The Piano Maven with Jed Distler
Your friendly podcast guide to piano recordings.
Episodes
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Links to selected individual recordings and cycles:
Ignaz Friedman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_BeZQMySpM
Guiomar Novaes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQG5gETm4nU
Ginette Doyen - https://ww...
Jed revisits an out-of-print budget priced reissue with Leonard Pennario playing the Grieg Concerto, the Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 and the Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2.
On this episode, Jed lists ten iconic piano works that he thinks have been recorded too many times:
1. Bach – Goldberg Variations BWV 988
2. Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 (“Moonlight)
3. Schumann – Kreisleriana Op. 16
4. Chopin – Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor Op. 58
5. Liszt – Piano Sonata in B Minor
6. Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor Op. 23
7. Stravinsky/Agos...
Link to download Nikolai Demidenko's Schubert - https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8661521--schubert-impromptus-other-piano-music
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Link to purchase: https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9661565--piano-library-deutsche-grammophon-edition
Link to review: https://www.classicstoday.com/review/historic-gems-berghs-reger-ba...
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Jed discusses ten pianists with :cult" followings: Josef Hofmann, Artur Schnabel, Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Vladimir Sofronitsky, Sviatoslav Richter, Rosalyn Tureck, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Grigory Sokolov and Glenn Gould
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Link to Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in B Minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I with Youri Egorov - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV29KqTGdPE
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Links to recordings:
Maria Grinberg - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOxwTlyDqBY&list=PLI5dfbQKtpr6rNLxo3Z85SR6SGx-RnZ79
Alfredo Perl - https://www.oehmsclassics.de/artikel/540/Alfredo_Perl_Lud...
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Link to purchase Sergio Fiorentino: The Complete SAGA Album Collection - https://www.rhineclassics.com/products/rh-033-fiorentino-edition-5-complete-saga-album?srsltid=AfmBOoqtmaJ04slfravu53U9e0KG...
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Here are links to recordings of von Wber's Invitation to the Dance discussed in this episode:
Eugen D’Albert - https://soundcloud.com/daniel-plante-511223801/1-weber-invitation-to-the
A cherishable 1953 broadcast performance of Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major Op. 83 with soloist Clifford Curzon and the New York Philharmonic, conducted by George Szell is the topic for this episode.
YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmY3QA_FaEw
Link to purchase: https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7974718--the-art-of-george-szell-vol-2?srsltid=AfmBOoqJQc9L7orcEjllu7OP5VEMn8PEMxDJy7G6k_ARCE6jYtyI1t...
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Link to purchase and download Bach Guild’s Big Chopin Box here: https://www.classicselectworld.com/products/big-chopin-box-7-hour-digital-download-boxed-set?srsltid=AfmBOoof_e66xcTrvGdJJsQgNR1Ecvn...
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Check out this very special and inspired recital by Martin Helmchen here: https://archive.org/details/4-schubert-sonate-a-dur-d-959
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Links to Idil Biret recordings discussed in this episode:
Beethoven Pathetique and Hammerklavier Sonatas - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nVRomcCPG4
Chopin Krakowiak - https://www.youtube.com/watc...
Jed pays tribute to Concert Grande, a groundbreaking radio program about piano music that aired on New York's WFUV between 1977 and 1993, created and co-hosted by Bruce Posner and the late Joseph Patrych. Below are links to selected Concert Grande episodes available for free download, as well as two of Jed's "Between the Keys" radio show episodes that pay tribute to Concert Grande. Please consider donating to The Piano Maven podcas...
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Links to recordings:
Piano versions
Angela Hewitt - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSs3xaCSfgQ
Eric Himy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYe76nLP7hQ
Stewart Goodyear - https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
A strikingly original recital from Severin von Eckardstein on the Avi label entitled “Vers la flamme," with works by Scriabin, Richard Strauss, Messiaen and Beethoven.
Link to purchase the recording - https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9538591--vers-la-flamme
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Jed discusses nine live and unedited performances of Liszt's monumental Piano Sonata in B Minor. Pianists include Simon Barere, Jorge Bolet, Claudio Arrau, Howard Karp, Sviatoslav Richter, Irén Marik, Cyprien Katsaris, Terence Judd and Vladimir Horowitz.
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Links to Bill Evans recordings discussed in this episode:
Love Theme from “Spartacus” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fdV_C3YGIs&list=OLAK5uy_mE4wobISXrQe5gLICSur-ZoVQNFJGvikM&index=3
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