The Piano Maven with Jed Distler

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Consider taking out a paid subscription to The Piano Maven podcast via our Substack page (https://jeddistlermusic.substack.com/about), which you also can access by clicking on the "Donate" button here: https://rss.com/podcasts/pianomavenJed takes a deep dive into Deutsche Grammophon’s Friedrich Gulda Edition, which encompasses 84 CDs devoted to the pianist's complete recordings for labels controlled by Universal Music, plus some bonus DVDs. Gulda was one of the 20th century’s most fascinating, multi-talented, confrontational and boundary-breaking musicians, who embraced both classical and jazz idioms with equal fervency and commitment. How has this immense recorded legacy stood the test of time? Listen and find out!Here are links to selected recordings featured in the box:Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major (“Waldstein”) – first movement (Amadeo recording) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyjnWqxL2CQChopin: Preludes Op. 28 (live Deustche Grammophon recording) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRB23YrsTo4&list=PLnXTfjAd4PkepKFUVDOOSq_6XNxsJqqwgDebussy: Suite bergamasque - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XDi-UHyDKYGulda: Suite 1962 (jazz trio) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNUwT8Adf6I

Consider taking out a paid subscription to The Piano Maven podcast via 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 Morton Feldman’s hypnotically absorbing Triadic Memories has fare well on disc, and to mark the composer’s centenary, Jed explores several catalog options.Here are links to the recordings discussed:Roger Woodward - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM2_Vow5mms&list=PLbG9xmYd3shTK3wbQlBZaXI-_QNIsYP8aAki Takahashi - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3R8gU-BBnQStefan Schleiermacher - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvjXWa-pl30Marilyn Nonken (the opening of her Mode Records recording) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbhkaCvPl_wJohn Tilbury - https://www.ebay.com/itm/226501263349John Tilbury (live recording) - https://www.jtilbury.com/Sabine Liebner – (beginning) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b05nkvU-bFo; (conclusion) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3blAgt09ow0

If you search for piano recordings via downloading and streaming platforms, you may encounter the name Claudio Colombo, who has seemingly recorded everything ever written for the piano, and for the harpsichord as well. Or has he? Just what is this all about? Jed tries to find out for himself on this episode.Some examples:Clementi - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMAOTrCTYT4&list=PLjQOybcDkZBMDEqcph3Os-Tixbl4v4MxOBrahms - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmVCcXY0XbgSchubert for Clarinet and Piano - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWD-wdgtfGo&list=PL-fcrLIr4hrfEQyfBQld3JOzFtRqjQEgkMussorgsky for Flute and Piano - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EATbUF90yoBrahms Violin Sonata No. 1 "arranged" for Clarinet and Piano - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE8UR7iQl3YConsider 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

Chopin’s Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor Op. 58 may be the most frequently recorded among all of the Romantic piano sonatas, and Jed has his hands full on a lengthy episode that explores this work’s rich discography. Here are links to several of the recordings discussed:Moriz Rosenthal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn4SmBSoG_IAlfred Cortot (1933 recording) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EWRIOvTK0wPercy Grainger (4th movement) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qW371IdjiANadia Reisenberg (1st movement) - https://open.spotify.com/track/6Tq1qt6U0KIRveEnf6Z2Z0Claudio Arrau - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1JousWsVYIWitold Malcuzynski (3rd & 4th movements) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC_XCvBfGrEMartha Argerich (4th movement DG) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMC3yToYuFAIsaac Mikhnovsky - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB-nzZs_ZwI&t=9sVan Cliburn (1st movement) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsWNx-0h298Bruce Hungerford (1st movement_ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvwHk1FeZMwBruno Leonardo-Gelber - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o841NQu6weg&t=563sRuth Slenczynska (4th movement) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsQC7vh5wOIJakob Kuszlik - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIFNr2f8fEsNelson Freire (1st movement, Columbia 1968) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15QCHMHhXW4Nelson Freire (1st movement, Decca 2002) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cg0loc9vIsNelson Freire (live 2016) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ-Crrv1J34&t=1160sNelson Freire (live 2002) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IVT9EaUbyI&t=1243s

