Episode 3
Donald Macleod explores what happened when, during World War One, Rachmaninov and Medtner took to the concert platform.
Despite the outbreak of the First World War, the two pianist-composers both find themselves busy on the concert platform. But Medtner's reputation takes a dent when his prickly temperament sees him clash with one of the great conductors of the day. Donald Macleod finds out what all the fuss was about.
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Nikolai Karlovich Medtner
Improvisation op 31/1
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
- HYPERION CDA67050.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Polka de V.R
Nina Koshetz (soprano), Celius Dougherty (piano)
- RCA 82876678922.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Christ is Risen Op.26
Sergei Rachmaninov (piano)
- SYMPOSIUM 1137SYM.
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Nikolai Karlovich Medtner
Sonata op 25/2
Nina Koshetz (soprano), Celius Dougherty (piano)
- CHANDOS CHAN 9723.
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- Wed 24 Oct 201212:00BBC Radio 3
- Wed 17 Jul 201312:00BBC Radio 3
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