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Theoretically "recorded" or "unrecorded" should be the same. To date no recordings.
You play it & I'll hum it, but currently rehearsing:
Bach WTC book 2 no 15 G major, no 20 A minor, no 22 Bb Minor
Mozart A minor Sonata K310
Mendelssohn Op 35 preludes and fuges
Busoni Carmen Fantasy
Rachmaninov Bb prelude OP 23 no 2
Lyapunov Humoreske Op 34
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Maybe we can shed some light on this controversy.  Is it possible that when you say that you "play" all these pieces, what you mostly mean is that you can play through them, but not necessarily at something close to performance level? That would still be impressive, and maybe it wouldn't shock people so much.
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What is performance level, Mark? That is a more pertinient question?
Could I "pass myself off as a concert pianist"? is what you are really asking.
The answer in yes, I could fool you, lol!
I play all Beehoven's sonatas to performance standard, but some are complete while others are a work in progress. Of course even they complete performances could be improved. I will never quite reach Beethoven.
You play it & I'll hum it, but currently rehearsing:
Bach WTC book 2 no 15 G major, no 20 A minor, no 22 Bb Minor
Mozart A minor Sonata K310
Mendelssohn Op 35 preludes and fuges
Busoni Carmen Fantasy
Rachmaninov Bb prelude OP 23 no 2
Lyapunov Humoreske Op 34
and others
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I have no doubt that there are people who are at concert pianist level but choose not to become concert pianists. There are people with extraordinary talents in the word...and being able to perform all the Beethoven sonatas is not unheard of among the greats. PartyPianist, I believe you about your playing and I anxiously await being able to listen to it. 
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No, you sound like a liar that holds double standards to people. You tell me that you "wait with bated breath to find a way for me to talk my way out of a performance" of the 8th Chopin prelude, which you said is one of the hardest pieces you have ever learned (yet you have learned all of the Beethoven Sonatas, which are exponentially more difficult), yet you just claim nonchalantly claim "no recordings".
Currently working on
Prokofiev Piano Concerto 3
Beethoven Sonata Op.109
Chopin Op.10 No.1
Bach WTC II no. 15
--Sam--
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THIS THREAD JUST GETS MORE AWESOME!!!!!!
Close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and nuclear weapons.
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IT IN FACT IS SO AWESOME THAT I'LL MAKE A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME APPEARANCE JUST TO CLOSE IT
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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