Medtner: The Three Piano Concertos [Import]

Nikolay Medtner (Composer), Ilya Stupel (Conductor), Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra), Geoffrey Douglas Madge (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Geoffrey Douglas Madge
• Orchestra: Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra
• Conductor: Ilya Stupel
• Composer: Nikolay Medtner
• Audio CD (September 25, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Bis
• ASIN: B00005Q44Y
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #576,283 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 33: Allegro

2. Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 33: Tranquillo, dolce (Variations)

3. Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 33: Coda: Allegro molto

4. Piano Sonata No. 3 in G minor, Op. 22

5. Sonata-Reminiscenza for piano in A minor, Op. 38/1

6. Sonata tragica for piano (Forgotten Melodies, Vol. 2), Op. 39/5

Disc: 2

1. Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 50: 1. Toccata: Allegro risoluto

2. Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 50: 2. Romanza: Andante con moto

3. Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 50: 3. Divertimento: Allegro risoluto e molto vivace

4. Piano Concerto No. 3 in E minor ('Ballade'), Op. 60: 1. Con moto largamento - Allegretto con moto

5. Piano Concerto No. 3 in E minor ('Ballade'), Op. 60: 2. Interludium: Allegro, molto sostenuto, misterioso

6. Piano Concerto No. 3 in E minor ('Ballade'), Op. 60: 3. Finale: Allegro molto, Svegliando, eroico - Andante con moto tranquillo - All

Customer Reviews

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Impressive and unique..., January 18, 2005

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Casey Kelley (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Medtner: The Three Piano Concertos (Audio CD)

Nikolai Medtner was clearly a great and redolent Russian lyrical composer. This contemplation was particularly entertaining because I could actually here the piano. I have previous recordings of the third Piano Concerto where the orchestra bombastically kills parts the piano solo mainly during the beginning of the finale and those expressive chords. The soloist in this recording plays the pieces brilliantly and the orchestra refrains from being verbose. I highly recommend this album to any aficionado of Medtner.