The Piano Maven with Jed Distler

Consider making a donation to The Piano Maven podcast by subscribing to our Substack page ( https://jeddistlermusic.substack.com/about ), which you also can access by clicking on the "Donate" button here: https://rss.com/podcasts/pianomaven For this episode of The Piano Maven, Jed Distler discusses selected recordings of Edvard Grieg’s Ballade in G Minor Op. 24. Here are links to most of the cited...

On this episode of The Piano Maven, Jed Distler reconsiders the legacy of jazz pianist, bandleader and educator Lennie Tristano (1919-1978). Consider making a donation to The Piano Maven podcast by subscribing to our Substack page ( https://jeddistlermusic.substack.com/about ), which you also can access by clicking on the "Donate" button here: https://rss.com/podcasts/pianomaven Links to recording...

Carlo Grante is the first pianist to have recorded Domenico Scarlatti's complete keyboard sonatas on a modern concert grand piano. Issued by Music & Arts in six volumes totaling 34 CDs, Jed explores Grante's monumental achievement on this episode of The Piano Maven. Here's a link to Volume 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WWSLwOjjqY&list=PLhQbBbPdSZ2wycF4j85kfeNYL7sPNFHuS Consider maki...

Jed discusses Angela Hewitt's 2018 remake of the Six Keyboard Partitas by J.S. Bach. Consider making a donation to The Piano Maven podcast by subscribing to our Substack page ( https://jeddistlermusic.substack.com/about ), which you also can access by clicking on the "Donate" button here: https://rss.com/podcasts/pianomaven Partita No. 5: Preambulum (recorded 1997) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Consider making a donation to The Piano Maven podcast by subscribing to our Substack page ( https://jeddistlermusic.substack.com/about ), which you also can access by clicking on the "Donate" button here: https://rss.com/podcasts/pianomaven Schubert Duo 1st Mvt - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1eK9WDenQA Beethoven Op. 30 No. 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIxv9mac01c Grieg Sonata No. 3 Op....

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Consider making a donation to The Piano Maven podcast by subscribing to our Substack page ( https://jeddistlermusic.substack.com/about ), which you also can access by clicking on the "Donate" button here: https://rss.com/podcasts/pianomaven Here’s Jed’s Gramophone Cliburn Competition Blog about Alexei Sultanov - https://www.gramophone.co.uk/blogs/article/jed-distler-s-cliburn-blog-no-16-alexei-sul...

Chopin's uniquely hypnotic Berceuse has been lucky on disc, and Jed discusses seventeen pianists who've made memorable recorded versions. Here are links to some of them: Josef Hofmann - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzqGLmLlMHY&t=3s Alfred Cortot - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqSDOLmfk30 Solomon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O8rbQ6Hi2M Wilhelm Kempff - https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

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Jed discusses the 26-CD box set Jorge Bolet: The Complete Decca Recordings on this episode. Here are several samples: Franck - Prelude, Chorale & Fugue (live recording) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZTtcCLrNqM Chopin - Prelude Op. 28 No. 8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpbwtXP00pg Reger - Telemann Variations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzPdVE12MvI Liszt - Waldesrauchen https://www.you...

In 2006 & 2007, Franz Hummel (1939-2022) composed his own set of 33 variations on a waltz by Diabelli, the very same waltz on which Beethoven based his iconic Diabelli Variations Op. 120. Is it a masterpiece or a curiosity? Jed Distler fills you in on this episode. Here's a link to listen purchase Franz Hummel's Diabelli Variations: https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7980049--beeth...

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Consider making a donation to The Piano Maven podcast by subscribing to our Substack page ( https://jeddistlermusic.substack.com/about ), which you also can access by clicking on the "Donate" button here: https://rss.com/podcasts/pianomaven Jed discusses a very rare all-Schubert disc with live performances by Steven de Groote (Claremont GSE 1527)

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Jed explores recordings of Chopin's 24 Preludes Op. 28 with 24 pianists. Actually 25, since one is mentioned in passing, but it's basically 24! Consider making a donation to The Piano Maven podcast by subscribing to our Substack page ( https://jeddistlermusic.substack.com/about ), which you also can access by clicking on the "Donate" button here: https://rss.com/podcasts/pianomaven Link to Jed’s r...

Andrew Tyson's Landscapes - https://open.spotify.com/album/0g83URd7QGhtgWw2kj13sa Consider making a donation to The Piano Maven podcast by subscribing to our Substack page ( https://jeddistlermusic.substack.com/about ), which you also can access by clicking on the "Donate" button here: https://rss.com/podcasts/pianomaven

Consider a paid subscription to The Piano Maven podcast via our Substack page ( https://jeddistlermusic.substack.com/about ), which you also can access by clicking on the "Donate" button here: https://rss.com/podcasts/pianomaven The teenage Grigory Sokolov's recordings of the Tchaikovsky 1st and Saint-Saëns 2nd Concertos reveal how this gifted pianist already was "Sokolov" at such a tender age - e...

Jed Distler’s “top ten” list of Alfred Brendel recordings is the topic for this episode. Here are links to some of Jed’s reviews on Classicstoday.com : Mozart Sonatas - https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-9108/?search=1 Mozart Concertos - https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-3408/?search=1 Liszt - https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-13884/?search=1 Bach - https://www.classic...

The gifted young Hungarian/American pianist Julia Hamos presents Ellis Island, one of the most impressive solo piano debut releases in recent memory, featuring works by Kurtag, Bartok, Ligeti, Meredith Monk, Charles Mingus and Schubert. Promotional video - https://www.facebook.com/reel/621337480674569 Ligeti's Fanfares - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tItbf6F-M3A Link to purchase - https://www.pr...

Consider a paid subscription to The Piano Maven podcast via our Substack page ( https://jeddistlermusic.substack.com/about ), which you also can access by clicking on the "Donate" button here: https://rss.com/podcasts/pianomaven Here's a link to Claudio Arrau's Mozart cycle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UvgqXHK_HI&list=PLsmSVKWkK9kEEjqHFYLWnxKe11GwPbyGo

Jed discusses four out-of-print piano box sets that are ripe for reissue: Milosz Magin plays Chopin (Accord, 10 CDs). A link to his Etudes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzArJYgJqdE Annerose Schmidt plays Mozart's Complete Piano Concertos (Berlin Classics, 10 CDs). Link to purchase - https://www.amazon.com/Mozart-Piano-Concertos-Wolfgang-Amadeus/dp/B0036ULAY6 France Clidat plays Liszt (Decca, 14...

Although the official Medici Masters CD release for Cziffra's April 23rd 1964 Tokyo recital is out of print, you can find the music here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2mag2yGhvA