Piano Works - Volume 6

On this CD:

1. Keyboard Sonata in E flat major, H. deest (Landon/Da Capo No. 17)
Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performed by Walid Akl

2. Keyboard Sonata in A flat major, H. 16/46
Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performed by Walid Akl

3. Work(s) Menuet for Madame Bigot
Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performed by Walid Akl

4. Adagio for keyboard in F major, H. 17/9
Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performed by Walid Akl

5. Keyboard Sonata in G major, H. 16/39
Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performed by Walid Akl

6. Keyboard Sonata in F major, H. 16/9
Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performed by Walid Akl

Piano Works - Volume 6, Music, Franz Joseph Haydn, Walid Akl, Adagio for Keyboard, Chamber Music & Recitals, Classical, Classical Music, Classical Sonata/Sonatina for Keyboard, Keyboard, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Music
Salon Orchestra Favourites Volume 1
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    ASIN: B00004T6KO
    Release Date: 2000-06-13

    Tracks:

    1. Drunt' In Der Lobau
    2. Serenade No.1 'Kubelik-Serenade'
    3. Tango
    4. Brise De Mer
    5. II Bacio
    6. Sie Horen Paul Lincke - Potpourri: Berliner Luft/Es War Einmal/Im Walzerrausch...
    7. Serenata
    8. Poeme
    9. Spiel Auf Deiner Geige Das Lied Von Leid Und Lust
    10. Mattinata
    11. Wien, Du Stadt Meiner Traume
    12. El Relicario
    13. Die Millionen Des Harlekin - Serenade
    14. Die Schlittschuhlaufer
    15. Melodie in F
    Vladimir Horowitz, The Complete Masterworks Recordings 1962-1973, Volume VII: Early Romantics
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    • The Schumann Kreisleriana is worth everything, and the Chopin is magical
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    		 Vladimir Horowitz, The Complete Masterworks Recordings 1962-1973, Volume VII: Early Romantics

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    ASIN: B00000290G
    Release Date: 1994-07-19

    Tracks:

    1. Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4: Lento, ma non troppo
    2. Etude in G-flat major, Op. 10 No. 5: Vivace
    3. Introduction & Rondo in E-flat major, Op. 16
    4. Waltz in A minor, Op. 34 No. 2: Lento
    5. Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op. 53: Maestoso
    6. Mazurka in F-sharp minor, Op. 59 No. 3: Vivace
    7. Mazurka in C-sharp minor, Op. 50 No. 3: Moderato
    8. Mazurka in D-flat major, Op. 30 No. 3: Allegro non troppo
    9. Mazurka in E minor, Op. 41 No. 2: Andantino
    10. Mazurka in D major, Op. 33 No. 2: Vivace
    11. Etude in C-sharp minor, Op. 10 No. 4: Presto
    12. Etude in E major, Op. 10 No. 3: Lento, ma non troppo
    13. Etude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12: Allegro con fuoco
    14. Prelude in B minor, Op. 28 No. 6: Lento assai

    Tracks:

    1. Posonaise in A major, Op. 40 No. 1: Allegro con brio
    2. Prelude in D-flat major, Op. 28 No. 15: Sostenuto
    3. Etude in E-flat minor, Op. 10 No. 6: Andante
    4. Etude No. 2 in A-flat major from 'Trois Nouvelles Etudes': Allegretto
    5. Mazurka in F minor, Op. 7 No. 3
    6. Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2: Tempo giusto
    7. Variations on a Theme by Clara Wieck from Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 14: Andantino
    8. Kreisleriana, Op. 16: I. Auberst bewegt
    9. Kreisleriana, Op. 16: II. Sehr innig
    10. Kreisleriana, Op. 16: III. Sehr aufgeregt
    11. Kreisleriana, Op. 16: IV. Sehr langsam
    12. Kreisleriana, Op. 16: V. Sehr lebhaft
    13. Kreisleriana, Op. 16: VI. Sehr langsam
    14. Kreisleriana, Op. 16: VII. Sehr rasch
    15. Kreisleriana, Op. 16: VIII. Schnell und spielend

    Amazon.com essential recording

    Schumann and Chopin were staples of Horowitz's repertory, and this late 1960s-early 1970s collection finds him at his mature peak, playing with elan and imaginative fantasy. The Kreisleriana is one of his greatest recordings, trumping rivals with its spectacular pianism and complete identification with the composer. The Chopin set typifies Horowitz's approach--big and bold, with personalized editorial emendations and an energy that shatters the conventional salon approach. But he also sings Chopin's touching melodies as few others can, making the lovely Op. 10 No. 3 Etude an achingly touching poem. --Dan Davis

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars The Schumann Kreisleriana is worth everything, and the Chopin is magical.......2005-12-20

    This is a must have dual CD set of one of the great pianists of all time playing some of his favorite music. Later in life Horowitz made a TV show that became a best selling VHS tape entitled "Horowitz: The Last Romantic". If you ever heard him play, you know that title is appropriate and what the grand piano style was all about.

