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The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerThanksgiving Turkeys
Some genuine piano "turkeys" to consider, or perhaps to avoid! Here are some helpful links. For Valery Afanassiev's Beethoven, check out Victor Carr, Jr.'s…
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerThe Marvelous Moszkowski Concerto
Moszkowski's Piano Concerto has enjoyed considerable revival on disc. On this episode, Jed Distler explores the work's recorded discography. Here's a link to…
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerMichelangeli Big Boxes Part 1: The Complete Warner Recordings
Link to my Michelangeli Ravel & Rachmaninov Concerto review on Classicstoday.com: https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-4053/
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerLittle Brother Montgomery's "Farro Street Jive"
A classic album by an overlooked yet wonderful blues pianist: https://folkways.si.edu/little-brother-montgomery/farro-street-jive/blues/music/album/smithsonian
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerSergei Kvitkos' Brilliant Ad Libitum
Here's a YouTube listening link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_njXNF1HPdGtmHcw7Pp8ZKk_mudzFYZAs4
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerThe "Best" Ravel Gaspard de la nuit?
A deep dive into Ivo Pogorelich's famous 1983 Deutsche Grammophon recording of Maurice Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit. Here are official YouTube links provided by…
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerRadu Lupu Rarities
Here's a tribute to Radu Lupu on my weekly WWFM.org radio program Between the Keys, with special guest Donna Weng Friedman. This webcast features performances…
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerFrederic Rzewski's "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!"
Jed's Between the Keys episode about Rzewski's monumental masterpiece, with special guest pianist Ursula Oppens…
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerSchumann's Fantasy in C Major in 15 Recordings
Recommended recordings of Schumann's Fantasy in C Major Op. 17: Sergio Fiorentino - https://open.spotify.com/album/2s19G2wc2xQtyBECvCoFQb Wilhelm Backhaus…
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerMurray Perahia Summits Beethoven's Everest
Here's my Classicstoday.com review: https://www.classicstoday.com/review/built-last-murray-perahias-masterful-hammerklavier/. And here's a review I wrote…
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerA Legendary Pogorelich Recital
Ivo Pogorelich's 1990 New York recital was the stuff of legends, and you can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR3LMPYyGbs
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerVAI's Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies Compilation
19 Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies with 19 Pianists. Check out this fascinating and illuminating collection…
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerGeza Anda's Live Tchaikovsky and Brahms Concertos
Link to purchase and download: https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8026756--geza-anda-plays-tchaikovsky-brahms
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerSix Chopin Nocturne Cycles
Moura Lympany link: https://www.classicstoday.com/review/sublime-sounds-sacred-space/ Stephen Hough link to Hyperion video…
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerFrançoise Chaffiaud Plays Bach
Link to listen to my Between the Keys episode "The Art of Françoise Chaffiaud: https://www.wwfm.org/show/between-the-keys-with-jed-distler/2023-02-27/the-art-of…
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerHanren Zhang's Dances and Dreams
Link to listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcGStvi2-7w&list=OLAK5uy_luno1J37hB1jUqQck1p97KoSYYEoVVL4I
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerBud Powell at 100
A 1962 video capturing Bud Powell in performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaSDinL6pC8
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerThe 2005 Van Cliburn Competition Revisited
You purchase downloads for two of these Harmonia Mundi releases here: https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7941659--van-cliburn-competition-2005-sa-ch…
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerDonald Berman Plays Ives' Concord Sonata
Link to listen: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kznrL4pH9V6hVKp0ZJoX7YuN57r97bAnU:
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerEarl Wild at 88, on the 88s
Link to sellers: https://www.discogs.com/release/15895932-Earl-Wild-Earl-Wild-At-88-Recital
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerYuja Wang's Vienna Recital
Link to purchase: https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9613664--the-vienna-recital
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerMatthew Shipp's 1990 Trio Debut
Link to purchase: https://matthewshipp.bandcamp.com/album/circular-temple
