Britain's greatest pianist.

[jacobwynn]

All time: probably Myra Hess.
Today: probably Stephen Hough.

I think that negative comments against Malcolm Binns were a little harsh. he's an excellent journeyman pianist, and should be given credit where credit's due. Not perhaps the greatest, but exciting enough to be praised. (And, ridiculous trivia here: Malcolm Binns was in Gary Cooper's last Hollywood film, as a pianist on the background TV, playing the Rachmaninov 3rd).

[burstroman]

I repeat, Myra Hess was the greatest.

[retrouvailles]

Stephen Hough, Ian Pace, Nicolas Hodges, Peter Donohoe, Malcolm Binns (in certain recordings), Jonathan Powell are all worth mentioning.

[amelialw]

Stephen Hough, if you haven't seen a single performance of his go for it.

[jakev2.0]

John Ogdon
Myra Hess
Ronald Smith

[retrouvailles]

Oh, I forgot about John Ogdon. Man, what a genius (pianist) he was.

[jacobwynn]

In the past: Hess, Solomon, Curzon.

Today?

Not impressed -- Lill and Hough I find both being cold. Perhaps Hough's past membership of Opus Dei made him that way.

[counterpoint]

Today?

Steven Osborne playing Kapustin. There's no other pianist, who can play like this.