The Piano Maven with Jed Distler

Jed Distler is in Warsaw as official Gramophone blogger for the 19th International Chopin Competition, as well as hosting a daily video "Chopin Report" Here are links to five performances that Jed considers special:Yanyan Boa - Ballade No. 4 in F Minor Op. 52 (at 37:21, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjQQa0YtGq0)Pedro Lopez Salas - Nocturne in E Major Op. 62 No. 2 (at 00:02, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ0ZwM7Hz4Y&t=1151s)Kevin Chen - Etudes Op. 10 (at 15:14, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsaCHVBpGvI)Shiori Kuwahara - Polonaise in A-Flat Major Op. 53 (at 38:23, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq02Z3Pvz_g)WIlliam Yang - Andante Spianato ed Grande Polonaise Op. 22 (at 21:14, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcv0suUQNYQ)Here are video links to Jed's first four episodes of The Chopin Report:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kPMJ9wvmTc&t=69shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNDkPdla2xAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh0MeCpROVQ&t=17shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE9llDb71HM

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/pianomavenTying in with Jed's live onsite coverage of the 19th Warsaw International Piano Competition this month, all of October's episodes are devoted to recordings of Chopin's music. On this episode, Jed discusses Deutsche Grammophon's 2021 box set reissue The Chopin Masters, featuring 28 CDs with 28 pianists.Here are links to some of the performers and performances covered:The original DG YouTube promotional trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2oBU-hb2KARoberto Szidon plays Scherzo No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor Op. 39 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKIRQBFB2_MAdam Harasiewicz plays Ballade No. 1 in G Minor Op. 23 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAsOmf3EWeIFou Ts'ong plays Mazurka in B-Flat Minor Op. 24 No. 4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m81GFTfo3FkVladimir Ashkenazy plays Scherzo No. 4 in E Major Op. 54 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olKoS6Q1AM4Shura Cherkassky plays Polonaise-Fantasie in A-Flat Major Op. 61 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lzfx2n6iCIArturo Benedetti Michelangeli plays Prelude in C-Sharp Minor Op. 45 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHbxF0SP8Bg

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Although we're focusing on Chopin this month, I've decided to offer a bonus episode comparing Bruce Liu and Yunchan Lim in their recent recordings of Tchaikovsky's The Seasons.Yunchan Lim - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvMdJnTjJ1kBruce Liu - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVYdHjTYKfs

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Warner Classics' box set edition of Boris Berezovsky's Teldec Studio Recordings oddly omitted his Ravel recital for that label. This disc has long been one of Jed's "guilty pleasures," as you will learn from this episode. Here's a link to find second-hand copies of this long out-of-print disc: https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/6924178Consider a paid sunscription to The Piano Maven by clicking on this link: https://jeddistlermusic.substack.com/.

Jed discusses Martin Jones' complete Debussy piano music cycle on Nimbus.Link to recordings: https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7961023--debussy-complete-piano-music?srsltid=AfmBOopkhy9q8dyyUowlAshDW8DXwGTyp91S-5Dqf2XRm72pz6TEF7KD

Want to get acquainted with Hyperion's Romantic Piano Series, but don't know where to begin? Jed selects five representative volumes to get you started. Volume 42: Sinding and Alnaes Concertos - https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA67555Volume 55: Widor Concertos and Fantasie - https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA67817Volume 18: Marx and Korngold Concertos - https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA66990Volume 62: Gounod's Complete Works for Pedal Piano and Orchestra - https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA67975Volume 49: Stenhammar Concertos 1 & 2 - https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA67975

Claude Loyola Allgén's 49 minute Fantasia for Piano (1956) is a work that unfolds in one long uninterrupted movement. What does one make of this strange yet fascinating music? Is it a neglected masterpiece, or merely just one big mess? Decide for yourself by clicking on the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpFb-rabTkU

Jed reviews Edna Stern's 2024 Orchid Classics Schumann release. Here's a link to download: https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9664747--carnaval

Consider supporting 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 For this episode, Jed talks about six pianists who had major careers yet recorded relatively little. The pianists are Yara Bernette, Carl Friedberg, Malcolm Frager, Myra Hess, Eduard Steuermann and Ossip Gabrilowitsch. Here are links to some recordings: Yara Bernette: Rachmaninov Prelude Op. 32 No. 4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe7Vr2wZcLQCarl Friedberg: Brahms Intermezzo Op. 117 No. 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4-oOizOgVUMalcom Frager: Works of Carl Maria von Weber - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOiAoQbDThIMyra Hess: Beethoven “Appassionata” Sonata First Movement (video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq_yHDbbB18Eduard Steuermann: Schoenberg Complete Piano Music - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv22iGfGN_0Ossip Gabrilowitsch and the Flonzaley Quartet: Schumann Piano Quintet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4f-cJNKrWk

