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8:51

Stocking Stuffers

The Piano Maven with Jed Distler ·

2024/12/05

Holiday gift ideas for piano lovers:https://open.spotify.com/album/1PAlDURxUFo5eR2U75PnSihttps://open.spotify.com/album/1xyebt37cG56P72RwwlPEQhttps://open.spotify.com/album/0lxVdAWzAL5M2tGXjAw5v8https://open.spotify.com/album/1xpoXLbZhfVdADuiqFnBRChttps://www.ebay.com/itm/265957991037

14:13

Five Underrated Emperors

The Piano Maven with Jed Distler ·

2024/12/02

Five stand-alone recordings of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5. Here are relevant links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UujARIgHO04https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8OeXFvCph4&t=495shttps://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9640084--beethoven-piano-concerto-no-5-emperorhttps://www.amazon.com/Beethoven-Piano-Concertos-Ludwig-van/dp/B0000029VKhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_-zrhZVF69Og2zPFOxojmjacRVLS_VFv

13:49

Thanksgiving Turkeys

The Piano Maven with Jed Distler ·

2024/11/28

Some genuine piano "turkeys" to consider, or perhaps to avoid! Here are some helpful links. For Valery Afanassiev's Beethoven, check out Victor Carr, Jr.'s review: https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-11451/. For commentary about Rita Bouboulidi's Beethoven Sonata cycle, visit this link: https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?topic=23626.0

8:32

The Marvelous Moszkowski Concerto

The Piano Maven with Jed Distler ·

2024/11/25

Moszkowski's Piano Concerto has enjoyed considerable revival on disc. On this episode, Jed Distler explores the work's recorded discography. Here's a link to the slow movement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iXawr9iVjY

23:17

Michelangeli Big Boxes Part 1: The Complete Warner...

The Piano Maven with Jed Distler ·

2024/11/21

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

5:30

Little Brother Montgomery's "Farro Street Jive"

The Piano Maven with Jed Distler ·

2024/11/18

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

5:46

Sergei Kvitkos' Brilliant Ad Libitum

The Piano Maven with Jed Distler ·

2024/11/14

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

11:50

The "Best" Ravel Gaspard de la nuit?

The Piano Maven with Jed Distler ·

2024/11/11

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

7:51

Radu Lupu Rarities

The Piano Maven with Jed Distler ·

2024/11/07

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

18:02

Frederic Rzewski's "The People United Will Never Be...

The Piano Maven with Jed Distler ·

2024/11/04

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

22:40

Schumann's Fantasy in C Major in 15 Recordings

The Piano Maven with Jed Distler ·

2024/10/31

Recommended recordings of Schumann's Fantasy in C Major Op. 17:Sergio Fiorentino - https://open.spotify.com/album/2s19G2wc2xQtyBECvCoFQbWilhelm Backhaus -https://open.spotify.com/track/29T6fqDoyUQve6v6HYnFDoVladimir Horowitz -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjw6aTXXoZALeif Ove Andsnes -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaA8GDGoPNgMaurizio Pollini - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dYgNt32YXoWilhelm Kempff - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX-NVFOms6sNina Lelchuk -

6:28

Murray Perahia Summits Beethoven's Everest

The Piano Maven with Jed Distler ·

2024/10/28

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/

7:19

A Legendary Pogorelich Recital

The Piano Maven with Jed Distler ·

2024/10/24

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

10:43

VAI's Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies Compilation

The Piano Maven with Jed Distler ·

2024/10/21

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

9:02

Geza Anda's Live Tchaikovsky and Brahms Concertos

The Piano Maven with Jed Distler ·

2024/10/17

Link to purchase and download: https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8026756--geza-anda-plays-tchaikovsky-brahms

19:22

Six Chopin Nocturne Cycles

The Piano Maven with Jed Distler ·

2024/10/10

Moura Lympany link: https://www.classicstoday.com/review/sublime-sounds-sacred-space/Stephen Hough link to Hyperion video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqD7AHQAKykIvan Moravec plays Chopin Op. 48 No. 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BaLVjoLUAQ

6:09

Françoise Chaffiaud Plays Bach

The Piano Maven with Jed Distler ·

2024/10/10

Link to listen to my Between the Keys episode "The Art of Françoise Chaffiaud: https://www.wwfm.org/show/between-the-keys-with-jed-distler/2023-02-27/the-art-of-francoise-chaffiaudLink to the pianist's website: http://www.francoise-chaffiaud.com/en/

4:06

Hanren Zhang's Dances and Dreams

The Piano Maven with Jed Distler ·

2024/10/07

Link to listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcGStvi2-7w&list=OLAK5uy_luno1J37hB1jUqQck1p97KoSYYEoVVL4I

13:53

Bud Powell at 100

The Piano Maven with Jed Distler ·

2024/10/03

A 1962 video capturing Bud Powell in performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaSDinL6pC8

7:19

The 2005 Van Cliburn Competition Revisited

The Piano Maven with Jed Distler ·

2024/09/30

You purchase downloads for two of these Harmonia Mundi releases here:https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7941659--van-cliburn-competition-2005-sa-chenhttps://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7941658--international-van-cliburn-competition-2005

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