Episode 2
Rachmaninov was well used to being branded a musical philistine, but when the accusations started coming from Medtner's own brother there was bound to be some fallout. Donald Macleod explores how the composers' relationships weathered these familial complications.
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Nikolai Karlovich Medtner
March of the Knights
Nicolas Medtner (piano roll)
- Private Recording.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
The Bells, Op. 35 - Wedding Bells
Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Marina Mescheriakova (director), The Moscow State Chamber Choir, Vladimir Minin (conductor)
- DG 4710292.
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Nikolai Karlovich Medtner
Sonata Tale op25/1
Geoffrey Tozer (piano)
- CHANDOS CHAN 9723.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Paganini Rhapsody
Sergei Rachmaninov (piano), The Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
- RCA 82876678922.
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- Tue 23 Oct 201212:00BBC Radio 3
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