    I have often referred to recordings of music as photographs of music. And just as photographs of people a wonderfully valuable, they are not the real person and do not capture the real person. Even a movie or documentary distorts the reality of the person. Still, we treasure our home movies, photos, and recordings. And we should. We just need to remember what they really are and that they are representations of reality (or of fictions if that is what they are) rather than real life.

    It was my good fortune to hear Horowitz in recital three times; twice here in Ann Arbor and once in East Lansing. While I have heard dozens of great pianists, and hundreds of very fine quality, Horowitz (and Rubenstein) had a special charisma that was totally involving. His playing had special qualities that were unique to him. He played more quietly and yet was able to send that whisper of sound to the farthest rows in Hill Auditorium. I believe the secret of his power was that he had so many shades of pianissimo. While we clearly here a great dynamic range in these recordings, the compressed nature of recordings cannot capture the full range of what we heard in live performance.

    The other thing he had was the ability to not only keep the voices clear in the music he was playing, but to give each voice its own character and sound. The recording of Schumann's fabulous Opus 16, Kreisleriana included here captures this ability to a stunning degree. This recording should be in your collection and studied carefully. While these phantasies are full of contrasts that make listening to them seemingly easy, there is so much quality and interesting music that they will reward as much close listening and study as you can lavish on them.

    The other Schumann work included is the "Variations on a theme by Clara Wieck" (who became Schumann's wife and was a superb and important pianist).

    The Chopin pieces included here are a wonderful collection of etudes, mazurkas, the two famous polonaises, preludes, waltzes, and the wonderful but not often heard "Introduction and Rondo in E-flat major Op 16". These are all full of magic and will hold your imagination closely. I find myself saying, "Oh, I LOVE this piece" and then the next one comes on, and I say the same thing again and then again for the next one. They are all pieces I have learned to play or want to learn (like the Intro & Rondo).

    Get a hold of these disks if you can. Just a number of wonderful listening experiences.

    5 out of 5 stars Chopin + Schumann + Horowitz = Unforgettable Playing.......2003-04-12

    Volume Seven of Sony's Horowitz reissue contains very convincing performances of Chopin and Schumann, Romantic composers whose music was sympathetic to the pianist's interpretive style.

    It was not uncommon for Horowitz to bring to light a rarely played work by a well known composer, which is the case with Chopin's Introduction & Rondo in E-flat. This early composition (probably written for Chopin's most advanced pupils) abounds with glittery passagework and technical configurations similar to his Concertos (which Horowitz never recorded). Under Horowitz's hands, the work exceeds the boundaries of mere salon piece and emerges as a virtuoso tour de force.

    Horowitz (who had a Polish grandmother and was fond of pointing out that he was "half as much a Pole as Chopin") considered the Mazurkas to be Chopin's greatest works, and often stated that there was more music in the shortest Chopin Mazurka than in the longest Mahler Symphony. The pianist treated the Mazurkas less as dance pieces than as "dance-fantasies" and his playing of the works was freer than the more straightforward Rubinstein. Highlights of this set include a seductive F-sharp Minor, Op. 59 No. 3.

    Horowitz made several recordings of the ever popular A-flat Polonaise, and this one adheres most closely to Chopin's text. The introduction is very sparsely pedalled (as if Horowitz were saying "Look! I can play the tricky introduction without using the pedal to cover up insufficient fingerwork. Take THAT, Rubinstein!"). The remainder of the piece goes with gusto and flair (too fast to be a Maestoso), but he somehow misses the grandeur which Rubinstein brought to the piece--and which Horowitz himself would attain in his last years. The A-major Polonaise is also taken at a fast clip, but this somehow seems more appropriate to this work, and one is reminded of Chopin's remark that if he were able to play the piece the way he meant it to be played, the piano would lay in ruins afterward.

