About this episode

Jed Distler discusses Hans Otte's minimalist masterpiece The Book of Sounds and its discography.

Consider 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 2026 marks the centenary of the composer and pianist Hans Otte’s birth. His multi-movement minimalist masterpiece The Book of Sounds has been pretty lucky on disc, and Jed discusses the work’s discography for this episode. Here are links to recordings: Hans Otte - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHmWXLaSePc&list=PLWM30loNhYy-M0EmzudadkmyXfDXjH471 Ralph van Raat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXeD6h0cVMI Nicolas Horvath (live performance) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUpt_f3b8z0 Nicholas Horvath (studio recording) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP3UCKL7U6I Carlos Cipa - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsexWDGgGCU&list=OLAK5uy_kzPAmicXIR6pt8oXCSvTpGLCUjGFav9RA&index=2 Conor Hanick - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT_NFb0XCUA

People in this episode

Host: Jed Distler

Topics covered

• Hans Otte
• The Book of Sounds
• minimalism
• music discography
• piano music

Keywords

• Hans Otte
• The Book of Sounds
• minimalist music
• piano
• discography

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Book of Sounds

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