Utwory na płycie:

• Martin: Der Sturm - Act 1: Overture
• Medtner: Stimmungsbilder, Op. 1 - #2 Allegro Con Impeto
• Medtner: Stimmungsbilder, Op. 1 - #3 Maestoso Freddo
• Medtner: Stimmungsbilder, Op. 1 - #4 Andantino Con Moto
• Medtner: Stimmungsbilder, Op. 1 - #5 Andante
• Medtner: Stimmungsbilder, Op. 1 - #6 Allegro Con Humore
• Medtner: Stimmungsbilder, Op. 1 - #7 Allegro Con Ira
• Medtner: Stimmungsbilder, Op. 1 - #8 Allegro Con Grazia
• Medtner: 3 Improvisations, Op. 2 - #1 Nixe (Rusalka): Veloce
• Medtner: 3 Improvisations, Op. 2 - #2 Eine Ball-Reminiscenz: Schwärmend
• Medtner: 3 Improvisations, Op. 2 - #3 Scherzo Infernale: Prestissimo Possibile
• Medtner: 4 Morceaux, Op. 4 - #1 Étude: Allegro Assai
• Medtner: 4 Morceaux, Op. 4 - #2 Caprice: Allegretto Capriccioso
• Medtner: 4 Morceaux, Op. 4 - #3 Moment Musical: Agitato
• Medtner: 4 Morceaux, Op. 4 - #4 Prélude: Allegro Appassionato
• Medtner: 3 Arabesken, Op. 7 - #1 Ein Idyll: Allegretto Tranquillo & Dolce
• Medtner: 3 Arabesken, Op. 7 - #2 Tragoedie-Fragment In A Minor: Andantino Con Moto
• Medtner: 3 Arabesken, Op. 7 - #3 Tragoedie-Fragment In G Minor: Allegro Inquieto Ma Al Rigore Di Tempo
• Medtner: 3 Dithyramben, Op. 10 - #1 Maestoso Severamente
• Medtner: 3 Dithyramben, Op. 10 - #2 Mit Höchstem Pathos
• Medtner: 3 Dithyramben, Op. 10 - #3 Andantino Inocente

CD1:
Stimmungsbilder Op 1
Trois Improvisations Op 2
Quatre Morceaux Op 4
Drei Arabesken Op 7
Drei Dithyramben Op 10
CD2:
Drei Novellen Op 17
Vier Lyrische Fragmente Op 23
Étude in C minor
Trois Morceaux Op 31
Drei Hymnen an die Arbeit Op 49
Theme and variations in C sharp minor Op 55
Zwei Elegien Op 59

‘Write one such piece and one can die.’ So pronounced Rachmaninov, no less, after hearing the second of Medtner’s Arabesques. This is just one of the delights in the enticing selection box offered by Hamish Milne, a long-standing and ardent champion of Medtner’s music. These two discs explore the many miniatures in size though not in ambition that he wrote throughout his life. The very opening of his Mood Pictures shows a remarkable sophistication for a man barely out of his teens, while the magnificent pair of Elegies forms a fitting conclusion to a set that reminds us that it is sometimes among the ‘miscellaneous’ works that the greatest gems are to be found.