Sofia Fomina & Alexander Karpeyev - Medtner: Songs (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 223Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 135 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:57:11
Classical, Vocal | Label: Chandos Records
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 223Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 135 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:57:11
Classical, Vocal | Label: Chandos Records
Like his friend and contemporary Rachmaninoff, Nikolai Medtner enjoyed a privileged and affluent upbringing, and was also exiled from Russia following the revolution in 1917. Unlike Rachmaninoff, Medtner could point to an ancestry that was part German, and his fathers passion for Germanic culture ensured that Goethe and Beethoven exerted as much influence on the young Medtner as Russian composers and writers, in particular Beethovens piano sonatas and string quartets. Medtner moved first to Germany, then France, before settling in London in 1935.