The Piano Maven with Jed Distler

Here’s a challenge - name a pianist who never made a bad recording.
Jed comes up with five pianists who possibly qualify. Here are links to selected recordings by these five:
Sergei Rachmaninov – Liszt Polonaise No. 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku5vyVticwA
Dini Lipatti – Ravel Alborada del gracioso https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfypT_q6EUk
Ivan Moravec – Debussy Feux d’artifice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReXA2xlbq9M&list=OLAK5uy_kRuoBH-ae0Vld9umNkJVlV_Ghqbugp_WY&index=2
Martha Argerich – Chopin Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp Minor Op. 39 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c0s3X3gzd0
Vladimir Ashkenazy – Liszt Feux Follets https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRh1Jk_2Msk
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On this episode, Jed talks about five notable Mozart pianists who brought divergent yet equally compelling approaches to this composer’s keyboard works. Here are links to listen:
Lili Kraus - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2doJV0FR8Q
Walter Gieseking (Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major K. 467) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4VP_2rr-OQ
Robert Levin (Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Major K. 279) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4v1msNPkyU&list=PLpBPcOvehC0kbct3EB1ziaeT5wsNukRvs
Roberto Prosseda (Pianos Sonatas 13 through 18) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVfly6gG3ec&list=PLQ7td4BqY86XAc3tzqvMKpg80PyuMEfSj
Mieczyslaw Horszowski (Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major K. 453) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN2g2NO6pAo

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Jed talks about Piotr Anderszewski’s Warner Classics release devoted to a probing selection of late Brahms piano pieces, while also exploring comparative performances of certain works. Here are links to several of the comparisons cited in this episode:
Op. 118 No. 2 – Anderszewski - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpISuRuqylc
Op. 118 No. 2 – Emanuel Ax - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLBwPu8tiPQ
Op. 116 No. 5 – Anderszewski - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2Kivfkxq_Y
Op. 116 No. 5 – Wilhelm Kempff - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMGg-IDhLYs
Op. 116 No. 5 – Elena Kuschnerova - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3rg7wcUrvw
Op. 117 No. 2 – Anderszewski - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7saFNzKdDjU
Op. 117 No. 2 – Walter Gieseking - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdLeYOPHRkE

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Jed praises Boris Giltburg’s recent Naxos release devoted to early piano pieces of Rachmaninov.
Listen to the Nocturne No. 3 (1887) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_UzZmcZtZU
And compare both Giltburg’s earlier and new recordings of the Prelude in C-sharp Minor Op. 3 No. 2
Earlier recording - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKMbiBuJtvw
New recording - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmuO2uC84Dk

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Richard Strauss’ youthful and irresistible Burleske for Piano and Orchestra is the topic for this episode, where Jed discusses key recordings from the 78 and mono LP era, as well as top recent releases and several historical documents.
Here are links to some of the performances discussed:
William Kapell 1948 broadcast - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixCnmQ3Yu6Y
Claudio Arrau 1946 recording - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUjK8EeOBE0
Byron Janis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCAZrVvn3cg
Rudolf Serkin (mono recording) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bfgd8Y72p0M
Marc-André Hamelin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpMFfs_RP44
Martha Argerich - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do7ppwLTvP0
Joseph Moog - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK4LC-dU1bA
Malcolm Frager - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uOwazyJYVI