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Janina Fialkowska's Enchanting Schubert02 Sep 202400:04:45

Schubert D. 894 First movement link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vDqnBMKPs4;

Piano Music of Jan Levoslav Bella29 Aug 202400:05:46
Debussy's Preludes on an 1873 Pleyel29 Jul 202400:04:41

Hiroko Sasaki's excellent period instrument Debussy Preludes Books I & II, performed on an 1873 Pleyel piano. Official link to album is here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ncaCuKo5ZE75c2NPWihaU3mgVpvQUJfG0

A 2010 Schumann Compilation from EMI25 Jul 202400:10:19

An all-Schumann six-CD compilation, issued by EMI in 2010 (catalog number 6 09047 2) with various pianists. Here's a link to Jed's Classicstoday.com review: https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-15513/

Jean Barraqué's Piano Sonata on disc22 Jul 202400:06:43

A thorny and iconic pillar of serial piano music. Here's a link to Jed's recording of choice: https://www.amazon.com/Jean-Barraqu%C3%A9-Sonate-Pour-Piano/dp/B00N28RXJS/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1OYVNMOUPXMW2&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.l2qLCWfxi3Wj_-pqAHAYSQ.IZIVWyqcZqUhWVBFLqSJqllGqX8cthtJxvFEh-TQJHM&dib_tag=se&keywords=barraque+woodward&qid=1717342891&s=music&sprefix=barraque+woodward%2Cpopular%2C96&sr=1-1

The Chopin Mazurkas with Arthur Rubinstein18 Jul 202400:08:49
Arthur Rubinstein's Milestone Moscow Recital15 Jul 202400:08:56
Alexis Weissenberg's Rockin' Rachmaninov Third Concerto11 Jul 202400:04:35

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

Surveying Scarlatti08 Jul 202400:11:56

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 Howard Shelley Concerto Trifecta04 Jul 202400:05:46
The Art of Aldo Ciccolini01 Jul 202400:16:44

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

Coming Soon - The Piano Maven with Jed Distler27 May 202400:02:46

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.

Brilliant Classics' Virtuoso Etudes Box26 Aug 202400:21:36
Maria Perrotta Plays Chopin22 Aug 202400:05:10
Andre Laplante's Under the Radar Brahms Sonata No. 319 Aug 202400:09:34
The Art of Lelia Gousseau15 Aug 202400:04:53
Van Cliburn's Tchaikovsky - A Million Seller Reconsidered12 Aug 202400:08:08

Has Van Cliburn's million selling 1958 recording of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No 1 stood the test of time? Live performance from the 1958 Tchaikovsky Competition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qROema2MDI. Link to the RCA studio recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvenFtOB4-s

Dimitri Malignan Plays Bach08 Aug 202400:05:07

A sensitive and cultivated Bach recital from Dimitri Malignan. Link to purchase the CD: https://www.amazon.com/Peregrinations-J-S-Bach-CD-Dimitri-Malignan/dp/B09QRLBF8J. Link to his final round 2021 Montreal Competition performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8on0pGGTsP4.

Five Piano Goldberg Variations Recordings on DG05 Aug 202400:16:22

Bach's Goldberg Variations as played by Wilhelm Kempff, Andrei Gavrilov, Rosalyn Tureck, Lang Lang and Vikingur Ólafsson. Here are links to a few reviews: https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-15906/?search=1, and https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-15619/?search=1

André Watts' Best Liszt01 Aug 202400:03:57

André Watts was on great form for his 1986 Schwetzingen Festival all-Liszt recital. Check out my Classicstoday.com review here https://www.classicstoday.com/review/compelling-liszt-from-andre-watts/; and purchase the recording here https://www.amazon.com/Piano-Recital-1986-FRANZ-LISZT/dp/B007C7FCMK.

