034571178516

Medtner: Arabesques, Dithyrambs, Elegies & Other Short Piano Works

Hamish Milne

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: CDA67851-2

Release Date:  01 March 2012

Label:  Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  034571178516

Genres:  Classical  Solo Instrumental  

  • Description

    ‘Write one such piece and one can die.’ So pronounced Rachmaninov, no less, after hearing the second of Medtner’s Arabesques. This is just one of the delights in the enticing selection box offered by Hamish Milne, a long-standing and ardent champion of Medtner’s music. These two discs explore the many miniatures—in size though not in ambition—that he wrote throughout his life. The very opening of his Mood Pictures shows a remarkable sophistication for a man barely out of his teens, while the magnificent pair of Elegies forms a fitting conclusion to a set that reminds us that it is sometimes among the ‘miscellaneous’ works that the greatest gems are to be found.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Stimmungsbilder Op 1
      • 2. Trois Improvisations Op 2
      • 3. Quatre Morceaux Op 4
      • 4. Drei Arabesken Op 7
      • 5. Drei Dithyramben Op 10

      Disc 2

      • 1. Drei Novellen Op 17
      • 2. Vier Lyrische Fragmente Op 23
      • 3. Étude in C minor
      • 4. Trois Morceaux Op 31
      • 5. Drei Hymnen an die Arbeit Op 49
      • 6. Theme and variations in C sharp minor Op 55
      • 7. Zwei Elegien Op 59