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EPISODE · Feb 17, 2026 · 38 MIN

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

from The Piano Maven with Jed Distler

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_IAlfred Cortot (1933 recording) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EWRIOvTK0wPercy Grainger (4th movement) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qW371IdjiANadia Reisenberg (1st movement) - https://open.spotify.com/track/6Tq1qt6U0KIRveEnf6Z2Z0Claudio Arrau - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1JousWsVYIWitold Malcuzynski (3rd & 4th movements) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC_XCvBfGrEMartha Argerich (4th movement DG) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMC3yToYuFAIsaac Mikhnovsky - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB-nzZs_ZwI&t=9sVan Cliburn (1st movement) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsWNx-0h298Bruce Hungerford (1st movement_ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvwHk1FeZMwBruno Leonardo-Gelber - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o841NQu6weg&t=563sRuth Slenczynska (4th movement) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsQC7vh5wOIJakob Kuszlik - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIFNr2f8fEsNelson Freire (1st movement, Columbia 1968) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15QCHMHhXW4Nelson Freire (1st movement, Decca 2002) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cg0loc9vIsNelson Freire (live 2016) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ-Crrv1J34&t=1160sNelson Freire (live 2002) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IVT9EaUbyI&t=1243s

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