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Medtner - The Complete Skazki

Hamish Milne (piano)

Medtner - The Complete Skazki

Awards:

Milne is in complete technical and expressive command, bringing to them the fleetness and rhythmic spring, the varied character and wit, that all Medtner's music needs. He crests the summits...

Medtner - The Complete Skazki

Hamish Milne (piano)

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Awards:

Milne is in complete technical and expressive command, bringing to them the fleetness and rhythmic spring, the varied character and wit, that all Medtner's music needs. He crests the summits...

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The Skazki (‘Märchen’ in German; ‘Contes’ in French; the incorrect ‘Fairy Tales’ in English - as suggested by Medtner's wife) were the most personal of Medtner’s idioms and contain his most immediately appealing music: they are miniature tone poems full of atmosphere and colour and are arguably the most neglected ‘great’ piano music in the repertoire.

Contents and tracklist

I. Andantino
Track length3:19
II. Allegro
Track length6:45
I. Allegro inquieto
Track length3:34
II. Allegro alla serenata, con alcuna licenza
Track length2:42
III. Allegretto vivo, odoroso
Track length2:00
I. Ophelia's Song: Andantino con moto
Track length3:29
II. March of the Paladin: Allegro marciale
Track length4:09
I. Allegro con espressione
Track length2:52
II. Campanella: Pesante, minaccioso
Track length3:46
I. Allegretto frescamente
Track length2:27
II. Molto vivace
Track length1:30
III. Narrante a piacere
Track length2:26
IV. Sostenuto
Track length4:03
III. Skazka: Allegretto capriccioso, con molto tenerezza
Track length2:25
I. The Magic Violin: Tempo cangiando, abbandonamente
Track length5:44
II. Allegro e leggiero
Track length2:16
III. Allegretto tenebroso
Track length3:24
IV. Molto sostenuto e semplice
Track length5:39
I. Andante maestoso
Track length3:44
II. Capriccioso, con grazia
Track length5:37
III. Cantabile, narrante
Track length3:28
IV. Allegro appassionato e tempestoso
Track length3:58
I. Russian Tale: Allegro sostenuto
Track length6:11
II. Phrygian Mode: Con moto disinvolto et grazioso
Track length2:01
III. Moderato, narrante
Track length6:01
I. Dance Tale: Allegro risoluto
Track length8:28
II. Tale of the Elves: Con moto flessibile
Track length4:23
I. Allegro molto vivace … e sempre leggierissimo
Track length5:31
II. Cantabile, tranquillo
Track length3:43
III. Allegretto tranquillo e grazioso
Track length3:35
IV. Allegretto con moto flessibile
Track length4:04
V. Presto
Track length2:11
VI. Allegro vivace sempre al rigore di tempo
Track length3:17
I. Pastoral 'Prelude': Allegretto con moto abbandonamente
Track length2:18
II. Bird's Tale: Allegretto con moto capriccioso e sempre leggiero
Track length2:36
III. Tempo di Sarabanda 'Prelude': Andantino mobile
Track length2:06
IV. Scherzo 'Tale': Allegro vivace
Track length2:38
V. Tender Reproach 'Prelude': Allegretto, molto tranquillo e commodo
Track length3:08
VI. The Organ Grinder 'Tale': Allegro assai
Track length5:31
VII. Hymn 'Prelude': Allegretto tranquillo
Track length3:40
VIII. The Beggar 'Tale': Narrante
Track length3:33

Awards and reviews

  • Gramophone Awards
    2007
    Finalist - Instrumental
  • BBC Music Magazine
    May 2007
    Instrumental Choice

May 2007

Milne is in complete technical and expressive command, bringing to them the fleetness and rhythmic spring, the varied character and wit, that all Medtner's music needs. He crests the summits of their virtuosity with such ease one can concentrate throughout on the music, not the pianist, as Medtner intended.

Each one a unique gem of beguiling invention. Notoriously difficult to bring off, Hamish Milne makes some of the most exacting pages in the repertoire sound glorious

Hamish Milne is a wonderful guide to this world—his performances are both technically outstanding and musically penetrating

Pianist Magazine

Milne has recorded many epoch-making Medtner discs and his new collection of the complete Skazki stands out as his finest to date. The richness of ideas and the overwhelming range of expression is Medtner at his finest. Milne eclipses Geoffrey Tozer in his Chandos recording and I cannot think of
a pianist today who can better this
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