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EPISODE · Mar 19, 2026 · 11 MIN

Five Pianists - No Bad Recordings?

from The Piano Maven with Jed Distler

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=ku5vyVticwADini Lipatti – Ravel Alborada del gracioso https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfypT_q6EUkIvan Moravec – Debussy Feux d’artifice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReXA2xlbq9M&list=OLAK5uy_kRuoBH-ae0Vld9umNkJVlV_Ghqbugp_WY&index=2Martha Argerich – Chopin Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp Minor Op. 39 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c0s3X3gzd0Vladimir Ashkenazy – Liszt Feux Follets https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRh1Jk_2MskConsider taking out a paid subscription to The Piano Maven podcast via 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

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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...

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