1) Rachmaninov Piano Sonata No.1 (first mov.), Ogdon (1968);2) Albeniz El Corpus Christi en Sevilla, Arrau (1947) 0:23;3) Liszt Transcendental Etude No.2 (two fragments), Berman live (1976) 1:18;(complete performance: http://www.youtube.com/user/StockhausenIsMyCat#p/c/6777FFEDE6D32C85/1/3gGRwIN...)4) Liszt Transcendental Etude No.8, Berman live (1976) 1:56;(complete performance: http://www.youtube.com/user/StockhausenIsMyCat#p/c/6777FFEDE6D32C85/7/2IR51vj...)5) Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.3 (Cadenza), Berman live (1977) 2:26;6) Liszt Tarantella (From Venezia e Napoli), Hofmann (1916) 3:35;(...and one should note that by this date Steinway&Sons had NOT yet built his piano with narrower keys...)7) Lully-Godowsky Gigue (No.12 of Godowsky's Renaisance suite), Gilels (1935) 4:04; (Here the ability of Gilels to play any sort of chords/jumps without slowing down or reducing the dynamics is simply phenomenal. To properly gauge Gilels' virtuosity here one should listen to Barere's recording: Final score Emil-Simon 3-0)8) Schumann Symphonic Etude IX (Presto Possibile), Anda (1943) 4:31;9) Strauss-Godowsky Die Fledermaus, Fiorentino live (1994) 4:42;10) Alkan Symphony for Solo Piano, Hamelin (2000) 5:16;11) Alkan Concerto for Solo Piano, Ogdon (1972) 6:19;12) Alkan Concerto for Solo Piano, Hamelin (2006) 6:45;13) Rubinstein Piano Sonata No.4 (Scherzo), Howard (1981) 7:11;(Rubinstein's Sonata in A minor is a wondrous piece from the first to the last note. One wonders why every year pianist XX records Chopin's 2nd sonata for the zillionth time instead of venturing into new territory....)14) Rubinstein Piano Sonata No.4 (Finale), Howard (1981) 7:48;15) Busoni Piano Concerto (fourth mov.), Scarpini live (1966) 8:59;(Busoni's concerto is not a light meal...and this merciless passage arrives after about one hour of hard work.)16) Busoni Piano Concerto (fourth mov.), Ogdon (1967) 9:18;17) Debussy Etude No.12 "Pour les accords", Vedernikov (1957) 9:35;18) Prokofiev Piano Sonata No.7, Pollini (1971) 10:26;19) Shostakovich Piano Sonata No.1, Zilberstein live (1987) 11:25;20) Ives Concorde Sonata ("Hawthorne"), Roberto Szidon (1971) 12:04;21) Rachmaninov Prelude op.23 No.2, Richter live (1954) 12:23;22) Scriabin Piano Sonata No.5, Richter live (1962) 12:35;23) Szymanovski Piano Sonata No.2 (two fragments from second mov.), Richter live (1954) 13:32;