I remember thinking Heather Laws was fantastic in the revival but none of it translated to the recording, IMO. Katie FInneran was perfection in the NY Phil concert.
Based on recordings, of course Beth Howland, but Veanne Cox is a close second.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"