There’s a Brahms concerto of his in the Decca MONO box as well, recorded exactly 10 years earlier (1954):
IIRC Geza Anda never played in the US. That could dampen name recognition. I no friends other than online who are American and like classical music so I really don’t know how well known he is. I did hear about him early on for his Bartok concertos.
This performance is available on a Testament CD which I must get round to buying (it also includes a Mozart Concerto). I only have his version of Brahms with Karajan.
Now Playing, from "Claudio Abbado - The Complete RCA and Sony Album Collection" Abbado & the Berliner Philharmoniker playing Mozart: Symphony #23 Sinfonia concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra Symphony #36
Again. ...100 % agree with you. I have always been a huge fan of all you mention and never stopped listening to them ever since I was a kid. Weissenberg and Anda in particular! At work right now, so I can't expand on the matter, bu notable examples are also Szeryng, Cziffra and Vasary ....also not that 'famous' or popular any more....even though they were in my opinion simply amazing and certainly had significant careers ...
Now on the turntable, "Cristobal De Morales - Magnificat/Motetten/Motets" performed by Pro Cantione Antiqua, London led by Bruno Turner on Archiv.
Now on the turntable, "Schubert - Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5" performed by the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields led by Neville Marriner on Philips.
CD from the second Mercury Living Presence box. These Mercury CDs are among the best sounding I own; hard to believe a lot of these recordings are from 50 years ago or more.
Cziffra was the subject of a wonderful box on French EMI that collected everything he recorded for the label. That's the lion's share of his output. Weissenberg isn't well-known to today's audiences. Probably the only reason I learned about him was a strong recommendation on the Google classical music board as well as from someone at a record store. But Weissenberg has been the subject of a number of boxes that collect many of his recordings. There's the Champagne Pianist (EMI), Complete RCA Collection, DG Recordings, and an Introuvables collection. There are also reissues of his EMI recordings of Bach and Chopin, both of which are highly recommended. I'm not sure how much is left to reissue among the major labels. There are other reissues of early work on Doremi and live recordings on varied labels. There's also a website devoted to him that includes a page with obscure recordings. There's some really interesting stuff there. Go to Alexis Weissenberg Archive | A work in progress
Critic Jeff Distler reviewed the Cziffra box for ClassicsToday: https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-14590/?search=1 Distler is one of the few reviewers whose ears I trust.
Asking price, I don't think anybody will actually pay that kind of money. Amazon France has the lowest price, 310 euros for a used copy. Still way overpriced. Maybe Warner Classics, who now own EMI Classics, will reissue the French EMI pianist boxes that are now OOP, using the generally good French masterings.