The Piano Maven with Jed Distler

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Link to Philipp Lynov playing Ravel's Miroirs in The Cliburn 2025 Semi-Finals - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj9hASh2wgw&t=1521s

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Jed discusses a very rare all-Schubert disc with live performances by Steven de Groote (Claremont GSE 1527)

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Link to video of Kate Liu playing Brahms' Piano Sonata No. 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OwW0T1PvZM

Link to Kate Liu 2022 Van Cliburn International Competition Quarterfinal Recital - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nliha96TliY

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!

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Link to Jed’s review of Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy - https://www.classicstoday.com/review/schmitt-leonardys-stimulating-chopin/?search=1

Link to Alfred Cortot’s 1934 recording via The Piano Files with Mark Ainley - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4aeV1...

Andrew Tyson's Landscapes - https://open.spotify.com/album/0g83URd7QGhtgWw2kj13sa

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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 - everything is there: the impeccable technique, utmost control of sonority and balance, and almost scientific awareness of his instrument's mechanical and expressive potential.

Here are links to the performances:

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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.classicstoday.com/review/review-13776/?search=1

Schumann - https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-3829/?search=1

Beethoven - https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-6210/?search=1

Chopin - https...

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.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9759948--ellis-island?srsltid=AfmBOorpob-cx3Rc0JrrcaEg1sIz9QHIn6gnHJQ7ssacJ2q_cgF5Irm-

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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 CDs). Link to listen to Hungarian Rhapsodies No.s 1-10 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afo2NTiZz2Y

Raymond Trouard: Une vie pour le piano (Sony Classical, 11 CDs). Links to purchase...

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

Five commercial Liszt Sonata recordings that deserve wider recognition:

Van Cliburn - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmyFMhtJngc

Jitka Čechová - https://www.supraphon.com/album/96-brahms-liszt-live-at-the-rudolfinum

Boris Berezovsky - https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7984370--boris-berezovsky-plays-liszt?srsltid=AfmBOoqEJKHu96EbKtmOz-nQ49y2jA-JVNeJKTTDZ6BHHAMJzTx0dVAp

Alexei Grynyuk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVyMCDz2JJc

George-Emmanuel Lazaridis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g5HBjoEFAI

This episode lists ten more piano-related box sets that Jed would like to see released!

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A (mostly) Liszt recital from January 19th, 2001; link to video -https://lukarn.fr/en/program/akiko-ebi-franz-liszt-frederic-chopin/

Link to audio-only soundtrack on Archive.org - https://archive.org/details/thr_20250223

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Link to purchase The Complete Josef Hofmann Volume 4 - https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7975345--the-complete-josef-hofmann-vol-4?srsltid=AfmBOoqLMI6L0tKzaqNGf5Anub3i79RwrSjZXDkItZ-GLeu81P6yMn4-

Link to listen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EBk8UEpltw

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Link to John Ogdon's Beethoven "Appassionata" - https://johnogdon.bandcamp.com/album/ludwig-van-beethoven-piano-sonata-no-23-in-f-minor-op-57-appassionata

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Link to sample from Daan Vandewalle's recording - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PCCGC3nFBU&list=OLAK5uy_kZxHScVEUv64oJbjzSdZ32guSxV6c-krM

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An interesting link comparing five pianists - https...

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Link to Sonia Rubinsky's Scarlatti release - https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8429262--sonia-rubinsky-sonatas-de-scarlatti

Whatever happened to these ten pianists?

A discussion about pianists whose recordings received lots of attention at the start of their careers. Yet where are they now?

Here are the ten pianists, along with relevant links

Leonid Kuzman - https://www.amazon.com/Tchaikovsky-Piano-Concerto-Minor-Liszt/dp/B000001LM3

Alexei Sultanov – video about the pianist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zgBSe45SGE

Dimitris Sgouros – 1987 recital https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on8gADSt3Tg;

Max Levinson – his YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@natjesmusic

Naida Cole – one of h...

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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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wQJAyvktrg

Ania Dorfmann - https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8339372--mendelssohn-songs-without-words

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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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wQJAyvktrg

Ania Dorfmann - https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8339372--mendelssohn-songs-without-words

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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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wQJAyvktrg

Ania Dorfmann - https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8339372--mendelssohn-songs-without-words

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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.

Link to purchase: https://www.amazon.com/Piano-Concertos-Grieg-Liszt-Chopin/dp/B000000UVU/ref=sr_1_1?crid=19XEQOMMEXRII&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.TUYwgvi8nbXe5nIYd3YUEafwGbwItTmzcZVsMVQu0p8.KuB2ffWdh6D_29JNPP0ugSD4lq8iKH40-BjgV4i4ndM&dib_tag=se&keywords=pennario+golschmann+chopin&qid=1744905746&s=music&sprefix=pennario+golschmann+chopin%2Cpopular%2C94&sr=1-1

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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: Joh...

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Link to review: https://www.classicstoday.com/review/historic-gems-berghs-reger-baumgartners-beethoven/

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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_Ludwig_van_Beethoven__The_Great_Piano_Sonatas/Contact.aspx

Seymour Lipkin - https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Beethoven-Piano-Sonatas-Musicplaybyplay/dp/B0002JP49Q

Jean...

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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

Alfred Cortot 1926 recording - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjaQAe6vv6c

Ignaz Friedman -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL3off9fxH4

Artur Schnabel 1947 recording...

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

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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/watch?v=umKelW2nkNo

Berlioz/Liszt Symphonie Fantastique - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2mT-VmPsxY

Boulez Piano Sonatas...

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 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

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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?v=MCjFxrX269I

Seong-Jin Cho - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIXe7H52...

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.

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