RACHMANINOV / MEDTNER

 

Piano Concertos

 

Nikolai Medtner

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 50

 

Sergei Rachmaninov

Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40 (original 1926 version)

Floods of Spring (from Twelve Songs, Op. 14, transcription for piano solo by Yevgeny Sudbin)

 

Yevgeny Sudbin - piano

 

North Carolina Symphony Orchestra / Grant Llewellyn

 

Yevgeny Sudbin celebrates the close relationship between two great Russian composers: Sergei Rachmaninov and Nikolai Medtner. Medtner would encourage his more famous colleague during the latter’s bouts of self doubt, while Rachmaninov early on recognised Medtner’s unique gifts, pronouncing him the ‘greatest composer of our time.’ The most sincere testament to their friendship is embodied in these two concertos, which the composers dedicated to one another.

 

BIS SACD BISSACD1728