Songs

Nikolai Medtner - Piano Music / Songs album cover

Label:	EMI Classics – 0777 7 54839 2 5
Series:	Composers In Person – CDC 7 54839 2
Format:	CD, Compilation, Mono, Remastered
Country:	Europe
Released:	1993
Genre:	Classical
Style:	Modern, Romantic

Tracklist

1	Russian Round-dance (A Tale), Op.58 No.1 (1944)	5:51
	Russian Songs
2	Shto Ty Klonish Nad Vodami / The Willow, Op.24 No.2 (1912)	1:14
3	Shopot, Robkoye Dykhan'ye / Dawn In The Garden, Op.24 No.7 (1912)	1:39
4	Serenade, Op.28 No.2 (1913)	1:56
	2 Tales, Op.20 (1910)
5	No.1: Allegro Con Espressione B Flat Minor	2:49
6	No.2: "Campanella" (Pesante. Minaccioso) B Minor	3:37
	Russian Songs
7	The Muse, Op.29 No.1 (1913)	3:02
8	The Rose, Op.29 No.6 (1913)	1:54
9	The Waltz, Op.32 No.5 (1914)	2:42
10	When Roses Fade, Op.36 No.3 (1923)	2:12
	6 Tales, Op.51 (1929)
11	No.1: Allegro Molto Vivace D Minor	5:31
	Russian Songs
12	Zimniy Vecher / Winter Evening, Op.13 No.1 (1907)	4:00
13	Mechtatelyu / To A Dreamer, Op.32 No.6 (1914)	4:15
14	Telega Zhizni / The Wagon Of Life, Op.45 No.2 (1926)	2:31
15	Vorony / The Ravens, Op.52 No.2 (1929)	2:28
	6 Tales, Op.51 (1929)
16	No.2: Allegretto Cantabile Ed Espressivo A Minor	3:39
	Goethe-Lieder
17	Elfenliedchen / Elves' Ditty, Op.6 No.3 (1904)	1:28
18	Im Vorübergehn / In Passing, Op.6 No.4 (1904)	2:17
19	Selbstbetrug / Self-deception, Op.15 No.3 (1908)	1:26
20	Aus 'Lila' / From 'Lila' (So Tanzet), Op.15 No.5 (1908)	1:05
21	Meeresstille / Calm At Sea, Op.15 No.7 (1908) –	2:48
22	Glückliche Fahrt / Prosperous Voyage, Op.15 No.8 (1908)	1:14
23	Eisamkeit / Solitude, Op.18 No.3 (1910)	2:14
	6 Tales, Op.51 (1929)
24	No.3: Allegretto Tranquillo E Grazioso – Allegro Non Troppo A Major	3:24
	7 Lieder, Op.46 (1927)
25	No.1: Praeludium / Prelude	1:58
26	No.5: Winternacht / Winter Night	3:31
27	No.6: Die Quelle / The Stream	2:09
	Forgotten Melodies, Op.38 (1919)
28	No.3: Danza Festiva (Presto)	4:43

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Credits

Composed By – Nicolas Medtner*
Liner Notes – Gerard McBurney
Lyrics By [Poems] – Chamisso* (tracks: 27), Tyuchev* (tracks: 2), Goethe* (tracks: 17 to 23, 25), Eichendorff* (tracks: 26), Pushkin* (tracks: 7 to 10, 12 to 15), Fet* (tracks: 3, 4)
Piano – Benno Moiseiwitsch (tracks: 1), Nicolas Medtner*
Producer – Lawrance Collingwood (tracks: 5, 6, 16, 24, 28), Peter de Jongh* (tracks: 12, 13), Walter Legge (tracks: 2 to 4, 7 to 11, 14, 15, 17 to 23, 25 to 27)
Remastered By [Digitally] – Andrew Walter
Soprano Vocals – Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (tracks: 7 to 10, 17 to 23, 25 to 27), Oda Slobodskaya (tracks: 2 to 4, 13 to 15), Tatiana Makushina (tracks: 12)

Notes

Recorded: 1936, 1946 & 1947 (Piano music); 1947 & 1950 (Lieder)
This compilation and digital remastering ℗ 1993 by EMI Records Ltd.
© EMI Records Ltd., 1993

Total time 78:42