 | from Medtner: Arabesques, Dithyrambs, Elegies & other short piano works (CDA67851/2) 1 Maestoso severamente [6'13] 17 minutes 25 seconds 3 tracks2 Mit höchstem Pathos [8'42] 3 Andantino innocente [2'30] ‘No pianist has done more for Medtner's reputation than Hamish Milne, and on this two-CD set of shorter works … he tells you that a still neglected and misunderstood composer demands to be heard ... ‘The humorous Dithyramb No 2 is surely a masterpiece, and Milne happily strides its Olympian terrain with unforced richness of tone’ (BBC Music Magazine) ‘Medtner had a gift for crystallising images within a concise musical frame. There are delights aplenty, and Milne brings out their beguiling expressive range’ (The Daily Telegraph) |