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerSolace with Risto-Matti Marin
Link to Risto-Matti Marin's releases: https://www.ristomattimarin.fi/recordins/?lang=en
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerWojciech Kocyan Aces Prokofiev's Sonata No. 7
Link to Wojciech Kocyan’s website: https://www.wkocyan.com/ Link to Jed’s Classicstoday.com review: https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-9494/ Link to…
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerThe Chopin Etudes on Record
Link to Jed’s Gramophone Collection Chopin Etudes Survey: https://www.gramophone.co.uk/features/article/chopin-s-etudes-a-deep-dive-into-the-best-recordings…
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerJanina Fialkowska's Enchanting Schubert
Schubert D. 894 First movement link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vDqnBMKPs4;
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerPiano Music of Jan Levoslav Bella
Links to recordings: https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7999573--jan-levoslav-bella-piano-works…
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerBrilliant Classics' Virtuoso Etudes Box
Link to David Hurwitz video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ-FU2UPhVA Link to Jed Distler review…
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerMaria Perrotta Plays Chopin
Link to digital files: https://www.lyradb.org/album/5f85642422009c0017b2bc17?piece=f861ed3ca2c04a14946f310f
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerAndre Laplante's Under the Radar Brahms Sonata No. 3
Link to purchase this recording: https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8053750--brahms-piano-sonata-in-f-minor
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerThe Art of Lelia Gousseau
https://www.meloclassic.com/home/lelia-gousseau/
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerVan Cliburn's Tchaikovsky - A Million Seller Reconsidered
Has Van Cliburn's million selling 1958 recording of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No 1 stood the test of time? Live performance from the 1958 Tchaikovsky…
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerDimitri Malignan Plays Bach
A sensitive and cultivated Bach recital from Dimitri Malignan. Link to purchase the CD…
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerFive Piano Goldberg Variations Recordings on DG
Bach's Goldberg Variations as played by Wilhelm Kempff, Andrei Gavrilov, Rosalyn Tureck, Lang Lang and Vikingur Ólafsson. Here are links to a few reviews…
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerAndré Watts' Best Liszt
André Watts was on great form for his 1986 Schwetzingen Festival all-Liszt recital. Check out my Classicstoday.com review here…
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerDebussy's Preludes on an 1873 Pleyel
Hiroko Sasaki's excellent period instrument Debussy Preludes Books I & II, performed on an 1873 Pleyel piano. Official link to album is here…
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerA 2010 Schumann Compilation from EMI
An all-Schumann six-CD compilation, issued by EMI in 2010 (catalog number 6 09047 2) with various pianists. Here's a link to Jed's Classicstoday.com review…
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerJean Barraqué's Piano Sonata on disc
A thorny and iconic pillar of serial piano music. Here's a link to Jed's recording of choice…
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerThe Chopin Mazurkas with Arthur Rubinstein
A discussion of Arthur Rubinstein's three integral recorded versions of Chopin's Mazurkas. Here are download links for all three cycles: 1…
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerArthur Rubinstein's Milestone Moscow Recital
Arthur Rubinstein's historic Moscow recital on October 1st 1964. Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K4ZwA2nQqI&t=27s. Link to purchased the 1999…
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerAlexis Weissenberg's Rockin' Rachmaninov Third Concerto
Revisiting Alexis Weissenberg's Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3 recording with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Georges Prêtre. Here's link to purchase a…
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerSurveying Scarlatti
A survey of Scarlatti recitals. Here's a link to one of my all-Scarlatti Between the Keys episodes…
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerA Howard Shelley Concerto Trifecta
A link to my review: https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-14861/?search=1; a link to the Schumann Concerto first movement…
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerThe Art of Aldo Ciccolini
Ten essential Aldo Ciccolini recordings. Here's a link to Liszt Legend No. 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PBugDKGC7I
The Piano Maven with Jed DistlerComing Soon - The Piano Maven with Jed Distler
A friendly podcast guide to piano recordings with composer/pianist Jed Distler, producer and host of the ASCAP Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Award winning radio…