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On Melancholy

Running order of the 'culturescape': A Young Blackbird Dies in My Hands, Appernack Hamlet soliloquy 'I have of late but wherefore I know not...' from the film Withnail & I (1989, Richard E Grant as Withnail) Dido's Lament - 'When I Am Laid in Earth' from Dido & Aeneas, Henry Purcell - Kirsten Fla…

Chopin's Berceuse on Disc

Chopin's uniquely hypnotic Berceuse has been lucky on disc, and Jed discusses seventeen pianists who've made memorable recorded versions. Here are links to some of them: Josef Hofmann - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzqGLmLlMHY&t=3s Alfred Cortot - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqSDOLmfk30 So…

The Ideal Major Chopin Piano Works

On this episode, Jed offers a list of both historic and modern recommendations for each major Chopin work or cycle of works, without repeating a pianist. Here are selected links to some of the recordings that Jed discusses: Poloniases – Maurizio Pollini: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-OK5a1h07s&…

The Ideal Debussy Preludes Book 1 (One Pianist for Each Prelude)

Jed recommends individual recordings for each one of Debussy's twelve Preludes Book I, picking twelve pianists without repeating a pianist. Here are links to listen to, to download, to stream or to purchase these performances: No. 1 Catherine Kautsky - https://music.apple.com/us/album/debussy-pr%C…

Chopin's Barcarolle on Disc

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 B…

A Meal of Thorns 41- THE BEETLE with Marisa Mercurio

If you read Dracula and thought: “I like the ancient shapeshifting nemesis and the homoerotic subtext, but I don’t like how subtle the sexual and national anxieties are,” you’re in luck! Editor, reviewer, and scholar Marisa Mercurio is here to talk about not-so-subtle horrors in Richard Marsh’s 18…

A Meal of Thorns 41- THE BEETLE with Marisa Mercurio

If you read Dracula and thought: “I like the ancient shapeshifting nemesis and the homoerotic subtext, but I don’t like how subtle the sexual and national anxieties are,” you’re in luck! Editor, reviewer, and scholar Marisa Mercurio is here to talk about not-so-subtle horrors in Richard Marsh’s 18…

Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor Op. 58 on Disc

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://ww…

Bach’s Transformations, with Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya

In this episode of A Year of Bach, Evan talks with keyboardist Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya about her new harpsichord album Transformations, which explores Bach’s adaptations of works by composers including Marcello and Vivaldi. The conversation ranges from Bach as arranger to the expressive possibili…

Classical ‘factory line’ takes the joy out of Beethoven and Brahms, says Nigel Kennedy

Lazy tutors are creating musical clones by putting too much emphasis on technique, says violinist   Nigel Kennedy performing at the Saar music festival in Germany last year   Violin virtuoso Nigel Kennedy has accused music colleges and record companies of producing “factory lines” of pianists…