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perlnerd666 wrote:Alfred Brendel is the best.

I like what I've heard of him but I wouldn't call him "the best". I like mainly his sound in the softer pieces but he fails to fully touch me the way some other performers do.

I'd highly recommend you to listen to Annie Fischer, Richter himself admired her and said about her: "Annie Fischer is a great artist imbued with a spirit of greatness and genuine profundity." She has a certain 'roughness' that goes well with Beethoven.