Here is a group of differing interpretations of the second Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody. While most of the performance use the original Liszt text, there are several, Horowitz, of course, Volodos and Lang Lang, in which the Liszt-Horowitz edition are used. And in his 1910 recording, the earlier of two by Paderewski, he adds his own cadenza to the Liszt Rhapsody.
The rhapsody invites a high degree of personalization from the pianist and some of the performances clearly take this too far. But even within the range of appropriate personal liberties, there are very interesting and considerable differences. If, for example, one compares the performances of Rachmaninov, Cortot, Hofmann, Cziffra, and Brendel the wide range of "tasteful" interpretations becomes quite apparent.
This is not to say there aren't some other extremely good ones in the group below, Moiseivitch and Rosenthal are treasures too, and a very fine rendition by Hamelin ... as well as some very excellent pianists who stretch the limits of "taste". I have just come across an amazing performance by the superb Hungarian pianist Edith Farnadi which I have added below.
ALFRED BRENDEL Austrian Pianist (b.1931)
ALFRED CORTOT French-Swiss Pianist (1877-1962) Recorded in 1926
MISHA DICHTER American Pianist (b.1945)
EDITH FARNADI Hungarian Pianist (1921-1973)
GRIGORY GINZBURG Russian Pianist (1904-1961) Recorded in 1952
MARK HAMBOURG Russian-British Pianist (1879-1960) Recorded in 1926
MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN Canadian Pianist (b 1961)
JOZEF HOFMANN Polish-American Pianist (1876-1957) Recorded in 1922
VLADIMIR HOROWITZ Russian-American Pianist (1903-1989) Recorded in 1953
LANG LANG Chinese Pianist (b.1982)
and in 2006
BENNO MOISEIVITCH Ukranian Pianist (1890-1963)
IGNACY JAN PADEREWSKI Polish Pianist (1860-1941)
SERGEI RACHMANINOV Russian-American Pianist (1873-1943) Student of Alexander Siloti who was a student of Franz Liszt)
MORIZ ROSENTHAL Austro-Hungarian Pianist (1862-1946) Student of Franz Liszt
ALEXEI SULTANOV Russian-American Pianist (1969-2005) Live 1999
