She was well known in her lifetime among the musically knowledgeable, particularly in the former Soviet Union.

@@danabanks2802 A friend of mine studied with her.

@@danabanks2802 shostakovic did know her alright

The reason maybe she remained in Soviet Russia. Unlike Gilels , Richter , Horowitz , and Ashkenazy etc who manage to travel abroad.

I saw her perform The Art of Fugue in London, at the Wigmore Hall. When she came to the unfinished end of the final fugue, she closed the lid of the piano keyboard and just sat there, and the whole audience remained in transfixed silence for a full minute.

Actually, it is very standard for the 'French overture' style to 'overdot' certain notes. See for instance, the opening of Handel's messiah, or any of Lully's overtures. As far as I'm aware, the 'double dot' notation was not used in the baroque period. And ignoring historical performance, to me it just looses all life if you play it strictly as whats on the page. I notice in fact you recorded the piece yourself, and you are certainly a much better pianist than me! But I would reconsider your stance here :)

Абсолютно согласен. Я застал её совсем немного, когда учился в консерватории. Мне она в Бахе и Шостаковиче очень нравится. Да и многое другое она играет прекрасно. Ясно, округло, легко с совершенным чувством ритма и агогики. Волшебно!

Вам можно только позавидовать! Прикоснуться к искусству такой великой пианистки!

Nikolayeva also might have heard Gould when he toured the U.S.S.R. in 1957. Did Gould hear her too then? In 1957 she had been graduated for the Moscow Conservatory for many years. Her Goldberg Variations bear a striking similarity to Gould's (first recording) and I've heard it speculated the Gould was influenced by her. Gould's recording dates from 1955, tough, while Nikolayeva didn't record the Goldberg's until 1970. I'm not sure when her recording of the French Overtures was made.

@@pokerandphilosophy8328She graduated from the Conservatory in 1947

She is pretty well known and respected in the pianistic circles

+Yves Lemen, this exquisite artist, Татяна Петровна Николаевна, а superb pianist, composer and teacher is still remembered with awe and reverence by old geezers like me and even by some younger folks who may have followed musical life in the first five decades after WWII. She was VERY well known in Soviet Russia and in Western and Eastern Europe. She was the 1st prize winner at the International Bach Competition that was part of the Bicentennial celebration of JSB's death in 1950. Check out the Wikipedia article on her.

+Yves Lemen ....................... When I travelled to Moscow in 1981 I saw a disc of hers in a music shop. The only word I could understand in Russian was "Bach". I took it home to Canada and I was so awed by her Goldberg Variations. It is true that, at that time, nobody knew about her in the West.

Compared to Gould she is unknown, indeed. But in musical circles she is not unknown. But I agree, a pianist with her skills should be more popular. She also has composed some pieces, which were quite nice

She was born in Russia and lived there. She was mostly unknown in the West due to the Cold War. She came to play to the West only after the fall of the Berlin wall. Curiously enough, she died while giving a concert in the US.

In the late 60s. Most probably in 1966.

Ecoutez Sokolov et vous aurez la version définitive

Matthieu Ricard after listening (and watching !) to Sokolov I can’t listen other interpretations

I don't know about Ginsburg but Emile Gilels is very well known and still considered a great pianist by both specialists and lay people. Tatiana Nikoleyeva has a special way of playing. She has a very sensitive and delicate touch. She brings out the beauty of any composition. In music and art there is no comparison as everyone has her or his own way of conveying the meaning of the music.