Who said that ancient keyboard music doesn't work on the modern concert grand. Evidently it does, and wonderfully well, as Kit Armstrong demonstrates on this magnificent release. Here are some video links that should entice you to explore further......https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZTfslob7Swhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ0_tTsiHtwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K86xCd6COBo

Jed Distler picks ten albums that represent a broad scope of jazz piano legend Oscar Peterson's extraordinary career.Links to the albums here:The Oscar Peterson Quartet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2QAj7OuSXc&t=134sLive at the Concertgebouw - https://open.spotify.com/album/5u9s4m4f1og4Yz6uUfuljkWest Side Story - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGb2wuT1p9oCanadiana Suite - https://www.amazon.com/Canadiana-Suite-Oscar-Peterson/dp/B00000E5HTMy Favorite Instrument - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t_GnQVgvewWalking the Line - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4MzBdy05TUOscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57nzCqu0rjoOscar Peterson and the Bassists - https://www.amazon.com/Oscar-Peterson-Bassists-Montreux-77/dp/B00004ZC1P; video link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4LXYe-bTRASatch and Josh: Count Basie Encounters Oscar Peterson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z14WqU_9xwThe Legendary Oscar Peterson Trio Live at the Blue Note (4 CD set, complete recordings) - https://concord.com/concord-albums/the-legendary-oscar-peterson-trio-live-at-the-blue-note-complete-4-cd-set/

Th great Hungarian pianist Annie Fischer's EMI legacy is the topic of today's episode. Here are links to recordings discussed:Beethoven "Moonlight" Sonata - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABwyRNbfHoUMozart Piano Concerto K. 595 Rondo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RObJ2V9R3v8

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On this episode of The Piano Maven, Jed Distler reconsiders the legacy of jazz pianist, bandleader and educator Lennie Tristano (1919-1978). 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 Links to recordings cited in this episode:“Wow” Lennie Tristano Sextet (1949) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GSjkYnpvYM“C Minor Complex” (1961) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX1s3OWXxZg“Descent into the Maelstrom” (1953) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99UTNVHLgEkLinks to TV documentary - Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw0WO3YCDZA&t=1475s; Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK7lncPiaW4&t=572sLennie Tristano live at the Half Note in 1964 with Lee Konitz and Warne Marsh on television - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bznqGjyYuRk&t=72s

Carlo Grante is the first pianist to have recorded Domenico Scarlatti's complete keyboard sonatas on a modern concert grand piano. Issued by Music & Arts in six volumes totaling 34 CDs, Jed explores Grante's monumental achievement on this episode of The Piano Maven.Here's a link to Volume 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WWSLwOjjqY&list=PLhQbBbPdSZ2wycF4j85kfeNYL7sPNFHuSConsider 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

Jed discusses Angela Hewitt's 2018 remake of the Six Keyboard Partitas by J.S. Bach.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/pianomavenPartita No. 5: Preambulum (recorded 1997) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c1yNfGVM2E&list=PLPXd6_jpWSlfkR9JT-aCF-MxovL5gwr08&index=30Partita No. 5: Preambulum (recorded 2018) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noHcLr_XPXwPartita No. 4: Sarabande (recorded 2018) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWe-SnPu7ys&list=PLrhvjDLG-KHCDdSXL_g5WFB7aTZ5R3ksF&index=5Partita No. 4: Sarabande (recorded 1997) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHs4MHzG16s

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Chopin's uniquely hypnotic Berceuse has been lucky on disc, and Jed discusses seventeen pianists who've made memorable recorded versions. Here are links to some of them: Josef Hofmann - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzqGLmLlMHY&t=3sAlfred Cortot - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqSDOLmfk30Solomon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O8rbQ6Hi2MWilhelm Kempff - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsKxP_4byAkWalter Gieseking (both versions) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ccf2FSvkzWAVladimir Ashkenazy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dhVzkZk7xcMaurizio Pollini - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zqEHYlrmjcMarc-André Hamelin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMZjygExZ3IRuth Slenczynska - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txR_P7TUf2ILeon Fleisher - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMs5gdORZnAEvgeny Kissin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRQsDTvxgi8Lesson with Garrick Ohlsson - https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=garrick+chopin+berceuseTatiana Shebanova (period instrument recording) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogcn2JqJSakMurray Perahia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OizkT4wRjdo 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

