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Medinš: 24 Dainas (Preludes) / Powell
Toccata

Medinš: 24 Dainas (Preludes) / Powell

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Details

Composer
MEDINS, JANIS
Artist
Jonathan Powell
Format
CD
Label
Toccata
Released
Oct 30, 2012
Catalog #
TOCC0097
UPC
5060113440976

About

Mediņš (1890–1966) was one of the pioneers of Latvian music. His was a conductor, teacher, and wrote the first Latvian opera. The 24 Dainas were written over a period of 4 decades, and show influence of Rachmaninoff, Grieg, and Scriabin. This is the first complete recording on CD.

REVIEW:

The Latvian composer Janis Medins (1890–1966) studied piano and string instruments as a child and claimed he was exclusively selftaught as a composer. His 24 Dainas (short character pieces drawing from a rich poetic and musical tradition with subjects based on folklore) are similar in some respects to other cycles of Preludes by Rachmaninoff and others (and the term is rendered “Prelude” in English for the CD). Medins has a fine ear for tonal harmony heavily colored by chromatic voiceleading, and the works, like No 17, usually balance virtuosic brilliance and full-voiced, quasiorchestral textures. Powell, who is a composer as well as a pianist himself, furnishes a careful but highly expressive reading. The recording replicates a concert-like acoustic.

-- American Record Guide

Tracklist 24 tracks

  1. 1 Daina No. 1 03:55
    Track
    1
    Title
    Daina No. 1
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Jānis Mediņš
    Performer
    Jonathan Powell
  2. 2 Daina No. 2 03:05
    Track
    2
    Title
    Daina No. 2
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Jānis Mediņš
    Performer
    Jonathan Powell
  3. 3 Daina No. 3 01:40
    Track
    3
    Title
    Daina No. 3
    Duration
    01:40
    Composer
    Jānis Mediņš
    Performer
    Jonathan Powell
  4. 4 Daina No. 4 02:35
    Track
    4
    Title
    Daina No. 4
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Jānis Mediņš
    Performer
    Jonathan Powell
  5. 5 Daina No. 5 02:13
    Track
    5
    Title
    Daina No. 5
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Jānis Mediņš
    Performer
    Jonathan Powell
  6. 6 Daina No. 6 02:37
    Track
    6
    Title
    Daina No. 6
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    Jānis Mediņš
    Performer
    Jonathan Powell
  7. 7 Daina No. 7 04:38
    Track
    7
    Title
    Daina No. 7
    Duration
    04:38
    Composer
    Jānis Mediņš
    Performer
    Jonathan Powell
  8. 8 Daina No. 8 02:50
    Track
    8
    Title
    Daina No. 8
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Jānis Mediņš
    Performer
    Jonathan Powell
  9. 9 Daina No. 9 04:23
    Track
    9
    Title
    Daina No. 9
    Duration
    04:23
    Composer
    Jānis Mediņš
    Performer
    Jonathan Powell
  10. 10 Daina No. 10 03:47
    Track
    10
    Title
    Daina No. 10
    Duration
    03:47
    Composer
    Jānis Mediņš
    Performer
    Jonathan Powell
  11. 11 Daina No. 11 02:19
    Track
    11
    Title
    Daina No. 11
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    Jānis Mediņš
    Performer
    Jonathan Powell
  12. 12 Daina No. 12 02:39
    Track
    12
    Title
    Daina No. 12
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Jānis Mediņš
    Performer
    Jonathan Powell
  13. 13 Daina No. 13 03:30
    Track
    13
    Title
    Daina No. 13
    Duration
    03:30
    Composer
    Jānis Mediņš
    Performer
    Jonathan Powell
  14. 14 Daina No. 14 02:45
    Track
    14
    Title
    Daina No. 14
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Jānis Mediņš
    Performer
    Jonathan Powell
  15. 15 Daina No. 15 02:10
    Track
    15
    Title
    Daina No. 15
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Jānis Mediņš
    Performer
    Jonathan Powell
  16. 16 Daina No. 16 02:49
    Track
    16
    Title
    Daina No. 16
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    Jānis Mediņš
    Performer
    Jonathan Powell
  17. 17 Daina No. 17 03:58
    Track
    17
    Title
    Daina No. 17
    Duration
    03:58
    Composer
    Jānis Mediņš
    Performer
    Jonathan Powell
  18. 18 Daina No. 18 03:20
    Track
    18
    Title
    Daina No. 18
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Jānis Mediņš
    Performer
    Jonathan Powell
  19. 19 Daina No. 19 02:06
    Track
    19
    Title
    Daina No. 19
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    Jānis Mediņš
    Performer
    Jonathan Powell
  20. 20 Daina No. 20 03:02
    Track
    20
    Title
    Daina No. 20
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Jānis Mediņš
    Performer
    Jonathan Powell
  21. 21 Daina No. 21 02:33
    Track
    21
    Title
    Daina No. 21
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Jānis Mediņš
    Performer
    Jonathan Powell
  22. 22 Daina No. 22 02:34
    Track
    22
    Title
    Daina No. 22
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    Jānis Mediņš
    Performer
    Jonathan Powell
  23. 23 Daina No. 23 03:49
    Track
    23
    Title
    Daina No. 23
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    Jānis Mediņš
    Performer
    Jonathan Powell
  24. 24 Danis No. 24 02:57
    Track
    24
    Title
    Danis No. 24
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    Jānis Mediņš
    Performer
    Jonathan Powell