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The Piano Maven with Jed Distler

Your friendly podcast guide to piano recordings.

Copyright: © John Edward Distler 2024

Latest Episodes:

Michelangeli Big Boxes Part 1: The Complete Warner Recordings Nov 21, 2024

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

Little Brother Montgomery's "Farro Street Jive" Nov 18, 2024

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

Sergei Kvitkos' Brilliant Ad Libitum Nov 14, 2024

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

The "Best" Ravel Gaspard de la nuit? Nov 11, 2024

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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

Radu Lupu Rarities Nov 07, 2024

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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

Frederic Rzewski's "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!" Nov 04, 2024

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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

Schumann's Fantasy in C Major in 15 Recordings Oct 31, 2024

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Recommended recordings of Schumann's Fantasy in C Major Op. 17:

Sergio Fiorentino - https://open.spotify.com/album/2s19G2wc2xQtyBECvCoFQb

Wilhelm Backhaus -https://open.spotify.com/track/29T6fqDoyUQve6v6HYnFDo

Vladimir Horowitz -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjw6aTXXoZA

Leif Ove Andsnes -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaA8GDGoPNg

Maurizio Pollini - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dYgNt32YXo

Wilhelm Kempff - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX-NVFOms6s

Nina Lelchuk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kQXHJTnQME

Fabrizio Chiovetta - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBLCplR58TA&list=OLAK5uy_kgH7bDkviv6g1_aS955H77We7jheMAHoQ

Murray Perahia Summits Beethoven's Everest Oct 28, 2024

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Here's my Classicstoday.com review: https://www.classicstoday.com/review/built-last-murray-perahias-masterful-hammerklavier/. And here's a review I wrote comparing both Murray Perahia and Yuja Wang performing the Hammerklavier in New York on consecutive weekends in New York: https://www.classicstoday.com/tale-two-hammerklaviers/

A Legendary Pogorelich Recital Oct 24, 2024

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Ivo Pogorelich's 1990 New York recital was the stuff of legends, and you can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR3LMPYyGbs

VAI's Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies Compilation Oct 21, 2024

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19 Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies with 19 Pianists. Check out this fascinating and illuminating collection: https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7975361--liszt-19-hungarian-rhapsodies-played-by-19-great-pianists

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