The Piano Maven with Jed Distler

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Brahms' Ballades Op. 10 on Disc Feb 20, 2025

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Jed discusses recordings of Brahms' Ballades Op. 10. 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 1973 Lugano performance with Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7S19Ew-fv8

Link to live performance with Emil Gilels - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJwLU4EmZjE

Link to Ballade No. 4 with Arthur Rubinstein - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky6HBfnrXS4

Link to Jonathan Plowright’s recording - https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8261243--brahms-works-for-solo-piano-volume-4

Link to Glenn Gould’s complete recording sessions for the Ballades Op. 10 and Rhapsodies Op. 79 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOTsc-Z2BIE

The Joyce Hatto Scandal Revisited Feb 17, 2025

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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

Link to Mark Singer’s New Yorker article about Joyce Hatto: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/09/17/fantasia-for-piano

Link to Jed’s Between the Keys episode featuring recordings stolen for Joyce Hatto releases: https://www.wwfm.org/show/between-the-keys-with-jed-distler/2024-06-13/rejoyce-hatto-that-is

Link to a David Hurwitz editorial about the Hatto scandal that’s still very relevant to collectors: https://www.classicstoday.com/the-hatto-affair-a-victimless-crime/

Link to Farhan Malik’s Joyce Hatto identifications page: http://www.farhanmalik.com/hatto/main.html

Link to video documentary about the Joyce Hatto scandal (with a tiny cameo from Jed!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKH1X3Tg_b4&t=1s

A Look at Some Schumann Cycles Feb 13, 2025

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A quick note - Although I mentioned on the podcast that some of these cycles are hard to source on physical CDs, they mostly appear to be available via downloading and streaming services.

Here are the links to recordings:

Peter Frankl - https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8534580--robert-schumann-complete-music-for-piano-solo

Karl Engel - https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/schumann-luvre-de-piano-vol-2-karl-engel/3298490044506

Reine Gialoni - https://open.spotify.com/album/3cRQoJIPxvfrOPv2yVOOzC

Jörg Demus - https://www.amazon.com/Schumann-Complete-Piano-Jorg-Demus/dp/B000W99IPM

Jean-Pierre Marty - https://www.amazon.com/Schumann-Works-Piano-Oeuvres-Pour/dp/B001LPDIZC

Florian Uhlig - https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Works-Piano-Florian-Uhlig/dp/B0BGM5B4BY

Dana Ciocarlie - https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8366293--r-schumann-complete-solo-piano-works-vol-12-drei-romanzen-op-28-novelletten-op-21?srsltid=AfmBOoqE5HZi9WbUC1aPwCfkz8fW3lyX6VYVHN2EmH2h6tc5u37pWsl6

Eric Le Sage - https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8024256--schumann-project-eric-le-sage

Eric Lu in Leipzig Feb 10, 2025

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Here's the link to hear Eric Lu's Jul 2nd 2022 recital in Leipzig -

https://archive.org/details/3_20240904_20240904_1534

and here's a link to purchase his Warner solo debut CD - https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8732850--chopin-preludes-op-28-schumann-ghost-variations?srsltid=AfmBOorYVulz0mUFI-qqaC_nS-gGoAkLTu8ZJVSO5Dk5e6jqG5tUEqlY

Three Messy Discographies Feb 06, 2025

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Navigating the discographies of pianists Nikita Magaloff, Sviatoslav Richter and Paul Badura-Skoda can be quite the challenge! But persistence and patience sometimes result in musical rewards.

Vladimir Ashkenazy's Best "Rach 3?" Feb 03, 2025

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Link to recording - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbDWs6hRBI8

A Deep Dive into Beethoven's Diabelli Variations Jan 31, 2025

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Jed Distler discusses fifteen favorite recordings of Beethoven's last and largest piano work, the Variations on a Theme of DIabelli Op. 120. If you enjoy this special extended episode, please 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 2015 Gramophone survey of the DIabellis on record: https://reader.exacteditions.com/issues/45340/page/118?term=distler%20diabelli

Link to Daniel Höxer's recordings: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8F57E5D963F4C0E7

Link to an LP transfer of Charles Rosen's recording: https://archive.org/details/01diabellivariations120

A taste of Martino Tirimo's recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPxsk63yhWc

A taste of Cecile Ouuset's recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rwwCou7OyA

Download Olli Mustonen's recording: https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7934860--beethoven-diabelli-variations-op-120?srsltid=AfmBOoo9TGZRcrhgz5R5_dw1J1E-JUCosDoaSFnujaaabvWhaeN2djzn

Paul Baumgartner's recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATxBzzFNvSU

Beethoven Meets Liszt Jan 30, 2025

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Cycles devoted to Beethoven's Symphonies transcribed by Franz Liszt is the topic of today's episode.

Link to Cyprien Katsaris playing the finale from the Beethoven/Liszt Symphony No. 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=VoIu9l8F1g0&t=0s

Link to the Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman Piano Duo performing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony four hands:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNXt-6WDPzw

Beethoven's 32 Sonatas with 64 Pianists: Op. 109, 110 & 111 Jan 29, 2025

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Links to recordings:

Op. 109

Victor Schiøler - https://open.spotify.com/track/3X42SkRgXaqqsVTpsFq8DB

Tom Beghin - https://www.challengerecords.com/products/15045965241158/inside-the-hearing-machine

Op. 110

Dame Myra Hess - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wx8QvIzsyew

Dina Ugorskaja - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQXjsincw7M

Op. 111

Howard Karp - https://open.spotify.com/track/4NPV1ivAcsoBb0rFoSnNQU

Annie Fischer - https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8787043--beethoven-piano-sonatas-nos-18-32?srsltid=AfmBOoo1p7OHpwh08xv9TTyZqwYn1Z-1Ruce9jMmkawa81xlGEfN_bXT

Beethoven's 32 Sonatas with 64 pianists: Op. 106 ("Hammerklavier") Jan 28, 2025

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Link to Jed's Gramophone Collection article: https://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical%20music%20news/article/introducing-gramophone-s-january-2020-issue

Link to Between the Keys webcast featuring Peter Serkin's recording - https://www.wwfm.org/webcasts/2018-01-09/between-the-keys-january-9th-beethovens-last-sonatas-part-2

Link to Frederic Rzewski's live 1991 recording - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGyX5W9a_IE

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