    If anyone thought Horowitz, then approaching 70, had lost any of his fire, their worries were quickly dispelled with the Etudes included here. The C-sharp Minor goes at a rapid clip, but unlike many pianists, there is no loss of clarity. The famous Revolutionary Etude is given a more outwardly virtuosic performance then the pianist's 1963 recording, yet somehow the piece has less impact here.

    The ubiquitous C-sharp Minor Waltz is from the Boston concert of April 7, 1968. Three days previously, the Reverend Martin Luther King had been murdered in Memphis. At the beginning of this concert, Horowitz came onstage with an African-American minister, and played Chopin's Funeral March in memory of Dr. King.

    Horowitz learned Shumann's Kreisleriana in the 1930s, but did not play it in public until 1968. Several attempts to record the work in concert were not successful, and Horowitz came to the conclusion that he needed the peace and quiet of a recording studio to achieve the concentration for a performance suitable for posterity. Horowitz recorded the work at one inspired session on December 1, 1969, and this may well be the most successful Kreisleriana ever recorded. Ironically, Horowitz, who often had trouble holding together a Beethoven Sonata, makes this structurally splintered work emerge as one piece. This is one Kriesleriana which is never rambling or boring. There is virtuosity here, but never for its own sake, and there is poetry in plenty. This stands alongside the 1932 Liszt Sonata and 1951 Rachmaninoff Third Concerto as one of Horowitz's greatest recordings. However, it should be pointed out that this reissue of Kriesleriana uses a few alternate takes, which are markedly different from the original LP and an earlier CD issue (MK42409). Although the performance is basically similar, there are several differences in detail.

    Schumann's Variations on a Theme by Clara Wieck, originally included as a filler for the Kriesleriana record, is given a straightforward reading here. It a lovely little work, but it is even more beautiful in its original context: as the third movement from the composer's Sonata in F Minor, another rarely played work Horowitz would bring to light in 1975.

    The sound is more than acceptable here, and especially fine in the Schumann works.

    5 out of 5 stars Classic Chopin.......2000-11-23

    Volume Seven of Vladimir Horowitz's "Complete Masterworks Recordings" ("Early Romantics") compiles almost two discs worth of classic Chopin performances. There's a little bit of everything here -- Polonaises, Etudes, Mazurkas and Preludes, but sadly no Nocturnes. The Chopin renditions here are as good as, if not better than, anything available -- Rubinstein, Kissin, Pollini and Cliburn included. And just when you thought the highlight of this collection was the Chopin material, on come two amazing pieces by Schumann, "Variations on a Theme by Clara Wreck" and "Kreislerania." The latter piece is a particular favorite of mine -- a wild and turbulent, and at times poetic and lovely, masterpiece which Horowitz captures in all its brilliance. In all, "Early Romantics" is a thoroughly enjoyable couple of discs that anyone should love.
    The Piano Works Of Nikolai Medtner, Volume 1
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    • Fascinating music, well introduced
    		 The Piano Works Of Nikolai Medtner, Volume 1

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    ASIN: B000000AP7
    Release Date: 1992-10-28

    Tracks:

    1. Sonata Reminiscenza In A Minor Op. 38 No. 1: Allegretto tranquillo (Andantino con moto) - Svegliando (con moto) - Tempo 1
    2. Russian Fairy Tale Op. 42 No. 1: Allegro sostenuto
    3. Dancing Fairy Tale Op. 48 No. 1: Allegro risoluto
    4. The Organ Grinder Op. 54 No. 3: Allegro assai - Poco piu tranquillo - Tempo 1
    5. Fairy Tale In F Minor Op. 26 No. 3: Narrante a piacere
    6. Fairy Tale In D Minor Op. 51 No. 1: Allegro molto vivace al rigore di tempo e sempre leggierissimo
    7. Funeral March Op. 31 No. 2: Andante lugubre
    8. Fairy Tale In G Sharp Minor Op. 31 No. 3: Allegretto capriccioso, con molto tenerezza
    9. Fairy Tale: Allegretto abbandonamente
    10. Fairy Tale In E Minor Op. 34 No. 2: Allegro cantabile e leggiero
    11. Sonata In G Minor Op. 22: Tenebroso, sempre affrettando - Allegro assai - Interludium: Andante lugubre - Allegro assai

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Fascinating music, well introduced.......2001-08-28