A rebroadcast of Episode 20 from Season 1, where Jed discusses complete cycles of the Chopin Etudes on record. If you enjoy this rebroadcast, please 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 Jed’s Gramophone Collection Chopin Etudes Survey: https://www.gramophone.co.uk/features/article/chopin-s-etudes-a-deep-dive-into-the-best-recordingsLinks to selected recordings:1. https://musicandarts.com/product/zayas-plays-chopin-12-a%C2%89tudes-op-10-12-a%C2%89tudes-op-25-trois-nouvelles-a%C2%89tudes-juana-zayas-pianist/2. https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9264484--cziffra-plays-chopin3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl-WVW02GBg4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4aeV1_Fhgc

A rebroadcast of Episode 23 from Season 2, where Jed 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/pianomavenLink to Jed's 2015 Gramophone survey of the Diabellis on record: https://reader.exacteditions.com/issues/45340/page/118?term=distler%20diabelli Link to an LP transfer of Charles Rosen's recording: https://archive.org/details/01diabellivariations120A taste of Martino Tirimo's recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPxsk63yhWcA taste of Cecile Ouuset's recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rwwCou7OyADownload Olli Mustonen's recording: https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7934860--beethoven-diabelli-variations-op-120?srsltid=AfmBOoo9TGZRcrhgz5R5_dw1J1E-JUCosDoaSFnujaaabvWhaeN2djznPaul Baumgartner's recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATxBzzFNvSU

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I;m launching a multi-episode discographical exploration of Messiaen's monumental piano cycle Vingt regards sur l'enfant Jésus, starting with four recordings dating from the late 60s through the late 80s. So sorry that I kept pronouncing the pianist's name "Jean Rudolphe," when it's obviously "Jean-Rodolphe." My apologies!!!!!Here are audio samples from the recordings under discussion:Michel Béroff - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvd2zGk11icPeter Serkin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlgD6cLyvj4Anton Batagov - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30qcHdxnDREJean-Rodolphe Kars - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8Vk7uRR0_Q&list=PLT7y1WItbPC5kkvWEj0wnAACsYsPzBYwg

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 Here are recommendations for three recent releases devoted to the Five Beethoven Piano Concertos:Inon Barnatan – Concerto No. 1 Third Movement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jfAI0ZRGcsGarrick Ohlsson – Concerto No. 5 First Movement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=729a99oqRBw&list=PL44gxJwuwoaZWuiR72s4g7Xj6gEHxA2HB&index=13Haochen Zhang – Concerto No. 4 Second Movement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb9VEL3poPY&list=PLuUMeVsvQwwF0mDUPSEZlbRsC_5iZDGkB&index=13

Jed talks about Krystian Zimerman’s Deutsche Grammophon recordings of Schubert's Piano Sonatas in A Major D. 959 and B-Flat Major D. 960Links to selected movements are here:D. 959 – II. Allegretto - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fubKC4TNi2g&list=PLsUQ1iTYBB1W0lEePuydi5ytSzbgscj3k&index=2D. 960 – IV. Allegro ma non troppo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8WNaFz_F0UConsider 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

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/pianomavenJed talks about Ingrid Fliter's first volume of Chopin Mazurkas on the Outhere label. Here's a link to her performance of the C Major Mazurka Op. 24 No. 2:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujQ_TktdZeA

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 This episode focuses upon seven highly distinctive all-Liszt recitals that surely will enhance any piano collection. Here are links to sample selections:1. Claudio Arrau - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nMR83ly5GU2. Minoru Nojima - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3SoQ5-LCLI&list=PLrpUfzCDMUy106Wd9zufyedpnTFTXBt7u3. Sandrine Erdely-Sayo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpYnmxKTBJA4. Earl Wild - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jvo8lJ1GOdA5. Arnaldo Cohen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFmsjoKSU0k6. Jean-Efflam Bavouzet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLoNn-I5JJg7. Vladimir Ashkenazy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX0vjDUPF_k

Jed discusses a terrific all-Schubert release from the Prague Piano Duo. YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_yu59RaaAY&list=OLAK5uy_nbCOUfqIFHKJwhOEzQaxNWFor_PIZM7nwBandcamp link: https://praguepianoduo.bandcamp.com/