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Jed discusses the 26-CD box set Jorge Bolet: The Complete Decca Recordings on this episode.Here are several samples:Franck - Prelude, Chorale & Fugue (live recording) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZTtcCLrNqMChopin - Prelude Op. 28 No. 8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpbwtXP00pgReger - Telemann Variations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzPdVE12MvILiszt - Waldesrauchen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbi3XaM45dsConsider 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

In 2006 & 2007, Franz Hummel (1939-2022) composed his own set of 33 variations on a waltz by Diabelli, the very same waltz on which Beethoven based his iconic Diabelli Variations Op. 120. Is it a masterpiece or a curiosity? Jed Distler fills you in on this episode.Here's a link to listen purchase Franz Hummel's Diabelli Variations: https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7980049--beethoven-hummel-diabelli-variationsConsider 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 discusses the complete recordings of French pianist Edouard Risler (1873-1929), made acoustically for the Pathé label in 1917. Link to listen via YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNyKzgpI20wLink to Marston Records release - https://www.marstonrecords.com/pages/lagniappe-5-rislerA CDR transfer - https://classicmusiccds.com/product/edouard-risler-the-complete-recordings-cdr/

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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!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 review of Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy - https://www.classicstoday.com/review/schmitt-leonardys-stimulating-chopin/?search=1Link to Alfred Cortot's 1934 recording via The Piano Files with Mark Ainley - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4aeV1_Fhgc&t=35sLink to Cristian Budu's recording - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfbqLiLkWj8&list=PLgUQgOZfCdxEbNIkpd6kwtel8NET3rhhLLink to Behzod Abduraimov's recording - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uoQvb5PAOo&list=PLLNgLU7n-HIzgXqUrWuawObOk3Ygi6FY2Link to download Guiomar Novaes' recording via Internet Archive - https://archive.org/details/lp_24-preludes-op-28-sonata-2-b-flat-minor-o_frdric-chopin-guiomar-novaes_0

Andrew Tyson's Landscapes - https://open.spotify.com/album/0g83URd7QGhtgWw2kj13saConsider 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 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/pianomavenThe 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:https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9445142--grigory-sokolov-plays-beethoven-chopin-schumann-saint-saens-brahms-tchaikovskyhttps://open.spotify.com/album/62qe7ekY5UygTnFaiNE8RR

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=1Mozart Concertos - https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-3408/?search=1Liszt - https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-13884/?search=1Bach - https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-13776/?search=1Schumann - https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-3829/?search=1Beethoven - https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-6210/?search=1Chopin - https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-3293/?search=1Lastly, Jed's 2001 booklet notes for “Young Brendel – The Vox Years” were reproduced in this review, just scroll down and you'll found them. Apparently Brendel hated these notes, but can you blame him?http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2001/apr01/brendel.htm

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/621337480674569Ligeti's Fanfares - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tItbf6F-M3ALink to purchase - https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9759948--ellis-island?srsltid=AfmBOorpob-cx3Rc0JrrcaEg1sIz9QHIn6gnHJQ7ssacJ2q_cgF5Irm-

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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

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=CmyFMhtJngcJitka Čechová - https://www.supraphon.com/album/96-brahms-liszt-live-at-the-rudolfinumBoris Berezovsky - https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7984370--boris-berezovsky-plays-liszt?srsltid=AfmBOoqEJKHu96EbKtmOz-nQ49y2jA-JVNeJKTTDZ6BHHAMJzTx0dVApAlexei Grynyuk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVyMCDz2JJcGeorge-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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Consider 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/pianomavenA (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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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 linksLeonid Kuzman - https://www.amazon.com/Tchaikovsky-Piano-Concerto-Minor-Liszt/dp/B000001LM3Alexei Sultanov – video about the pianist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zgBSe45SGEDimitris Sgouros – 1987 recital https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on8gADSt3Tg;Max Levinson – his YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@natjesmusicNaida Cole – one of her Decca releases: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mDrH5E7IjllB7wBN5IKkt5qdLdKpea8EcAndré-Michel Schub – his Beethoven disc: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l769bk2T8O53cvKfPkX5HnaxCmQ0b87u8Frederic Chiu – his website: https://www.fredericchiu.com/; his recording of Miroirs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6vfytpETJUIvo Pogorelich – his May 1990 recital: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR3LMPYyGbs; Chopin Polonaise-Fantasie Op. 61 from Beijing 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=retMxw9ywyIFrançois-René Duchable – YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIkLSD6_iLRvdDq75Fb6B9gSergei Edelmann – Finale from Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJVXaXVmW0YConsider 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

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