Composer(s): Medtner, Nicolai
Conductor(s): Ziva, Vladimir
Label: Naxos
Genre: Concerto
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: 8.553359
Barcode: 0730099435925
Release Date: 04/1999

MEDTNER: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 3

Medtner’s three Piano Concertos bring together the traditions of Brahms and Schumann and the full-blooded Romanticism of Rachmaninov. The two concertos recorded here are starkly contrasting but both demand the skills of a gifted virtuoso.

Tracklist

Medtner, Nicolai
Scherbakov, Konstantin (piano)
Moscow Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ziva, Vladimir (Conductor)
1 I. Allegro 11:59
Scherbakov, Konstantin (piano)
Moscow Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ziva, Vladimir (Conductor)
2 II. Tranquillo, meditamente 13:13
Scherbakov, Konstantin (piano)
Moscow Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ziva, Vladimir (Conductor)
3 III. Tempo I 02:20
Scherbakov, Konstantin (piano)
Moscow Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ziva, Vladimir (Conductor)
4 IV. Allegro molto 07:18
Scherbakov, Konstantin (piano)
Moscow Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ziva, Vladimir (Conductor)
Scherbakov, Konstantin (piano)
Moscow Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ziva, Vladimir (Conductor)
5 I. Con moto largamente 14:42
Scherbakov, Konstantin (piano)
Moscow Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ziva, Vladimir (Conductor)
6 II. Interludium: Allegro, molto sostenuto, misterioso 01:34
Scherbakov, Konstantin (piano)
Moscow Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ziva, Vladimir (Conductor)
7 III. Finale: Allegro molto-Svegliando, eroico 18:38
Scherbakov, Konstantin (piano)
Moscow Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Ziva, Vladimir (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:09:44