    I was first introduced to the music of Medtner in 1994 when I heard Boris Berezovsky perform three "Fairy Tales" at a recital. I was so taken that I had to begin collecting Medtner's music on CD. This album, Geoffrey Tozer's first volume of the piano works of Medtner, was my first Medtner CD. Mr. Tozer is a very fine pianist, and the Chandos stereo sound is first rate. The result is a captivating introduction to Medtner's music. The music is complex, harmonically daring, sometimes quirky, whimsical at times and always evocative. Mr. Tozer plays sensitively and is in complete technical command. He does us a wonderful service in bringing this music to a wider audience. Through this disc I have come to know and love many more pieces by Medtner, and I have been inspired to buy each new volume of Mr. Tozer's set as it has become available. This is the volume of the set that I play most often. It is a rich introduction to this fascinating music.
    The Piano Works of Nikolai Medtner, Vol. 6
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    • Very impressive recordings of Medtners piano works by Tozer
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    ASIN: B00000G4ND
    Release Date: 1999-01-19

    Tracks:

    1. Piano Sonata, Op.30 In A Minor: Allegro risoluto - Poco a poco piu mosso - Coda: Allegro molto
    2. Forgotten Melodies, Op. 39: 1 Meditazione
    3. Forgotten Melodies, Op. 39: 2 Romanza
    4. Forgotten Melodies, Op. 39: 3 Primavera 'Fruehlingsmaerchen' Vivace
    5. Forgotten Melodies, Op. 39: 4 Canzona matinata - Allegretto cantando
    6. Forgotten Melodies, Op. 39: 5 Sonata tragica, Allegro risoluto
    7. Forgotten Melodies, Op. 40: 1 Danza col canto, Allegretto
    8. Forgotten Melodies, Op. 40: 2 Danza sinfonica, Introduzione: Allegro meditamente - Allegro scherzando
    9. Forgotten Melodies, Op. 40: 3 Danza fiorata, Tempo capriccioso
    10. Forgotten Melodies, Op. 40: 4 Danza jubilosa, Allegro alla breve e molto sfrenatamente
    11. Forgotten Melodies, Op. 40: 5 Danza ondulata, Con moto tranquillo e ondulotorio
    12. Forgotten Melodies, Op. 40: 6 Danza ditirambica

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Very impressive recordings of Medtners piano works by Tozer.......2000-02-27

    Keeping the review short, it must be stated that Geoffrey Tozer's interpretation of Medtners works is sensitive and always brings out the melody and structure of the works in a clear way. Although it must have been quite a Job till now, new volumes in the series are very welcome!
    The Complete Solo Piano Recordings of Nicolas Medtner, Vol 3
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      ASIN: B00030ER60
      Release Date: 2004-11-09

      Tracks:

      1. Canzona Matinata, Op.39/4
      2. Allegro Risoluto
      3. (Poco Quazi Recitativo)
      4. Tempo
      5. Arabesque In A Major, Op. 7/2 (Tragedy Fragment)
      6. Allegretto
      7. Introduzione Mesto
      8. Finale Allegro
      9. Hymn In Praise Of Toil, Op.49/1 (Before Work)
      10. Novelle In C Major, Op.17/2
      11. Marchen (Skazka/Fairy Tale) In D Major, Op.51/1
      12. Marchen (Skazka/Fairy Tale) In F Major, Op.26/3
      13. Primavera, Op.39/3
      The Piano Works of Nikolai Medtner, Vol. 2
      Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
      • Tozer is brilliant!
      • Uknown Greatness!!!!
      • He's not Marc-André Hamelin
      		 The Piano Works of Nikolai Medtner, Vol. 2

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      ASIN: B000000ARI
      Release Date: 1994-07-26

      Tracks:

      1. Forgotten Melodies Op.38: I Danza Graziosa
      2. Forgotten Melodies Op.38: II Danza Festiva
      3. Forgotten Melodies Op.38: IV Canzona Fluviala
      4. Forgotten Melodies Op.38: V Danza Rustica
      5. Forgotten Melodies Op.38: VI Canzona Serenata
      6. Forgotten Melodies Op.38: VII Danza Silvestra
      7. Forgotten Melodies Op.38: VIII Alla Reminiscenza
      8. Fairy Tales Op.51: No.2 In A Minor
      9. Fairy Tales Op.51: No.3 In A Minor
      10. Fairy Tales Op.51: No.4 In F Sharp Minor
      11. Fairy Tales Op.51: No.5 In F Sharp Minor
      12. Fairy Tales Op.51: No.6 In G Major
      13. Sonata Triad Op.11: No.1 In A Flat Major
      14. Sonata Triad Op.11: No.2 In D Minor
      15. Sonata Triad Op.11: No.3 In C Major

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Tozer is brilliant!.......2005-01-19

      I am a big fan of Andre-Hamelin and agree that Tozer is lesser-known than Hamelin as a previous reviewer said. But it does not damage the brilliancy of Tozer at all. He has a great sense of structure and his phrasing is luminous. His talent as a virtuosi makes it possible to challenge this extremly difficult works and the result is great. Bravo for Tozer!!

