The Piano Maven with Jed Distler

Jed discusses a terrific all-Schubert release from the Prague Piano Duo. YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_yu59RaaAY&list=OLAK5uy_nbCOUfqIFHKJwhOEzQaxNWFor_PIZM7nwBandcamp link: https://praguepianoduo.bandcamp.com/

Welcome to our second episode of Season Three.Consider making a donation to The Piano Maven podcast by subscribing to our Substack page (https://jeddistlermusic.substack.com/about), which you also can access by clicking on the "Donate" button here: https://rss.com/podcasts/pianomaven A listener asked me about Sviatoslav Richter’s August 26th 1977 Salzburg Festival recital issued on the Orfeo label. I hadn't heard this disc in a while, so I decided to revisit it. Here's a link to the music:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0_PSRycUck&list=PLFer8UZgtB8JaLO0P43YDjLAfeB9sFqv6

Welcome to our first episode of Season Three! Consider making a donation to The Piano Maven podcast by subscribing to our Substack page (https://jeddistlermusic.substack.com/about), which you also can access by clicking on the "Donate" button here: https://rss.com/podcasts/pianomaven Chopin’s Barcarolle is the topic of this episode, where Jed recommends some of his long-time favorite recordings. Here are links to recordings discussed: Alfred Cortot – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNhHWqVvPrgBenno Moiseiwitsch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sEf08rtl8oWalter Gieseking - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEXhUzGEwj8Wilhelm Kempff - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMLjXQslVQcDinu Lipatti - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG5nREXB3agVladimir Horowitz (1957) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhzN8lSvitsVladimir Horowitz (1980) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a79dAwTMWvUIvan Moravec - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJk9J-KAI-cMurray Perahia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIwC-Qire0wKrystian Zimerman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cv7diE0ZMcRichard Goode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL7bM0DYjikBenjamin Grosvenor - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-R0YOlZdRoRoland Pöntinen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQKgok39lKkArthur Rubinstein (1964) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hTIzGlfOJ0

"Vladimir Horowitz Plays Great Sonatas" is culled from the legendary virtuoso's Columbia Masterworks and RCA Victor catalogs, and features selections ranging from the Baroque era to mid-20th century works that are strongly identified with the pianist. Although most of the performances can easily be sourced outside of this collection, piano mavens still will want to know about this ten-disc set, which can be obtained from second-hand dealers: https://www.amazon.com/Vladimir-Horowitz-Plays-Great-Sonata/dp/B0056K4V2M

A look back at the Winter 1999 issue of International Piano Quarterly (now International Piano), when twelve critics were asked to pick their top piano releases for 1998, as well as to mention recordings they’d like to see reissued. How many of these reissue requests came to pass over the next 27 years? And have their 1998 top release choices stood the test of time?Here are links to some of the recordings discussed:The William Kapell Edition - https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8079691--william-kapell-editionMedtner – Complete Piano Sonatas, with Marc-André Hamelin - https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7945019--medtner-the-complete-piano-sonatasMonique de La Bruchollerie box from Meloclassic - https://www.meloclassic.com/home/monique-de-la-bruchollerie-box/Benno Moiseiwitsch is amply represented in Naxos’ Great Pianists’ series - https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7948359--great-pianists-moiseiwitsch-2Lukas Foss plays Bach Concertos Nos. 1 & 5 (LP transfer) - https://archive.org/details/lp_concerto-no-1-in-d-minor-concerto-no-5-in_johann-sebastian-bach-lukas-foss-the-zimblInternational Tchaikovsky Competition Vol. 1 – Vladimir Ashkenazy & John Ogdon - https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8253856--tchaikovsky-competition-vol-1-1962-the-competition-that-was-a-draw