Ten Over-Recorded Piano Works

The Piano Maven with Jed Distler · Apr 24, 2025 · 14m · transcript

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/Agosti – Suite from The Firebird

8. Rachmaninov – Piano Sonata No. 2 Op. 36

9. Ravel – Gaspard de la nuit

10. Philip Glass – Piano Etudes

11. Honorable mention: John Adams – China Gates…