Rank these Rach ossia cadenzas

[Klaus]

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[Klaus]

And, if you are bored, please also consider ranking these Tchaikovsky piano concerto octaves!

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[Loki]

Olga was definitely my favorite.

[SD Tav]

Although all of these performances have their strengths I like the following (not in any order):
Kern
Bronfman
Cliburn
Gavrylyuk

Volodos and Lim are overall good, but Lang Lang? Way too fast and with unreal faces!!

[Klaus]

@sd-tav said in Rank these Rach ossia cadenzas:

Lang Lang? Way too fast and with unreal faces!!

I think Lang Lang is actually a better pianist than his external behavior and image suggests. If one listens to audio only or closes the eyes, he often has good musical ideas and of course a killer technique.

[SD Tav]

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[SD Tav]

@klaus For the Tchaikovsky No. 1 octaves I choose Horowitz. No one else even close!