Nikolay Medvedev - Rachmaninoff, Medtner & Tchaikovsky: Piano Works (2021) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Moments Musicaux, Op. 16: No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Andantin
02. Moments Musicaux, Op. 16: No. 2 in E-Flat Minor, Allegrett
03. Moments Musicaux, Op. 16: No. 3 in B Minor, Andante cantabil
04. Moments Musicaux, Op. 16: No. 4 in E Minor, Prest
05. Moments Musicaux, Op. 16: No. 5 in D-Flat Major, Adagio sostenut
06. Moments Musicaux, Op. 16: No. 6, in C Major, Maestos
07. Piano Sonata in G minor, Op. 22: Piano Sonata in G Minor, Op. 2
08. Grand Sonata in G Major, Op. 37, TH 139: I. Moderato e risolut
09. Grand Sonata in G Major, Op. 37, TH 139: II. Andante non troppo quasi moderat
10. Grand Sonata in G Major, Op. 37, TH 139: III. Scherzo. Allegro giocos
11. Grand Sonata in G Major, Op. 37, TH 139: IV. Finale. Allegro vivac



Interviewed by "Musical America" in 1921, Rachmaninoff was asked: “would you agree that the heart should be the composer’s guide through the labyrinths of accepted forms?”. “Yes”, he replied, “the heart above all. Of course, the head must aid in the building of great musical structures, but by itself the head is impotent. If a composer is devoid of heart or hasn’t his heart in the right place, it is impossible for him to conceal his deficiency. This explains why Russian music is so superlatively great; it speaks so directly to the heart. That is what gives it its vital beauty, its universality of appeal, and thus all great art is universal and national in character – it were better to say local instead of national – at one and the same moment”. It is perhaps for this reason that young pianist Nikolay Medvedev has chosen a program of Russian piano masterpieces for his debut album.

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