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CDA67578


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Recording details: August 1996
St George's, Brandon Hill, United Kingdom
Produced by Andrew Keener
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: May 2006
Total duration: 74 minutes 28 seconds

'Hamelin's transcendental technique is breathtaking in the bravura numbers, and he is even more compelling in the reflective numbers, such as Two Tales which deserve wide circulation' (The Sunday Times)

'Hamelin's performance captures the changing moods of this unjustly forgotten composer' (Scotland on Sunday)

'Hamelin realizes his conceptions with complete authority from top to bottom and proves that Medtner's phrasings, dynamics and tempo indications need little intervention other than for one to play simply, clearly, and beautifully. That's easier said than done, unless you happen to be Marc-André Hamelin' (ClassicsToday.com)

'I can only agree with the superlatives Hamelin has garnered from so many other reviewers. His technique is unsurpassed by any pianist of any era ... He has prepared excellent new editions of both the sonatas and the Forgotten Melodies, several from Medtner manuscripts in his possession. Add to these performances a booklet with an excellent essay by noted Medtner biographer Barrie Martyn and you have a nearly perfect release' (American Record Guide)

Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951)
Forgotten Melodies
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
LISTEN TO ALL EXTRACTS
Vergessene Weisen 'Forgotten Melodies', Op 38
1
No 1: Sonata-Reminiscenza in A minor. Allegretto tranquillo  [16'04]
2
No 2: Danza graziosa. Con moto leggiero  [2'57]
3
No 3: Danza festiva. Presto  [4'47]
4
No 4: Canzona fluviala. Allegretto con moto  [2'40]
5
No 5: Danza rustica. Allegro commodo  [2'01]
6
No 6: Canzona serenata in F minor. Moderato  [4'17]
7
No 7: Danza silvestra  [3'40]
8
No 8: Alla Reminiscenza. Quasi coda  [2'53]
Vergessene Weisen 'Forgotten Melodies', Op 39
9
No 1: Meditazione. Introduzione, quasi Cadenza – Meno mosso – Meditamente  [4'44]
10
No 2: Romanza. Meditamente  [4'19]
11
No 3: Primavera. Vivace  [3'31]
12
No 4: Canzona matinata in G major. Allegretto cantando, ma sempre con moto  [4'34]
13
No 5: Sonata tragica in C minor. Allegro risoluto  [9'00]
Skazki, Op 8
14
No 1: Andantino  [3'09]
15
No 2: Allegro  [5'52]
As a complement to Marc-André Hamelin’s new recording of the Dukas Piano Sonata and Abel Decaux’s Clairs de lune (CDA67513, released this month), we are pleased to offer this single-disc collection of Books 1 and 2 of Medtner’s Forgotten Melodies, taken from the acclaimed four-disc set of Medtner Piano Sonatas (CDA67221/4).