Hey LVB, that's what I was looking for. Kind of negative, though. You only recognize pianists you don't like much?
Minor pianists are much more difficult. If I have not heard the recordings in advance, I am not sure I could tell you "yeah, that Tchaikovsky first is Fazil Say or Yefim Bronfman" (both of them terrific, and actually among the most recognizable in the field).
...and for those who presume Lipatti is recognizable, for at least 20 years a Chopin E Minor concerto by Halina Czerny-Stefanska was marketed as Lipatti's and everybody revered the recording.
Argerich for the impulsively fast tempi, the great virtuosity and the total disregard of detail in favor of the larger lines.
I'd argue that pretty much any pianist who's made any professional recordings would have a close-to-perfect sense of rhythm
I've been listening to a good bit of Annie Fischer in the last couple days, and I must say, I have been very disappointed. Her rhythm is almost always off, most notably in the first and third movements of the Hammerklavier.