My first poll! Best Islamey?!

[ralessi]

Cziffra rocks my world! He makes Lang Lang look like a 12 year old..who cant play Islamey!....In my opinion!

Cheers!
Ricky

[Kassaa]

Paul Wee ofcourse 

That's the only one I ever heard 

[ralessi]

i was actually going to add him on there but didnt! next time!

Cheers!
RIcky

[joell12068]

My favorite is Julius Katchen's recording.  Absolutely wonderful !

[Mozartian]

I voted other- Paul Wee.

[paris]

agree mozartian. 

although i've heard lang lang,  i enjoyed paul wee's version much more

p.s.  has anybody seen him lately?  seems he disappeared 

[thracozaag]

In my stupid opinion:

Horowitz--A live performance from Carnegie. He makes a massive cut in the ending, and adds his own crazy coda with interlocking octaves

Barere-Probably the fastest..very sleekly played

Ogdon-The most massive

Gavrilov-The most articulate (with tremendous speed)

Gilels-A live version with a memory slip, but still a terrific performance.

Cziffra-live performance from Tokyo, 'nuff said.

Fiorentino-blasts through the middle section, but a simple astounding performance.

koji (STSD)

[ralessi]

In my stupid opinion:

Horowitz--A live performance from Carnegie. He makes a massive cut in the ending, and adds his own crazy coda with interlocking octaves

Barere-Probably the fastest..very sleekly played

Ogdon-The most massive

Gavrilov-The most articulate (with tremendous speed)

Gilels-A live version with a memory slip, but still a terrific performance.

Cziffra-live performance from Tokyo, 'nuff said.

Fiorentino-blasts through the middle section, but a simple astounding performance.

koji (STSD)

would you happen to have any of these recordings to share?! i have honestly didnt even know any of the people listed other then Horowitz recorded it...i would LOVE to hear John Ogdon play it.  He is such a beast! Thanks!

Cheers!
Ricky

[jcromp78]

I am surprised no one has mention Boris Berezovsky who is tremendously fast and articulate also. I can't picture any other version topping that one except for maybe Barere which I haven't heard. Anyone have a recording of it to share or a link.

[Mozartian]

In my stupid opinion:

Horowitz--A live performance from Carnegie. He makes a massive cut in the ending, and adds his own crazy coda with interlocking octaves

Oh man how could I forget horowitz's?! That one is totally awesome.
I've also heard Pletnev's, which I didn't like; and Katchen's, which was of course quite good but not my favorite.