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Topic: Identify piano score from "Reilly: Ace of Spies" Episode 4  (Read 1441 times)

Offline walkingstick

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I need help identifying this score.  I have a short recording--see attached MP3 file. It could be from a concerto by Liszt or a Russian composer, but that's a guess.  You can stream it online if you google "Reilly, Ace of Spies."  It's on Episode 4 and starts at about 14:15. Or just listen to the attached audio file.

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Re: Identify piano score from "Reilly: Ace of Spies" Episode 4
Reply #1 on: August 26, 2022, 01:26:06 AM
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Re: Identify piano score from "Reilly: Ace of Spies" Episode 4
Reply #2 on: August 26, 2022, 04:42:32 PM
That's Medtner, Fairy tale in B flat minor Op. 20 no. 1



The clip you posted starts at around 1:02 in the video above.

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Re: Identify piano score from "Reilly: Ace of Spies" Episode 4
Reply #3 on: August 27, 2022, 12:15:42 PM
Such inexhaustible invention and pianistic skill from the composer (and no shortage of the latter from the pianist either!) - but what a shame that Skazki has been translated into English as Fairy Tales when just plain Tales or Folk Tales or something similar would have been less misleading...
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