Actually it could lead us to the discussion of the interpretation of neglected repertoire.
Trifonov played at the Proms Glazounovs 2nd piano concerto for which I thank him.
Pianists with a broader repertoire, introvert and extravert can better take us into different worlds yet undiscovered.
Schiff, how much I love the man and his visions will not do that, compared to a Hamelin who constantly reaches the highest like Alkan.
Lots of the piano repertoire (I have a 3000 pages dictionary and explanations of all pianist composers in french). A young Lyapunov interpreter carries the same 2 volumes of very fine paper all around.
Our repertoire since 1916 hasn't changed in 100 years.
And no one pays attention to the Scharwenka concertos or Herselt or Riess...
Brendel, Schiff, ... keep on hammering the hamerklavier

As for the Beethoven cycles they are all beaten by Kovacevich.
So, what is left for them.
Study the contemporaries and play them god damn it.
Dussek in the Wigmore Hall was a huge success.
Hummel, Clementi, yes...even Cherny wrote interesting solos and concertos.
We keep being banged by the same old gods.
Myaskovsky, so admired by Shostakovich, no one hears his music.
Roth, died very young, but the father of the modern symphony , quoted Mahler.
The versatility more than the specialisation keeps music alive. Discovering new repertoire, as Bartoli does as a Mezzo with Napolitan composers.
Your reactions are thin and do not invite to debate about it, but lots of neglected pianists deserve crowns others wear.
As for versatility as a poet, a Mystic, the virtuoso... as the box set goes 10/10 to Richter.
We are caught up in a cocoon the musicians built for us, without are insteak.
Brendel could have matched Beethoven with Ries and Raff.
Schiff could match Haydn with Clementi and Hummel.
The gold to discovering new grounds goes to Howard Shelley as a pianist and conductor .
And beware when he plays the basic difficult repertoire he does it over and over again.
Like the Hyperion edition on romantic composers.
Recordings only.
Too risky for the podium ?
Bullshit. People come to hear the pianists now as rockstars and will happily eat whatever he has prepared for dinner.
I hope one time they will see, they only played 5% of the 3000 pages.
Lots of work.
But every newcomer must have his Chopin album, his Liszt album,...
Piers Lane, Shelley, ao, deserve a special place. For their courage. As Stephen Hough.
No Lang Lang tricks.
I wish Brendel a nice after musicians life reading about this missed history of Music and Musicians.