The Piano Maven with Jed Distler

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Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words on Disc May 01, 2025

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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

Ilse von Alpenheim - https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8051889--mendelssohn-lieder-ohne-worte-complete

Livia Rev - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-j2wIkiQPs&list=PLfKr3NKYHmGIqx8mZHNwrlnz5UKswuIJz

Daniel Adni https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfHY26ZnYj4&list=PLZMKV2ojogjgqEc-MF1VglTcMd-_oUNUz

Roberto Presseda - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK2qWswKbhI

Daniel Gortler - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFOPeI2gPaM

Bobby Mitchell - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gesrXj5hC8

Daniel Barenboim - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9DECFy-ZrE&list=OLAK5uy_n0UUnNjxWlkrl7Qj9Ohxgr3NTcVTrospo&index=2

Leonard Pennario in Three Concertos Apr 28, 2025

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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

Ten Over-Recorded Piano Works Apr 24, 2025

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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: John Adams – China Gates

Nikolai Demidenko's Schubert Revisited Apr 21, 2025

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Link to download Nikolai Demidenko's Schubert - https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8661521--schubert-impromptus-other-piano-music

Eloquence Piano Library - Deutsche Grammophon Edition Apr 17, 2025

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Link to purchase: https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9661565--piano-library-deutsche-grammophon-edition

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

Eloquence Piano Library - Westminster and American Decca Edition Apr 14, 2025

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Link to purchase: https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9661566--piano-library-westminster-american-decca-edition

Ten Cult Pianists Apr 10, 2025

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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