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