>>126790767
>wife of Emil Gilels
>Rosa Vladimirovna Tamarkina was a Soviet pianist who won second prize in the III International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (1937).
Interesting. Listening.
>>126790768
Correct. Rach and Brahms come after.
>>126790883
Depends for what. But Zimerman is nearly perfect in every Chopin he played. Although Argerich or Arrau are slightly better for 3rd sonata, and Yuchan Lim's recording of Etudes are probably my favorite, Moravec for preludes. Perahia for 3rd, maybe 1st ballade. Picrel is a recently discovered, good recording of the cello sonata paired with very underrated one of Alkan's but there are many good ones(Chopin). Rubinstein has good recordings but low quality is a turn off. And sometimes he goes too fast which I dislike.

Not a big fan of Ashkenazy for Chopin other than some Waltzes and Mazurkas.

Chopin's and Alkan's cello sonata. Dave really loves it, he has two videos about the record

Let's try both (Chopin first):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id5B6B8LPks&list=OLAK5uy_mUhS9wR18zzcWgXrOOsPq50CTmZI4cqO8&index=5