Nicolai Medtner (1880-1951): Sämtliche Klaviersonaten

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Sonaten op. 5;op. 11 Nr. 1-3 (Sonaten-Triade);
op. 25 Nr. 1 & 2;op. 27;op. 30;op. 53 Nr. 1 & 2
("Romantica" & "Minacciosa");op. 56 ("Idylle")
+2 Märchen op. 8;Vergessene Weisen op. 38
& 39

  • Artist: Marc-Andre Hamelin, Klavier
  • Label: Hyp , DDD, 96-98
  • Order number: 8694577
  • Release date: 5.10.1998

Disk 1 von 4

Sonate für Klavier f-moll op. 5

  1. 1 1. Allegro Start
  2. 2 2. Intermezzo: Allegro Start
  3. 3 3. Largo divoto Start
  4. 4 4. Finale. Allegro risoluto Start

Märchenerzählungen op. 8 Nr. 1-2

  1. 5 Nr. 1 Andantino Start
  2. 6 Nr. 2 Allegro Start
  1. 7 Sonate für Klavier As-Dur op. 11 Nr. 1 (aus Sonaten Triade) Start
  2. 8 Sonate für Klavier d-moll op. 11 Nr. 2 (aus Sonaten Triade) Start
  3. 9 Sonate für Klavier C-Dur op. 11 Nr. 3 (aus Sonaten Triade) Start

Disk 2 von 4

  1. 1 Sonate für Klavier g-moll op. 22 Start

Sonate für Klavier c-moll op. 25 Nr. 1 "Märchensonate"

  1. 2 1. Allegro abbandonamente Start
  2. 3 2. Andantino con moto Start
  3. 4 3. Allegro con spirito Start

Sonate für Klavier e-moll op. 25 Nr. 2 "Der Nachtwind"

  1. 5 1. Introduzione : andante - Allegro Start
  2. 6 2. Poco e poco Allegro molto sfrenatamente, presto Start

Disk 3 von 4

Sonate für Klavier Fis-Dur op. 27 "Sonata-Ballada"

  1. 1 1. Allegretto Start
  2. 2 2. Introduzione: Mesto Start
  3. 3 3. Finale: Allegro Start
  1. 4 Sonate für Klavier a-moll op. 30 Start

Vergessene Melodien op. 38

  1. 5 Nr. 1 Sonate Reminiscenza: allegretto tranquillo Start
  2. 6 Nr. 2 Danza graziosa: Con moto leggiero Start
  3. 7 Nr. 3 Danza festiva: presto Start
  4. 8 Nr. 4 Canzona fluviala: Allegretto con moto Start
  5. 9 Nr. 5 Danza rustica: Allegro commodo Start
  6. 10 Nr. 6 Canzona serenata: Moderato Start
  7. 11 Nr. 7 Danza silvestra Start
  8. 12 Nr. 8 Alla Reminiscenza: Quasi coda Start

Disk 4 von 4

Vergessene Melodien op. 39

  1. 1 Nr. 1 Meditazione: Introduzione, quasi Cadenza - Meno mosso - Meditamente Start
  2. 2 Nr. 2 Romanza: Meditamente Start
  3. 3 Nr. 3 Primavera : Vivace Start
  4. 4 Nr. 4 Canzona matinata: Allegretto cantando, ma sempre con moto Start
  5. 5 Nr. 5 Sonata tragica: Allegro risoluto Start

Sonate für Klavier b-moll op. 53 Nr. 1 "Sonata romantica"

  1. 6 1. Romanza: Andantino con moto, ma sempre espressivo Start
  2. 7 2. Scherzo: Allegro Start
  3. 8 3. Meditazione: Andante con moto Start
  4. 9 4. Finale: Allegro non troppo Start
  1. 10 Sonate für Klavier f-moll op. 53 Nr. 2 "Sonata minacciosa" Start

Sonate für Klavier G-Dur op. 56 "Sonata-Idylle"

  1. 11 1. Pastorale: Allegretto cantabile Start
  2. 12 2. Allegro moderato e cantabile Start

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'I repeat what I said to you back in Russia: you are, in my opinion, the greatest composer of our time.' – Sergei Rachmaninov (1921)

It would be hard to overestimate the importance of this set.

Medtner's piano compositions are arguably the last area of great Romantic piano repertoire to be discovered. His music is difficult, both technically and intellectually, and does not 'play to the gallery', which may explain its neglect. But once his world has been entered it proves endlessly fascinating and compelling, his work growing in stature with every hearing until one is left in no doubt as to its overwhelming effect.

Central to his output are the 14 Piano Sonatas (though the title covers a multitude of structures and sizes) and here for the first time we have the complete cycle recorded by one artist.

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'Superlatively played and presented. Such writing positively demands a transcendental technique and a burning poetic commitment, a magical amalgam achieved with delicacy, drama and finesse by Marc-André Hamelin' (Gramophone)

'A set that does deserve celebration. Indispensable to all lovers of Medtner's subtle and enriching art' (Gramophone)

'I was breathless with admiration' (Hi-Fi News)

'Hamelin and everyone involved with the production of this release deserves the highest praise' (Fanfare, USA)

Press comments

A. Csampai in Scala 1 / 99: "Wir erleben eine wundersame, gedanklich dichte, in den schönsten Farben leuchtende Entdeckungsreise in unbekannte Regionen des romantischen Klavierkosmos, und wir staunen, was die schon damals totgesagte Tonalität noch an Reichtum bereithielt. In jeder Hinsicht vorbildlich."

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