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  • The Piano Maven with Jed Distler

    Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 17 K. 453 on Disc

    03/23/2026 | 19 mins.
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    Jed recommends recordings for one of his favorite Mozart Piano Concertos, No. 17 in G Major K. 453.
    Here are links to some of the recordings discussed:
    Ernst von Dohnanyi - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSo5SKsSQ6s
    Edwin Fischer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYPFLlW9AaU
    Rudolf Serkin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQQeJuhxA_w
    Peter Serkin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x9VPtd2mco
    Mitsuko Uchida - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfb3wfVuNWo
    Murray Perahia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR_MBAupDcI
    András Schiff - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCDBRFr1BI8
    Maria João Pires - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvVpObv8j3U
    Leif Ove Andsnes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3w65MG5vxk
    Malcolm Bilson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46DB8qZX1po
  • The Piano Maven with Jed Distler

    Five Pianists - No Bad Recordings?

    03/19/2026 | 11 mins.
    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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    Five Notable Mozart Pianists

    03/12/2026 | 8 mins.
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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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    Piotr Anderszewski's Late Brahms

    03/09/2026 | 13 mins.
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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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    Boris Giltburg's Ravishing Rachmaninov

    03/05/2026 | 8 mins.
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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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