The Greatest Recordings EVER! Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 

There are many great recordings of this milestone piano concerto. I particularly prefer Berman/Karajan/BPO.

Horowitz/Szell, NY Phil!

I've listened to it, but I found it just too fast for my taste. My go-to version is usually Yevgeny Sudbin's recording on BIS with the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra.

I fully expected to see Cliburn/Kondrashin here so was surprised by this choice, which I find inferior to the Dutoit version. Best of all for my taste: Graffman/Szell.

The Argerich/Abbado pairing reminds me of Baker/Barbirolli, how two completely different, even opposite, personalities manage to achieve terrific results.

Thanks to Dave (and his Faves No. 283) I gave this record to my spiritual director last year. He was mightily surprised as I was before

You’ve raved about this one already, but I don’t understand the hype. It’s a live recording and the quality of the orchestra is not ideal. The bangs in the beginning are not together; the timpani might as well be in another universe. Yes, Martha Argerich is great here (surprise!), but given how much this concerto is recorded, we should insist on perfection in all elements.

Hot stuff! Dutoit version is another great version

This recording has a label "4D Audio", I found the recordings in the series are superb. Does any one have more information on the series?

I prefer Andre Watts. Not the one with Bernstein, but a later one with Yoel Levi. Of course, I often go back to Cliburn/Kondrashin.

This work can withstand most interpretation. I had an LP with Phillipe Entremont (spelling?) at the keyboard, accompanied by Bernstein and the NYPO that I enjoyed years ago. I've had others over the years that gave me just as much pleasure, some on lesser known labels Call ,me sexist if you will, but I always associate this "beefy" work with a male soloist, not least for its uncompromising no nonsense power.