The Piano Maven with Jed Distler

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Jed listens to a four-CD release devoted to performances from the 2025 Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition featuring winners and laureates. (Order here: https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9781374--queen-elisabeth-competition-piano-2025?srsltid=AfmBOor6c3a50lT0B5sBekufIIPg1PZCz81lmnUD9hdJtrjb58UbH8Cz)
There’s a lot of good music making to savor…..
Here are a few video links for performances included in this box:
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxsolOqudqI
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDi0ZdLYclI
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 27 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I6e6v9mCMc
Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmeTysqpgII
PLUS an alternate performance of the Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 not in the box that Jed prefers!!!! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q6DGZnRES4

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Reconnecting with Wilhelm Backhaus’ 1954 recording of Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations, Jed shares his recent thoughts about this vintage interpretation, for which we’ve provided a link to listen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0ud7EwbPaY

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Jed explores Meloclassic’s deluxe 29 CD/1 DVD Walter Gieseking 130th Anniversary Edition, the largest collection of broadcast and concert recordings featuring the legendary pianist, with many items published for the first time.
Link to purchase:
https://www.meloclassic.com/home/walter-gieseking-edition/

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In response to your feedback from the previous episode devoted to Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major K. 488, Jed talks about four recordings of K. 488 that he missed, all of which you recommended!
Here are links to the performances:
Solomon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKYmqFXqTZI
Grigory Sokolov - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcUx6b1TUlE
Zoltan Kocsis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFSnhW-eRTE
Eva Poblocka - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnZg_47a9YI&t=1144s

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Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major K. 488 is one of the composer’s most popular and beloved works in this genre, and has been quite lucky on disc. Jed surveys the K. 488 discography, singling out distinctive versions to consider. Here are links to hear some of these:
Arthur Rubinstein (1949, Golschmann/St Louis) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwsJ5io1pt8
Keith Jarrett - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee3e0UTVc8I&list=PL44gxJwuwoabQLi7g9huA1zhqaAk77bYB&index=6
Chick Corea - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoGZVZd4870&list=PLxzmL-cP6cVe6bywQAEOMgNjAY6319qAW&index=3
Walter Gieseking - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6v9_wUDEFk
Vladimir Horowitz - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vemFmTyo-tE
Halina Czerny-Stefanska - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tYMwY1EzYg
Annie Fischer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMa_S5ZPxa4
Rudolf Buchbinder - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTYFqkvYmcQ
Murray Perahia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSePVTW_OiU
Andras Schiff - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oC69Em8_bI