Rachmaninoff: Variations; Medtner: Sonata in A minor; Sonata Reminiscenza; Canzona Matinatal; Sonata Tragica

Rachmaninoff: Variations; Medtner: Sonata in A minor; Sonata Reminiscenza; Canzona Matinatal; Sonata Tragica

On this CD:

1. Variations on a Theme of Corelli, for piano, Op. 42
Composed by Sergey Rachmaninov
Performed by Vladimir Viardo

2. Piano Sonata in A minor, Op. 30
Composed by Nikolay Medtner
Performed by Vladimir Viardo

3. Forgotten Melodies (8) for piano, Op. 38 No 1,
Composed by Nikolay Medtner
Performed by Vladimir Viardo

4. Forgotten Melodies (5) for piano, Op. 39 No 4, Canzona matinata.
Composed by Nikolay Medtner
Performed by Vladimir Viardo

5. Forgotten Melodies (5) for piano, Op. 39 No 5, Sonata tragica
Composed by Nikolay Medtner
Performed by Vladimir Viardo

Editorial Reviews
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Medtner has never lacked for advocates, yet his work sits on the fringes of the repertoire. Unlike Rachmaninoff, whose compositional fingerprints are instantly recognizable and unmistakably Russian, Medtner's conservative idiom is harder to pin down. The music has a distinct Francophile character by way of its formal rectitude and emotional reticence. Vladimir Viardo's brisk and unsentimental way with the Sonata Reminiscenza points up the work's proximity to Fauré's elusive late works, though the Sonata Tragica's swirling passage work bears Rachmaninoff's influence. In the Corelli Variations and remaining Medtner pieces, Viardo navigates the thorny figurations with the unruffled confidence typical of both composers' pianism. To this Viardo adds his own lyrical insights and a gorgeously rounded tone, beautifully captured in this recording. --Dan Davis

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Rachmaninoff: Variations; Medtner: Sonata in A minor; Sonata Reminiscenza; Canzona Matinatal; Sonata Tragica

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