# The Greatest Classical Pianists of the 20th Century

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**Created:** [January 31, 2018, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-classical-pianists-of-the-20th-century/807865 "2018-01-31T10:19:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-classical-pianists-of-the-20th-century/807865/41 "2018-02-06T14:46:06Z")

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> [@Saintly\_Loser](#):
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> Also, there’s no mention on the list of Charles Rosen, whose recording of the Goldberg Variations is one of my favorites (although diametrically opposed to Gould’s recordings, which are my favorite).

He also [co-commissioned](http://https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Fantasies) Elliott Carter’s [_Night Fantasies_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW2DmmDvyHk), which is probably my favourite late-20th century piano work.

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**Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-classical-pianists-of-the-20th-century/807865/42 "2018-02-06T14:47:21Z")

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> [@Saintly\_Loser](#):
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> …  
> Also, there’s no mention on the list of Charles Rosen, whose recording of the Goldberg Variations is one of my favorites (although diametrically opposed to Gould’s recordings, which are my favorite).

He also [co-commissioned](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Fantasies) Elliott Carter’s [_Night Fantasies_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW2DmmDvyHk), which is probably my favourite late-20th century piano work.

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