Welcome to our second episode of Season Three.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 A listener asked me about Sviatoslav Richter’s August 26th 1977 Salzburg Festival recital issued on the Orfeo label. I hadn't heard this disc in a while, so I decided to revisit it. Here's a link to the music:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0_PSRycUck&list=PLFer8UZgtB8JaLO0P43YDjLAfeB9sFqv6

Welcome to our first episode of Season Three! 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 Chopin’s Barcarolle is the topic of this episode, where Jed recommends some of his long-time favorite recordings. Here are links to recordings discussed: Alfred Cortot – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNhHWqVvPrgBenno Moiseiwitsch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sEf08rtl8oWalter Gieseking - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEXhUzGEwj8Wilhelm Kempff - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMLjXQslVQcDinu Lipatti - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG5nREXB3agVladimir Horowitz (1957) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhzN8lSvitsVladimir Horowitz (1980) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a79dAwTMWvUIvan Moravec - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJk9J-KAI-cMurray Perahia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIwC-Qire0wKrystian Zimerman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cv7diE0ZMcRichard Goode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL7bM0DYjikBenjamin Grosvenor - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-R0YOlZdRoRoland Pöntinen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQKgok39lKkArthur Rubinstein (1964) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hTIzGlfOJ0

"Vladimir Horowitz Plays Great Sonatas" is culled from the legendary virtuoso's Columbia Masterworks and RCA Victor catalogs, and features selections ranging from the Baroque era to mid-20th century works that are strongly identified with the pianist. Although most of the performances can easily be sourced outside of this collection, piano mavens still will want to know about this ten-disc set, which can be obtained from second-hand dealers: https://www.amazon.com/Vladimir-Horowitz-Plays-Great-Sonata/dp/B0056K4V2M

A look back at the Winter 1999 issue of International Piano Quarterly (now International Piano), when twelve critics were asked to pick their top piano releases for 1998, as well as to mention recordings they’d like to see reissued. How many of these reissue requests came to pass over the next 27 years? And have their 1998 top release choices stood the test of time?Here are links to some of the recordings discussed:The William Kapell Edition - https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8079691--william-kapell-editionMedtner – Complete Piano Sonatas, with Marc-André Hamelin - https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7945019--medtner-the-complete-piano-sonatasMonique de La Bruchollerie box from Meloclassic - https://www.meloclassic.com/home/monique-de-la-bruchollerie-box/Benno Moiseiwitsch is amply represented in Naxos’ Great Pianists’ series - https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7948359--great-pianists-moiseiwitsch-2Lukas Foss plays Bach Concertos Nos. 1 & 5 (LP transfer) - https://archive.org/details/lp_concerto-no-1-in-d-minor-concerto-no-5-in_johann-sebastian-bach-lukas-foss-the-zimblInternational Tchaikovsky Competition Vol. 1 – Vladimir Ashkenazy & John Ogdon - https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8253856--tchaikovsky-competition-vol-1-1962-the-competition-that-was-a-draw

An adventurous six-CD box set containing original piano works by Beethoven, plus chamber and orchestral repertoire in rare solo piano transcriptions, all brilliantly served up by Cyprien Katsaris.Link to the recordings: https://www.amazon.com/Chronological-Odyssey-Cyprien-Katsaris/dp/B081WQS75L

Here's a rebroadcast of Season Two Episode 60: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=TzArJYgJqdEAnnerose Schmidt plays Mozart's Complete Piano Concertos (Berlin Classics, 10 CDs). Link to purchase - https://www.amazon.com/Mozart-Piano-Concertos-Wolfgang-Amadeus/dp/B0036ULAY6France Clidat plays Liszt (Decca, 14 CDs). Link to listen to Hungarian Rhapsodies No.s 1-10 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afo2NTiZz2YRaymond Trouard: Une vie pour le piano (Sony Classical, 11 CDs). Links to purchase - https://www.ebay.com/itm/115569835636, https://www.amazon.com/Raymond-Trouard-Une-Pour-Piano/dp/B0017YZIIW. Link to Grieg Concerto - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGVYdTY_uxM