed-loving community. (2 points)
has the initials- S.F.
This would be hard to guess as most of you are probably not aware that he recorded the chopin preludes.
L:
was born in 1915 (5 points)
was the first pianist to give a recital on US television (4 points)
believes that Lang Lang is the "J-Lo of the piano" (3 points)
recently appeared at Carnegie Hall in celebration of his 90th birthday (2 points)
Has the initials E.W. (1 point)
Well, I thought this might have been easier, I know quite a few of you have this cd.
I'll make a third and final round later tonight. It will be for elite mofos only but, as always, I will provide extracts that clearly display the salient qualities of each pianist. Let's see how wide your pianistic knowledge is.
Topic: Sound of their own? (guess the pianist- aural version)