      5 out of 5 stars Uknown Greatness!!!!.......2002-05-12

      He might not be a very well known composer but I can truly say that these pieces are something beautiful!! I also have the music book of Medtner and its a good workout on the keyboard, he is worth giving a listen, NO DOUBT!!

      3 out of 5 stars He's not Marc-André Hamelin.......2000-03-06

      Geoffrey Tozer deserves our applause for bringing the solo music of Medtner to our attention in modern times. But the performances on this disc have been superseded by the incredible traversal, in a boxed set, of the sonatas plus other pieces, by Marc-André Hamelin, who is the most amazing pianist in this sort of repertoire before the public today.
      Grainger: Works for Pianos, Volume Ten
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        ASIN: B00000I0TL
        Release Date: 1999-02-09

        Tracks:

        1. Green Bushes [BFMS No. 25]
        2. Let's Dance Gay In Green Meadow [FI Unnum.]
        3. In Bristol Town [BFMS Unnum.]
        4. English Dance
        5. Zanzibar Boat Song [RMTB No.6]
        6. 'The Widows Party' March
        7. Ye Banks And Braes O' Bonnie Doon [BFMS No. 31]
        8. Jutish Medley
        9. Harvest Hymn
        10. Country Gardens [BFMS No. 22]
        11. Random Round [RMTB No.8]
        12. The Keel-Row [BFMS Unnum.]
        13. The Warriors
        Demidenko plays Medtner
        Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
        • Classic Romanticism Beautifully Rendered
        • BORING
        • buy this excellent introduction to medtner
        		 Demidenko plays Medtner

        Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
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        4. Medtner: Complete Piano Sonatas, Forgotten Melodies / Hamelin

        ASIN: B000002ZSD
        Release Date: 1993-12-29

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Classic Romanticism Beautifully Rendered.......2004-11-28

        Nikolai Karlolovich Medtner (5 Jan. 1880-Moscow died 13 Nov. 1951-London) was one of the greatest pianists of his generation. Both his parents were of German descent whose families lived in Russia for several generations. His talents were recognized early and he entered the Moscow Conservatory at the age of 12. His decision to become a composer was largely his own, but he did continue to play the piano. He returned to the Moscow Conservatory where he taught piano at which time he became friends with Rachmaninoff. In 1921, Medtner emigrated to the west and after spending some years in Paris he finally settled in England where he spent the rest of his life. Apart from a single piano tour in Russia in 1927, he never saw his homeland again. He married his ex- sister-in-law in 1919. His musical output consists of 100 beautiful songs taken from Pushkin and Goethe, a few chamber works and many piano compositions. He went his own way and is one of the most under-rated composers of the 20th Century. This is a wonderful recording which captures a wide range of his piano work from his "Skazka" (fairy tale) to his Canzona and Sonatas. Eight compositions in all, each exquisitely played by one of my favorite contemporary pianists, Nikolai Demidenko. This excellent recording was made in September 1992. We are very fortunate to live in an age where we can easily listen to and enjoy such refined music. Don't bother getting bogged down in the gobbledygook in the liner describing the works. Just listen.

        3 out of 5 stars BORING.......2003-02-28

        I'm out of sympathy with Medtner's music. It sounds like crepuscular meditations on the dullest aspects of human existence - at least in this recording. Demidenko has plenty of firepower (for example in the central section of the "Tragic" Sonata), but it's mere virtuosity. That may be Demidenko's fault, not Medtner's. Then again, Marc-Andre Hamelin's super-virtuosic account of Medtner's Sonatas has the same problem of creepy dullness.

        Medtner sounds good only in his own performances, in my opinion. Amazon has the discs of his recordings of his own solo works. These are actually interesting and musical. Conclusion: Demidenko (and Hamelin) is hyped; Medtner has not yet found a superstar champion of his strange creations.

