Konstantin Scherbakov, the pianist on this recording, has won prizes at several international competitions, including the Montreal International Competition and the Moscow Rachmaninov Competition.
Composer Biography
Medtner's family had strong musical and literary connections; his maternal uncle, Fyodor Karlovich, was an organ professor at the Conservatory, and a forebear was a friend of Goethe.
Composer Biography
After graduating from Moscow Conservatory with a gold medal, Medtner won first prize at the International Rubinstein Piano Competition in Vienna.
Composer Biography
Nikolay Medtner, a Russian pianist and composer, was born in Moscow on January 5, 1880, which was Russian Christmas Eve.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Medtner claimed an early affinity with Brahms, but his style increasingly incorporated accents of Rachmaninov, and his compositions are primarily for piano.
Composition History
Medtner's Piano Concerto No. 2, Opus 50, was completed in 1927 after intermittent work over a difficult period of seven years.
Composition History
Medtner's last work was his Piano Quintet in C major, on which he had worked intermittently for about 45 years, with the first sketches dating from 1904 and 1905.
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