Nikolai Medtner
Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (Russian: Николай Карлович Метнер, romanized: Nikolay Karlovich Metner; 5 January 1880 [O.S. 24 December 1879] – 13 November 1951) was a Russian composer and pianist. A younger contemporary of Sergei Rachmaninoff and Alexander Scriabin, he wrote a substantial number of compositions, all of which include the piano. His works include 14 piano sonatas, three violin sonatas, three piano concerti, a piano quintet, two works for two pianos, many shorter piano pieces, a few shorter works for violin and piano, and 108 songs including two substantial works for vocalise. His 38 Skazki (generally known as "Fairy Tales" in English but more correctly translated as "Tales") for piano solo contain some of his most original music.
Genre: early-modern-classical, russian-romanticism
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Top Tracks
- Vergessene Weisen. Op. 40: No. 4, Danza Jubilosa - Duo-Art 68729
- Arabesque. Op. 7, No. 1 - Duo-Art 0218
- Forgotten Melodies I, Op. 38: I. Sonata Reminiscenza
- Vergessene Weisen, Op. 38 (Forgotten Melodies I): No. 3, Danza Festiva - Duo-Art 6998
- Piano Concerto No. 3 in E Minor, Op. 60 "Ballade": III. Finale. Allegro molto
- Forgotten Melodies I, Op. 38: I. Sonata reminiscenza (Live)
- Arabesque. Op. 7, No. 1 - Duo-Art 0218
- Piano Concerto No. 3 in E Minor, Op. 60 "Ballade": I. Con moto largamento - Allegro con moto
- Skazki, Op. 42: II. Con moto disinvolto e grazioso (Phrygian Mode)
- Quatre Morceaux, Op. 4: IV. Prelude
- Forgotten Melodies I, Op. 38: No. 1, Sonata Reminiscenza
- Piano Sonata in G Minor, Op. 22 (Live)
- 3 Tales, Op. 9: No. 2, Allegro alla serenata, con alcuna licenza (Arr. A. Krein for Piano Trio)
- Klavierquintett C-Dur, Op. Posth.: Nr. 2, Andantino con moto
- 2 Fairy Tales, Op. 8: No. 2, Recitato
- 2 Fairy Tales, Op. 8: No. 1, Andantino
- Forgotten Melodies I, Op. 38: No. 1, Sonata Reminiscenza
- Extrait de la Sonate « Réminiscence » en La Mineur, Op. 38, No. 1
- 3 Novelles, Op. 17: No. 1 in G Major "Daphnis et Chloé" (Live)
- Piano Sonata, Op. 25 No. 1: III. Allegro con Spirito
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