Dmitri Alexeev, Alexander Lazarev - The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 8: Medtner: Piano Concerto No 1 & Piano Quintet (1994)
Dmitri Alexeev, Alexander Lazarev, BBC Symphony Orchestra - The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 8: Nikolai Medtner: Piano Concerto No 1 & Piano Quintet (1994)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & no Log) ~ 288 Mb | Total time: 58:59 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA66744 | Recorded: 1994
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & no Log) ~ 288 Mb | Total time: 58:59 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA66744 | Recorded: 1994
When one considers the life of Nikolai Karlovich Medtner it is impossible not to be amazed by his strange, tragic and yet marvellous destiny. He was recognized in Russia at the beginning of the twentieth century as one of the most important composers and was, with Scriabin and Rachmaninov, an extremely influential, almost ‘cult’ figure for a whole generation of the Russian intellectual élite. He was also a great pianist and an outstanding musical thinker. His personality was completely divorced from everyday life, but the depth and power of his intellect, entirely absorbed in music, philosophy and the history of culture, were deeply respected by such contemporaries as Nikisch, Rachmaninov, Furtwängler, Koussevitsky, Glazunov and Prokofiev. There is thus something of a paradox in the fact that for the last thirty years of his life, when he lived in the West, he remained practically unknown to the general public and spent most of his life in abject poverty.
Of the three Medtner piano concertos the first is remarkable for its inspirational inner content, the beauty of its melodies and the grand scale of its structure. It is probably his most outstanding work. He began it in 1914 and the first performance took place in Moscow on 12 May 1918, the composer as soloist under Koussevitsky.
The horrible events of the First World War are, perhaps unavoidably, reflected in the work. Russian and German cultures meant equally much to Medtner and the war between the two countries developed into a personal tragedy for him. The Concerto is a grandiose, one-movement construction, written in sonata form, where the extended development of each section compensates for the lack of the traditional division into movements. Slow and scherzo-like episodes sound almost like the middle movement of a symphony and the coda, which is thematically and dynamically rich, serves as a finale. The originality of the Concerto’s form is increased by the interfusion of two structural principles: the sonata form gives the work its general contours while the variation form imparts diversity, contrast and a more fragmentary structure.
The Piano Quintet has a very special place among Medtner’s works. The composer himself regarded it as the synthesis or summary of all his work and, indeed, worked on it throughout his life. The first sketches date back to 1903/4 and it was only completed in 1949. This work, which was destined to be his last, combines freshness of inspiration with great mastery of composition.
Performer:
Dmitri Alexeev, piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Lazarev, conductor
New Budapest Quartet
Track List:
Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951)
Piano Concerto No 1 in C minor Op 33
01. Allegro
02. Theme and Variations
03. Recapitulation
04. Coda: Allegro molto
Piano Quintet in C major Op posth.
05. Molto Placido
06. Andantino con moto
07. Finale: Allegro vivace
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