Paul Stewart - Medtner: Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol. 3 (2022) [Official Digital Download]

Medtner’s 14 piano sonatas, the most significant achievement in this genre by any major composer since Beethoven, span his career. The Sonata-Ballade explores a tempestuous musical allegory – the triumph of Light over Darkness, of Faith over Doubt; while the Sonata in A minor is cast in a single, terse movement, with folkloric elements and frequent use of bell-like features that exude Russianness. By contrast, the ‘Night Wind’ Sonata is a monumental epic of exceptional complexity that stunned Rachmaninov and led composer and critic Sorabji to call it ‘the greatest piano sonata of modern times.’

Tracklist:
1. Sonata-Ballade in F-Sharp Major, Op. 27 (1914 Version): I. Allegretto (11:35)
2. Sonata-Ballade in F-Sharp Major, Op. 27 (1914 Version): IIa. Introduzione. Mesto (03:56)
3. Sonata-Ballade in F-Sharp Major, Op. 27 (1914 Version): IIb. Finale. Allegro (11:13)
4. Piano Sonata No. 9 in A Minor, Op. 30 "After the War" (17:08)
5. Piano Sonata in E Minor, Op. 25 No. 2 "Night Wind": Ia. Introduzione. Andante con moto (18:30)
6. Piano Sonata in E Minor, Op. 25 No. 2 "Night Wind": Ib. Poco a poco. Allegro molto sfrenatamente (14:53)


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