The Piano Maven with Jed Distler

Note – I accidentally posted this podcast episode out of order on Thursday January 9th. It is reposted Friday January 10th, in its proper place. Sorry for any confusion to those who may have heard this episode temporarily posted on Thursday January 9th. We're all back in order now. Consider making a donation to The Piano Maven podcast by subscribing to our Substack page ( https://jeddistlermusic.s...

Note – The Op. 27 Nos. 1 & 2 episode intended for Friday January 10th was accidentally posted today. But it will be re-posted tomorrow. Here is Thursday January 9th's Op. 26 episode! 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://...

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 recordings: Wilhelm Kempff - Second Movement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak3nh6O68Nc Maurizio Pollini - Second Movement: https://www.youtube.com/...

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 recordings: Op. 14 No. 1 First Movement: Yves Nat - https://open.spotify.com/track/3TywevOXNO8tjpL3nbnDyD Op. 14 No. 1: Awadagin Pratt - https://awada...

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 recordings: Edwin Fischer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxFqMbLwJcc Idil Biret - https://www.amazon.com/Archive-Sonatas-LUDWIG-VAN-BEETHOVEN/dp/B0...

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 Op. 10 No. 1 Third Movement: Igor Levitt - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaVqj3UnTJg Op. 10 No. 2 First Movement: Seymour Lipkin - https://open.spotify.com/t...

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 recordings: Op. 7: Elly Ney - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnqFt-BgcjY Op. 7 first movement: Murray Perahia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O5eq...

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 recordings: Op. 2 No. 1, first movement: Artur Schnabel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAMMek68TS8 Op. 2 No. 2, first movement: Bruce Hungerford -...

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/ Our final Season One episode looks back on memorable 2024 piano releases and reissues. Link to purchase Robert Goldsand: The Lost Recitals: https://www.marsto...

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Link to the recordings from Universal Music Group: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8qCPYxstOI&list=OLAK5uy_mxX4zenymSurl_z67InQEjzHq98UTDNFk

Five recommendations for "stand-alone" recordings of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major Op. 58" Clara Haskil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq5-AGnaw-Q Edwin Fischer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMiNzHXFgBQ Ivan Moravec: https://www.amazon.com/Ivan-Morvec-Plays-Beethoven-Ludwig/dp/B000003LIU Eugene Istomin: https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8057350--eugene-istomin-the-c...

A rare 15-disc "Hommage" to a legendary and enigmatic pianist. Here's Jed Distler's Classicstoday.com review: https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-4159/

A guide to recorded editions of Conlon Nancarrow's innovative piano player studies. Here a links to listen and purchase: All of the studies with scores: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfmVJmQKdj4&list=PL18kPNSLqghqPQnayyzAspyu17HmXZtrz The Other Minds CD edition: https://webstore.otherminds.org/products/om1012-15 The MDG CD Edition: https://www.amazon.com/Nancarrow-Complete-Studies-Player-Pia...

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Five stand-alone recordings of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5. Here are relevant links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UujARIgHO04 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8OeXFvCph4&t=495s https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9640084--beethoven-piano-concerto-no-5-emperor https://www.amazon.com/Beethoven-Piano-Concertos-Ludwig-van/dp/B0000029VK https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_-z...

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 review: https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-11451/ . For commentary about Rita Bouboulidi's Beethoven Sonata cycle, visit this link: https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?topic=23626.0

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 slow movement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iXawr9iVjY

Link to my Michelangeli Ravel & Rachmaninov Concerto review on Classicstoday.com: https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-4053/

A classic album by an overlooked yet wonderful blues pianist: https://folkways.si.edu/little-brother-montgomery/farro-street-jive/blues/music/album/smithsonian

Here's a YouTube listening link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_njXNF1HPdGtmHcw7Pp8ZKk_mudzFYZAs4

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 Universal Music: 1. Ondine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIBOwg8NGmA ; 2. Le Gibet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvMd03CxPuk ; 3. Scarbo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LACEbWKb1co

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 of Lupu in works that he otherwise did not record: https://www.wwfm.org/show/between-the-keys-with-jed-distler/2022-11-28/remembering-radu

Jed's Between the Keys episode about Rzewski's monumental masterpiece, with special guest pianist Ursula Oppens: https://soundcloud.com/jeddistler/episode-0032-the-people-united-at-40-2015-11-03?in=jeddistler/sets/between-the-keys-archive