The Piano Maven with Jed Distler

A discussion of Arthur Rubinstein's three integral recorded versions of Chopin's Mazurkas. Here are download links for all three cycles: 1. https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8079160--rubinstein-collection-vol-6-chopin-mazurkas-scherzos; 2. https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8079130--rubinstein-collection-vol-27-chopin-mazurkas-impromptus; 3. https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7933105--rubinstein-collection-vol-50-chopin-51-mazurkas

Arthur Rubinstein's historic Moscow recital on October 1st 1964. Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K4ZwA2nQqI&t=27s. Link to purchased the 1999 Rubinstein Edition release:

Revisiting Alexis Weissenberg's Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3 recording with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Georges Prêtre. Here's link to purchase a download: https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8193029--rachmaninoff-piano-concerto-no-3-in-d-minor-op-30

A survey of Scarlatti recitals. Here's a link to one of my all-Scarlatti Between the Keys episodes: https://www.wwfm.org/show/between-the-keys-with-jed-distler/2023-12-20/snuggle-up-with-scarlatti. Here's a link to the Konstantin Scherbakov Scarlatti volume on Naxos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iztt0sR-F4Q.

A link to my review: https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-14861/?search=1; a link to the Schumann Concerto first movement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aj7GjVfsq8

Ten essential Aldo Ciccolini recordings. Here's a link to Liszt Legend No. 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PBugDKGC7I

A friendly podcast guide to piano recordings with composer/pianist Jed Distler, producer and host of the ASCAP Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Award winning radio show Between the Keys, and longtime record reviewer for Classicstoday.com and Gramophone.