        5 out of 5 stars buy this excellent introduction to medtner.......2000-06-20

        this cd is rated very fine to super excellent. highly recommended introduction to medtner's solo piano works, passionately and brilliantly performed by the great Demidenko.
        Dmitry Paperno plays Russian Piano Music
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          		Dmitry Paperno plays Russian Piano Music

          Manufacturer: Cedille
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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          ASIN: B0000018YR
          Release Date: 1996-10-07

          Tracks:

          1. Meditation, Op.72, No.5
          2. The Seasons, Op.37a: August, Harvest Song
          3. The Seasons, Op.37a: September, The Hunt
          4. The Seasons, Op.37a: October, Autumn Song
          5. The Seasons, Op.37a: November, Troika
          6. Vars On A Polish Theme, Op.51
          7. Six Prlds Op.23 & 32: In G flat, Op.23, No.10
          8. Six Prlds Op.23 & 32: In b, Op.32, No.10
          9. Six Prlds Op.23 & 32: In B, Op.32, No.11
          10. Six Prlds Op.23 & 32: In g#, Op.32, No.12
          11. Six Prlds Op.23 & 32: In G, Op.32, No.5
          12. Six Prlds Op.23 & 32: In c, Op.23, No.7
          13. Son No.2, Op.19, Son-Fant: I. Andante
          14. Son No.2, Op.19, Son-Fant: II. Presto
          15. Forgotten Motives, Volume I, Op.38: No.6, Canzona Ser
          16. Forgotten Motives, Volume I, Op.38: No.7, Danza Silvestra
          17. Forgotten Motives, Volume I, Op.38: No.8, Alla Reminiscenza

          Album Description

          Pianist Dmitry Paperno, a musician's musician who shuns the limelight, returned to the recording studio after a decade-long absence to record this debut release for Cedille Records.

          A sublimely sensitive and powerful pianist, Paperno dusts off some rarely displayed musical gems in an all-Russian recital. Rarities include Tchaikovsky's Meditation, Op. 72, No. 5; Liadov's Variations on a Polish Theme, Op. 51; and three pieces from Medtner's "Forgotten Motives," Vol. 1, Op. 38. Even Scriabin's Sonata No. 2, Op. 19, and two of the six Rachmaninoff preludes on the program are relatively neglected.
          Medtner: The Complete Solo Piano Recordings Vol. 1
          Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
          • An Essential Medtner Recording
          		 Medtner: The Complete Solo Piano Recordings Vol. 1

          Manufacturer: Apr UK
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          ASIN: B00000FDC3
          Release Date: 1998-11-24

          Customer Reviews:

          5 out of 5 stars An Essential Medtner Recording.......2005-03-31

          Nicolai Medtner, a contemporary and friend of Rachmaninoff, is perhaps the greatest composer for piano since Beethoven. A virtuoso concert pianist of the highest caliber in his own right, Medtner composed relentlessly tonal piano music of great beauty and intense rhythmic complexity at a time when atonal music was coming into vogue in the Western art music world. Although stunningly beautiful, his compositions were thought to be too "old fashioned" in the West and so were brushed aside by "serious" music scholars, causing Medtner to live in poverty during his exile in the West following the Bolshevik Revolution. Nevertheless, Medtner's Russian musical contemporaries fervently admired both his compositions and his piano playing; Glazunov even called Medtner something like "The Guardian of Eternal Art."

          This CD presents for the first time Medtner's earliest commercial audio recordings, made for Columbia Records in 1930/31 but never released. These are transfers from Medtner's own test pressings on shellac discs; the original masters were long since destroyed. Lovingly cleaned up and restored, these recordings are the real deal, an authentic revelation of Medtner's interpretive intent in his compositions (compositions which have no established performance tradition in the West). Not only do they represent an invaluable resource for pianists who wish to tackle Medtner's compositions, they are wonderfully enjoyable to listen to, tremendous recordings of some of the most beautiful music I have ever heard.

          Now, obviously, these are archival, not modern, recordings. The restoration presents them beautifully, but they are still cleaned up transfers from questionably preserved 78s so don't expect perfect clarity.

          Aside from Medtner's own compositions, the disc also includes Medtner's performance of one Beethoven piano sonata, no.23 in f, op.57, which is masterful.

          Listening to Medtner's piano playing is like opening a door into a vanished world, the Late-Romantic musical world from which sprang Artur Rubinstein and Vladimir Horowitz. Listening to this recording, I feel like I am touching the 19th century directly. The wild variations in tempo and dynamics in Medtner's piano playing are a revelation, both enraging and delightful simultaneously. Modern Western piano performances seem both self indulgent and rhythmically square in comparison. And Medtner's own music... Stunning. Fantastic.

          This is an awesome recording which I listen to again and again. Highly Recommended.

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