The Piano Maven with Jed Distler

If you search for piano recordings via downloading and streaming platforms, you may encounter the name Claudio Colombo, who has seemingly recorded everything ever written for the piano, and for the harpsichord as well. Or has he? Just what is this all about? Jed tries to find out for himself on this episode.
Some examples:
Clementi - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMAOTrCTYT4&list=PLjQOybcDkZBMDEqcph3Os-Tixbl4v4MxO
Brahms - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmVCcXY0Xbg
Schubert for Clarinet and Piano - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWD-wdgtfGo&list=PL-fcrLIr4hrfEQyfBQld3JOzFtRqjQEgk
Mussorgsky for Flute and Piano - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EATbUF90yo
Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1 "arranged" for Clarinet and Piano - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE8UR7iQl3Y

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Chopin’s Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor Op. 58 may be the most frequently recorded among all of the Romantic piano sonatas, and Jed has his hands full on a lengthy episode that explores this work’s rich discography.
Here are links to several of the recordings discussed:
Moriz Rosenthal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn4SmBSoG_I
Alfred Cortot (1933 recording) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EWRIOvTK0w
Percy Grainger (4th movement) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qW371IdjiA
Nadia Reisenberg (1st movement) - https://open.spotify.com/track/6Tq1qt6U0KIRveEnf6Z2Z0
Claudio Arrau - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1JousWsVYI
Witold Malcuzynski (3rd & 4th movements) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC_XCvBfGrE
Martha Argerich (4th movement DG) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMC3yToYuFA
Isaac Mikhnovsky - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB-nzZs_ZwI&t=9s
Van Cliburn (1st movement) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsWNx-0h298
Bruce Hungerford (1st movement_ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvwHk1FeZMw
Bruno Leonardo-Gelber - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o841NQu6weg&t=563s
Ruth Slenczynska (4th movement) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsQC7vh5wOI
Jakob Kuszlik - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIFNr2f8fEs
Nelson Freire (1st movement, Columbia 1968) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15QCHMHhXW4
Nelson Freire (1st movement, Decca 2002) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cg0loc9vIs
Nelson Freire (live 2016) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ-Crrv1J34&t=1160s
Nelson Freire (live 2002) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IVT9EaUbyI&t=1243s

A rebroadcast of Episode 20 from Season 1, where Jed discusses complete cycles of the Chopin Etudes on record.
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Link to Jed’s Gramophone Collection Chopin Etudes Survey: https://www.gramophone.co.uk/features/article/chopin-s-etudes-a-deep-dive-into-the-best-recordings
Links to selected recordings:
1. https://musicandarts.com/product/zayas-plays-chopin-12-a%C2%89tudes-op-10-12-a%C2%89tudes-op-25-trois-nouvelles-a%C2%89tudes-juana-zayas-pianist/
2. https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9264484--cziffra-plays-chopin
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl-WVW02GBg
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4aeV1_Fhgc

A rebroadcast of Episode 23 from Season 2, where Jed discusses fifteen favorite recordings of Beethoven's last and largest piano work, the Variations on a Theme of Diabelli Op. 120.
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Link to Jed's 2015 Gramophone survey of the Diabellis on record: https://reader.exacteditions.com/issues/45340/page/118?term=distler%20diabelli
Link to an LP transfer of Charles Rosen's recording: https://archive.org/details/01diabellivariations120
A taste of Martino Tirimo's recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPxsk63yhWc
A taste of Cecile Ouuset's recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rwwCou7OyA
Download Olli Mustonen's recording: https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7934860--beethoven-diabelli-variations-op-120?srsltid=AfmBOoo9TGZRcrhgz5R5_dw1J1E-JUCosDoaSFnujaaabvWhaeN2djzn
Paul Baumgartner's recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATxBzzFNvSU

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Link to Yunchan Lim’s Official Goldberg Variations Aria Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seYfmj3L2EA&list=RDseYfmj3L2EA&start_radio=1
Other recordings mentioned in this episode:
Lori Sims Promo Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOp_QE4-JYc
Klara Wurtz (complete recording) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCae2ZDcfi8
Alexandra Papastefanou (Variation 1) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duOTs7v9FaM&list=PL2TwZLoz4m4uJk9diP_73Mlnrvuq2I0ah
Murray Perahia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBFRBWEuP0w&list=OLAK5uy_mUzRzgAFefvXjhs2oep2psqlNXVQltcK8