Yevgeny Sudbin plays Medtner & Rachmaninov

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Sudbin offers an attractive selection of solo works…Medtner’s own Prologue to Op. 1, a tintinnabulation of Russian-style bells accompaying Orthodox-style chant, is a charming opener…[he is] compelling... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2016 More…

Release Date: 29th Jan 2016
Catalogue No: BIS1848
Label: BIS
Length: 59 minutes

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Excerpt, Medtner: Stimmungsbilder Op.1

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No. 1, Prologue. Andante cantabile

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Excerpt, Medtner: Skazki (Fairy Tales), Op. 51

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No. 3, Allegretto tranquillo e grazioso

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Excerpt, Medtner: Forgotten Melodies, Op. 38, Cycle 1

Work length13:17

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No. 1, Sonata reminiscenza

Track length13:17

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Excerpt, Medtner: Skazki (Fairy Tales), Op. 20

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No. 1, Allegro con espressione

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Excerpt, Medtner: Skazki (Fairy Tales), Op. 26

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No. 1, Allegretto frescamente

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Medtner: Forgotten Melodies, Op. 39

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No. 4, Canzon matinata

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No. 5, Sonata tragica

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Excerpt, Rachmaninoff: Preludes Op. 23 Nos. 1-10

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No. 4, Andante cantabile

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No. 5, Alla marcia

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Excerpt, Rachmaninoff: Preludes Op. 32 Nos. 1-13

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No. 5, Moderato

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No. 6, Allegro appassionato

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No. 12, Allegro

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No. 13, Grave

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Having previously released recordings of Medtner's three piano concertos as well as three of Rachmaninov's five concertante works, Yevgeny Sudbin on the present disc combines solo pieces by the two friends and fellow-composers. From Sergei Rachmaninov's rich and varied production he has chosen six of the celebrated preludes, including 'Alla marcia' in G minor (Op. 23 No. 5) as well as the much-loved Prelude No. 12 in G sharp minor from the Op. 32 set. But Sudbin, who is a great admirer of Nikolai Medtner, opens his new disc with a generous selection of that composer's solo piano music. This section begins with the Prologue from Stimmungsbilder, the eighteen-year-old composer's Opus 1, and closes with Sonata tragica, composed shortly before Medtner left Russia in 1921, never to return. It also includes three of the thirty-some Fairy Tales that Medtner composed throughout his life. 'No one tells such tales as Kolya', Rachmaninov used to joke affectionately, and with these pieces Medtner created his own, unique genre. He himself used the Russian word skazka or German Märchen to describe them, and in his liner notes Yevgeny Sudbin suggests that the creative impulse came not only from folklore but also from such diverse sources as Pushkin, Shakespeare and even the Bible. As an interpreter of both these composers, Sudbin has proven himself both in concert and on disc, with previous recordings being named 'Disc of the Month' in Gramophone, 'Essential Recording' in BBC Music Magazine and '10/10' on ClassicsToday.com, to mention just a few of the distinctions awarded them.

Reviews

June 2016

Sudbin offers an attractive selection of solo works…Medtner’s own Prologue to Op. 1, a tintinnabulation of Russian-style bells accompaying Orthodox-style chant, is a charming opener…[he is] compelling in the Rachmaninov [and] plays the well-known G minor Prelude with requisite fire

February 2016

A wondrous disc…[Sudbin] seems to have an exceptional affinity with Medtner’s language. He brings both his heart and his head into play when performing these pieces. His head tackles and illuminates textures and harmonies that might seem opaque and knotty on a first study of the scores; his heart is then harnessed to convey the extraordinary sensibility, passion and thoroughly individual cast of melody that courses through the music

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