Donald Berman Plays Ives' Concord Sonata26 Sep 202400:09:27
Earl Wild at 88, on the 88s23 Sep 202400:05:26
Yuja Wang's Vienna Recital19 Sep 202400:10:08
Matthew Shipp's 1990 Trio Debut16 Sep 202400:05:24
Solace with Risto-Matti Marin12 Sep 202400:05:25

Link to Risto-Matti Marin's releases: https://www.ristomattimarin.fi/recordins/?lang=en

Wojciech Kocyan Aces Prokofiev's Sonata No. 709 Sep 202400:07:34

Link to Wojciech Kocyan’s website: https://www.wkocyan.com/

Link to Jed’s Classicstoday.com review: https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-9494/

Link to the recording on Wojciech Kocyan’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9NwD7Ek74nTs1ihodkKctw

The Chopin Etudes on Record04 Sep 202400:25:10
Hanren Zhang's Dances and Dreams07 Oct 202400:04:06
Bud Powell at 10003 Oct 202400:13:53

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

The 2005 Van Cliburn Competition Revisited30 Sep 202400:07:19
Six Chopin Nocturne Cycles10 Oct 202400:19:22
Françoise Chaffiaud Plays Bach10 Oct 202400:06:09

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-chaffiaud

Link to the pianist's website: http://www.francoise-chaffiaud.com/en/

Geza Anda's Live Tchaikovsky and Brahms Concertos17 Oct 202400:09:02
VAI's Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies Compilation21 Oct 202400:10:43

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

A Legendary Pogorelich Recital24 Oct 202400:07:19

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

Schumann's Fantasy in C Major in 15 Recordings31 Oct 202400:22:40
Murray Perahia Summits Beethoven's Everest28 Oct 202400:06:28

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/

Frederic Rzewski's "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!"04 Nov 202400:18:02

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

Radu Lupu Rarities07 Nov 202400:07:51

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

The "Best" Ravel Gaspard de la nuit?11 Nov 202400:11:50

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

Five Underrated Emperors02 Dec 202400:14:13
Thanksgiving Turkeys28 Nov 202400:13:49

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

The Marvelous Moszkowski Concerto25 Nov 202400:08:32

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

Michelangeli Big Boxes Part 1: The Complete Warner Recordings21 Nov 202400:23:17

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"18 Nov 202400:05:30
Sergei Kvitkos' Brilliant Ad Libitum14 Nov 202400:05:46
Beethoven's 32 Sonatas with 64 pianists: Op. 10 Nos. 1, 2 & 303 Jan 202500:10:37

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Op. 10 No. 1 Third Movement: Igor Levitt - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaVqj3UnTJg

Op. 10 No. 2 First Movement: Seymour Lipkin - https://open.spotify.com/track/5AHs7nJ2SDjei00SlcbDBc

Op. 10 No. 3: Vladimir Horowitz - https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8121842--horowitz-plays-beethoven-sonatas?srsltid=AfmBOoofwutNA3kEtCjV1l9jpWRPonZt5cM2nT2i-m-YWBMbTYi_zmax

Beethoven's 32 Sonatas with 64 pianists: Op. 702 Jan 202500:07:14

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Links to recordings:

Op. 7: Elly Ney - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnqFt-BgcjY

Op. 7 first movement: Murray Perahia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O5eq86Zcgs

Stocking Stuffers05 Dec 202400:08:51
Beethoven's 32 Sonatas with 64 pianists: Op. 2 Nos. 1, 2 & 301 Jan 202500:10:53

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Links to recordings:

Op. 2 No. 1, first movement: Artur Schnabel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAMMek68TS8

Op. 2 No. 2, first movement: Bruce Hungerford - https://music.apple.com/us/song/piano-sonata-op-2-no-2-in-a-major-i-allegro-vivace/15783160

Op. 2 No. 3: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli - https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8055419--michelangeli-plays-bach-beethoven-schumann-brahms?srsltid=AfmBOoquCvuWHR3cW0XhYAiIFc8N6hM5My3k7Lc7KkGrrJFwUJJ_d3cO

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