Composer: Johannes Brahms, Nikolai Medtner
Performer: Florian Noack
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Artalinna
Catalogue: ATLA014
Release: 2016
Size: 574 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Medtner: Skazki (Fairy Tales), Op. 20
01. I. Allegro con espressione
02. II. Campanella (Pesante – Minaccioso)
Medtner: 2 Tales, Op. 8
03. I. Andantino
04. II. Recitato – Allegro – Più sostenuto ma a tempo – Meno mosso instantemento
Brahms: Klavierstücke, Op. 76
05. I. Capriccio in F-Sharp Minor (Un poco agitato)
06. II. Capriccio in B Minor (Allegretto non troppo)
07. III. Intermezzo in A-Flat Major (Grazioso)
08. IV. Intermezzo in B-Flat Major (Allegretto grazioso)
09. V. Capriccio in C-Sharp Minor (Agitato ma non troppo presto)
10. VI. Intermezzo in A Major (Andante con moto)
11. VII. Intermezzo in A Minor (Moderato semplice)
12. VIII. Capriccio in C Major (Grazioso ed un poco vivace)
13. Medtner: Forgotten Melodies, Pt. II, Op. 39: V. Sonata Tragica in C Minor (Allegro risoluto)
Medtner: 2 Tales, Op. 48
14. I. Tanzmärchen (Allegro risoluto – Presto leggierissimo)
15. II. Elfenmärchen (Con moto flessibile)
Here, an inspired interpreter of Russian music, from Rachmaninov to Scriabin, including Medtner and Lyapunov, Florian Noack invites us on a journey to the hearts of two great polyphonists of the late Romantic era. Both the poetic science of Nikolai Medtner and Johannes Brahms, and the density of their writing, originate in a search for polyphonics with a thousand ramifications, testifying in this sense to their shared love for the great masters of the past, such as Bach and Beethoven.