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Offline mjames

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Medtner thread...
on: May 24, 2016, 02:40:59 PM
...Okay this guy is like my top 3 fav pianist-composer now (along with chopin and scriabin).

This sonata is too awesome:



post your fav medtner stuff. ;3

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Re: Medtner thread...
Reply #1 on: May 24, 2016, 02:48:40 PM
I realise I should like Medtner more than I do but I just have trouble completely getting into his music. I respect him at any rate, don't get me wrong and have never actually disliked anything of his I've heard but I've generally found Scriabin far more rewarding.
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Re: Medtner thread...
Reply #2 on: May 24, 2016, 02:54:16 PM
I realise I should like Medtner more than I do but I just have trouble completely getting into his music. I respect him at any rate, don't get me wrong and have never actually disliked anything of his I've heard but I've generally found Scriabin far more rewarding.

For me Scriabin and Medtner are complete opposites. Medtner's more rigid and 'intellectual' (not calling Alex dumb lol), and Scriabin's more spontaneous and 'instinctive'

if ya know what i mean
actually nah I dont even know what i mean

But yeah it's understandable ;D

I wanna play this...one day...:



IMHO, scriabin's magnum opus

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Re: Medtner thread...
Reply #3 on: May 24, 2016, 03:51:03 PM
Glad to see someone else has decided to take a plunge into this genius's music. 8)

There's so much to love when it comes to Medtner's repertoire that it's really hard to pick only a few works as 'favorites', but I'll bite:





There was an even lovelier version of the Sonata Reminiscenza a few years ago on You Tube, but it was taken down. :(

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Reply #4 on: May 24, 2016, 04:02:57 PM
Great!  This is 1st time I heard this.  I like this much better than the Rachmaninov sonata #1 (1908).  I heard Rach sonata #1 performed live a couple months ago by Peter Orth along with Scriabin 24 preludes OP 11 (1896).  I bought the Orth CD of this.  I love the Scriabin preludes but I never got into the sonata #1 very much.  I ordered on Amazon this Medtner sonata #7 (1911) performed by Kholodenko (it's so sad about his family).  Thanks!

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Re: Medtner thread...
Reply #5 on: May 24, 2016, 04:06:13 PM
those vocalise for voice (no text) and piano remain my favorites of him

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Reply #6 on: May 24, 2016, 04:36:33 PM
Great!  This is 1st time I heard this.  I like this much better than the Rachmaninov sonata #1 (1908).  I heard Rach sonata #1 performed live a couple months ago by Peter Orth along with Scriabin 24 preludes OP 11 (1896).  I bought the Orth CD of this.  I love the Scriabin preludes but I never got into the sonata #1 very much.  I ordered on Amazon this Medtner sonata #7 (1911) performed by Kholodenko (it's so sad about his family).  Thanks!

YEAHH! Looks like I converted someone into Medtnertism  8) 8)

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@Mussi,
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The tragedy fragment is super cool

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Re: Medtner thread...
Reply #7 on: May 24, 2016, 04:38:44 PM
I really enjoy his entire output. The Fairy Tales seem to be exceedingly special in their vision, though.

Best,

AJ

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Reply #8 on: May 24, 2016, 04:51:01 PM
I really enjoy his entire output. The Fairy Tales seem to be exceedingly special in their vision, though.

Best,

AJ

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Re: Medtner thread...
Reply #9 on: May 24, 2016, 09:52:05 PM

More delicious stuff:




I love Op. 39, and have learned part of it.  Some describe it as rambling music, but I don't see that at all.  It is very organic to me, like a stroll through the woods. 
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Re: Medtner thread...
Reply #10 on: May 24, 2016, 11:53:49 PM


This is my kinda thread.

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Reply #11 on: May 25, 2016, 03:43:13 AM
Medtner and Scriabin are both wonderful, just different :)

This one just never gets old for me...the way Medtner handles rhythm is truly special and wonderful. I think that's what really got me hooked.



Also of course his piano concertos are amazing too...

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Reply #12 on: May 25, 2016, 07:06:41 AM




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Re: Medtner thread...
Reply #13 on: June 05, 2018, 09:16:12 PM
i *heart this thread so much.

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Re: Medtner thread...
Reply #14 on: June 05, 2018, 09:57:13 PM
Still haven't given up on his nightwind sonata!

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Re: Medtner thread...
Reply #15 on: June 05, 2018, 10:05:56 PM
Night Wind Sonata, Piano Quintet, and Sonata Romantica are my favorite pieces by him. Sonata Ballade is awesome too.

Someday I'll tackle Medtner ...
Practicing:
Bach Chromatic Fantasie and Fugue
Beethoven Sonata Op. 10 No. 1
Shostakovich Preludes Op. 34
Scriabin Etude Op. 2 No. 1
Liszt Fantasie and Fugue on BACH
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