Improvisation No. 2 : Work information

Composers
Nicolas [Nicolay Karlovich] Medtner [Metner] ( Music, Images,)
Performed by
Hamish Milne (Piano)

This work

Work name
Improvisation No. 2
Work number
Op. 47
Key
n/a
Genre
A
Composed
1926-01-01 02:00:00

This recording

Label
CRD
Producer
Jeremy Hayes
Engineer
Bob Auger
Recording date
1989-03-01 00:00:00

The Composers

Nicolas [Nicolay Karlovich] Medtner [Metner]

Medtner was a Russian composer and pianist. He was born in Moscow in 1880 and studied at the conservatoire there, but left Russia in 1921. He lived in Germany and France and toured as a concert pianist, making his debut in America in 1924 with the Philadelphia Orchestra. He wrote a great deal of piano music (including three concertos) which owed a great deal to German romanticism. He wrote a book in 1935 opposing modern innovations and affirming his faith in tonality. He also settled in England, where he lived until his death in 1951.

Track listing

  • Theme: Song of the water-nymph 2:24 min
  • Variation 1: Meditation 1:43 min
  • Variation 2: Caprice 1:23 min
  • Variation 3: Winged dancers 2:19 min
  • Variation 4: Enchantment 1:49 min
  • Variation 5: Humoresque 1:55 min
  • Variation 6: On the waves 1:27 min
  • Variation 7: Roar of the crowd 1:46 min
  • Variation 8: In the forest 0:50 min
  • Variation 9: The wood-spirit 0:38 min
  • Variation 10: Elves 1:05 min
  • Variation 11: Gnomes 1:04 min
  • Variation 12: Invocation 2:22 min
  • Variation 13: Threat 3:01 min
  • Variation 14: Song of the water-nymph 1:55 min
  • Variation 15: Storm 2:26 min
  • Conclusion 1:52 min