Medtner: Arabesques, Dithyrambs, Elegies: and other short piano works

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The humorous Dithyramb No. 2 is surely a masterpiece, and Milne happily strides its Olympian terrain with unforced richness of tone. Medtner's expressive range grows on the second disc...The... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 27th Feb 2012
Catalogue No: CDA67851-2
Label: Hyperion
Length: 2 hours 37 minutes

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Medtner: Stimmungsbilder Op.1

Work length20:50

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Hamish Milne (piano)

I. Prolog: Andante cantabile

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II. Allegro con impeto

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III. Maestoso freddo

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IV. Andantino con moto

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V. Andante

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VI. Allegro con humore

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VII. Allegro con ira

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VIII. Allegro con grazia

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Medtner: Improvisations (3), Op. 2

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I. Nixe 'Rusalka': Veloce

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II. Eine Ball-Reminiscenz: Schwärmend

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III. Scherzo infernale: Prestissimo possibile

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Medtner: Morceaux (4), Op. 4

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I. Étude: Allegro assai

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II. Caprice: Allegretto capriccioso

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III. Moment musical: Agitato

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IV. Prélude: Allegro appassionato

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Medtner: 3 Arabesques, Op. 7

Work length10:06

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Hamish Milne (piano)

I. Ein Idyll: Allegretto tranquillo e dolce

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II. Tragoedie-Fragment in A minor: Andantino con moto

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III. Tragoedie-Fragment in G minor: Allegro inquieto ma al rigore di tempo

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Medtner: Dithyramben (3), Op. 10

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I. Maestoso severamente

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II. Mit höchstem Pathos

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III. Andantino innocente

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Medtner: Three Novelles, Op.17

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Hamish Milne (piano)

I. Daphnis und Chloe: Andante

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II. Tempo giusto

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III. Allegro, molto sostenuto

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Medtner: Four Lyric Fragments, Op. 23

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Hamish Milne (piano)

I. Allegro commodamente

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II. Andantino gracile

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III. Tempo di Valse

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IV. Andantino tenebroso

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Medtner: Etude in C minor

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Medtner: Morceaux Op.31

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Hamish Milne (piano)

I. Improvisation: Andantino, gracile

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II. Marche funèbre: Andante lugubre

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III. Skazka: Allegretto capriccioso, con molto tenerezza

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Medtner: Three Hymns in Praise of Toil, Op. 49

Work length10:52

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Hamish Milne (piano)

I. Vor der Arbeit: Allegretto molto tranquillo

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II. Am Amboss: Allegro, molto pesante e poco rubato

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III. Nach der Arbeit: Allegro vivace

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Medtner: Theme and Variations, Op. 55

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Medtner: Two Elegies, Op. 59

Work length15:05

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Hamish Milne (piano)

I. Andante largamento

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II. Andante con moto

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‘Write one such piece and one can die.’ So pronounced Rachmaninov, no less, after hearing the second of Medtner’s Arabesques. This is just one of the delights in the enticing selection box offered by Hamish Milne, a long-standing and ardent champion of Medtner’s music. These two discs explore the many miniatures—in size though not in ambition—that he wrote throughout his life. The very opening of his Mood Pictures shows a remarkable sophistication for a man barely out of his teens, while the magnificent pair of Elegies forms a fitting conclusion to a set that reminds us that it is sometimes among the ‘miscellaneous’ works that the greatest gems are to be found.

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June 2012

The humorous Dithyramb No. 2 is surely a masterpiece, and Milne happily strides its Olympian terrain with unforced richness of tone. Medtner's expressive range grows on the second disc...The official set of Op. 55 is perhaps the most conventional work here, though Milne's articulates that as beautifully as the rest.

May 2012

Here is a declaration of musical faith if ever there was one. No pianist has done more for Medtner's reputation than Hamish Milne...[His] playing will surely make Russians, in particular, listen in awe to such magisterial command and poetic empathy...Milne writes his own superb notes, and this is surely in the running for instrumental issue of the year.

14th March 2012

As Milne's forthright, utterly secure performances make clear, much of this is strongly characterised music...Milne is a wonderfully persuasive advocate for this distinctive and generally underrated music

Medtner: Arabesques, Dithyrambs, Elegies

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