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Medtner - Tales & Poems | Mirare MIR059

Medtner - Tales & Poems

Label: Mirare

Cat No: MIR059

Barcode: 3760127220596

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 27th October 2008

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Contents

Artists

Yana Ivanilova (soprano)
Vassily Savenko (bass-baritone)
Boris Berezovsky (piano)

Artists

Yana Ivanilova (soprano)
Vassily Savenko (bass-baritone)
Boris Berezovsky (piano)

About

As gifted a pianist as Prokofiev, and a composer whom Rachmaninov rated more highly than himself, Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951) has long been neglected, a victim both of circumstances (the Russian revolution, emigration, war) and of his difficulty in adapting to 1920s Berlin and 1930s Paris, two hotbeds of a modernity that was fundamentally alien to him.

This CD gives us a chance to discover the last of the great Romantics, a worthy heir to Chopin and Brahms who celebrated the great poets, both Russian and German, faithful to the double culture of his origins. 17 of Medtner's finest songs are accompanied here by 8 Skazki, literally 'tales' for piano, or ‘poems without words’.

Boris Berezovsky is in his element in this repertoire.

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