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Medtner: Wandrers Nachtlied - Complete Songs, Vol. 4 / Levental, Peters
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Medtner: Wandrers Nachtlied - Complete Songs, Vol. 4 / Levental, Peters

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Composer
Nikolai Medtner
Artist
Ekaterina Levental, Frank Peters
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Feb 03, 2023
Catalog #
BRI96066
UPC
5028421960661

About

New recordings of Goethe and Heine settings by a master Russian song-writer, by performers thoroughly versed in the composer’s complex harmony and heritage. While Nikolai Medtner only emigrated from Moscow to Berlin in 1921, eventually settling in London, the Russian composer traced a deep connection to German culture through the ancestry of his mother. He was familiar with the German language and culture from his childhood, and made his first visit to Berlin in the winter of 1904-5, then returned for most of 1907 and the summer of 1909. It can be no coincidence that these original-language settings of two of Germany’s greatest poets date from this period in Medtner’s life. In his mid-20s at this point, Medtner had become internationally known as a pianist of formidable technical and interpretative gifts, but he continued to compose and to teach, taking up a post at the Moscow Conservatoire in 1909. While Medtner’s pianism often lends the quicker songs a scintillating brilliance, such as the Elfenliedchen which is third in the Opus 6 collection of Goethe’s songs, the overall mood of the collection is imbued with the feelings of love and longing which are key-signatures of Romanticism (German or Russian). Medtner was always drawn towards musical contemplation of life’s deeper themes, and he accordingly sets both poets at their most philosophical and visionary, in the Wandrers Nachtlied of Goethe and the Bergstimme of Heine.

On this album, recorded in 2022, Ekaterina Levental and Frank Peters couple the Opp 6, 15 and 18 settings of Goethe with the three Op 12 settings of Heine: a unique but natural pairing on record. The booklet includes both original texts and English translations.

Tracklist 30 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. Wandrers Nachtlied II 02:16
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. Wandrers Nachtlied II
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Nikolai Medtner
    Performer
    Ekaterina Levental, Frank Peters
  2. 2 No. 2. Mailied 01:52
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. Mailied
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    Nikolai Medtner
    Performer
    Ekaterina Levental, Frank Peters
  3. 3 No. 3. Elfenliedchen 01:19
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Elfenliedchen
    Duration
    01:19
    Composer
    Nikolai Medtner
    Performer
    Ekaterina Levental, Frank Peters
  4. 4 No. 4. Im Voruberghen 01:47
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4. Im Voruberghen
    Duration
    01:47
    Composer
    Nikolai Medtner
    Performer
    Ekaterina Levental, Frank Peters
  5. 5 No. 5. Aus Claudine von Villa-Bella, "Liebliches Kind!" 03:08
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5. Aus Claudine von Villa-Bella, "Liebliches Kind!"
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Nikolai Medtner
    Performer
    Ekaterina Levental, Frank Peters
  6. 6 No. 6. Aus Erwin und Elmire, "Inneres Wuhlen" 01:30
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 6. Aus Erwin und Elmire, "Inneres Wuhlen"
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Nikolai Medtner
    Performer
    Ekaterina Levental
  7. 7 No. 7. Aus Erwin und Elmire, "Sieh mich, Heil'ger, wie ich bin" 02:40
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 7. Aus Erwin und Elmire, "Sieh mich, Heil'ger, wie ich bin"
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Nikolai Medtner
    Performer
    Ekaterina Levental, Frank Peters
  8. 8 No. 8. Erster Verlust 01:50
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 8. Erster Verlust
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    Nikolai Medtner
    Performer
    Ekaterina Levental, Frank Peters
  9. 9 No. 9. Gefunden 01:46
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 9. Gefunden
    Duration
    01:46
    Composer
    Nikolai Medtner
    Performer
    Ekaterina Levental, Frank Peters
  10. 10 No. 1. Lieb Liebchen (The Carpenter) 01:01
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 1. Lieb Liebchen (The Carpenter)
    Duration
    01:01
    Composer
    Nikolai Medtner
    Performer
    Ekaterina Levental, Frank Peters
  11. 11 No. 2. Lyrisches Intermezzo (Fichtenbaum) 01:49
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 2. Lyrisches Intermezzo (Fichtenbaum)
    Duration
    01:49
    Composer
    Nikolai Medtner
    Performer
    Ekaterina Levental, Frank Peters
  12. 12 No. 3. Bergstimme (The Voice of the Mountain) 03:13
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 3. Bergstimme (The Voice of the Mountain)
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Nikolai Medtner
    Performer
    Ekaterina Levental, Frank Peters
  13. 13 No. 1. Wandrers Nachtlied I 02:46
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 1. Wandrers Nachtlied I
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Nikolai Medtner
    Performer
    Ekaterina Levental, Frank Peters
  14. 14 No. 2. Aus Wilhelm Meister, "An die Turen will ich schleichen" 01:52
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 2. Aus Wilhelm Meister, "An die Turen will ich schleichen"
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    Nikolai Medtner
    Performer
    Ekaterina Levental, Frank Peters
  15. 15 No. 3. Selbstbetrug 01:05
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 3. Selbstbetrug
    Duration
    01:05
    Composer
    Nikolai Medtner
    Performer
    Ekaterina Levental, Frank Peters
  16. 16 No. 4. Aus Erwin und Elmire, "Sie liebt mich!" 01:16
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 4. Aus Erwin und Elmire, "Sie liebt mich!"
    Duration
    01:16
    Composer
    Nikolai Medtner
    Performer
    Ekaterina Levental, Frank Peters
  17. 17 No. 5. Aus Lila, "So tanzet und springet" 01:02
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 5. Aus Lila, "So tanzet und springet"
    Duration
    01:02
    Composer
    Nikolai Medtner
    Performer
    Ekaterina Levental, Frank Peters
  18. 18 No. 6. Vor Gericht 03:09
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 6. Vor Gericht
    Duration
    03:09
    Composer
    Nikolai Medtner
    Performer
    Ekaterina Levental, Frank Peters
  19. 19 No. 7. Meeresstille 03:07
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 7. Meeresstille
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Nikolai Medtner
    Performer
    Ekaterina Levental, Frank Peters
  20. 20 No. 8. Gluckliche Fahrt 01:12
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 8. Gluckliche Fahrt
    Duration
    01:12
    Composer
    Nikolai Medtner
    Performer
    Ekaterina Levental, Frank Peters
  21. 21 No. 9. Nahe des Geliebten 02:36
    Track
    21
    Title
    No. 9. Nahe des Geliebten
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Nikolai Medtner
    Performer
    Ekaterina Levental, Frank Peters
  22. 22 No. 10. Der untreue Knabe 03:22
    Track
    22
    Title
    No. 10. Der untreue Knabe
    Duration
    03:22
    Composer
    Nikolai Medtner
    Performer
    Ekaterina Levental, Frank Peters
  23. 23 No. 11. Gleich und Gleich 01:29
    Track
    23
    Title
    No. 11. Gleich und Gleich
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Nikolai Medtner
    Performer
    Ekaterina Levental, Frank Peters
  24. 24 No. 12. Geistesgruß 02:15
    Track
    24
    Title
    No. 12. Geistesgruß
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Nikolai Medtner
    Performer
    Ekaterina Levental, Frank Peters
  25. 25 No. 1. Die Spröde 01:52
    Track
    25
    Title
    No. 1. Die Spröde
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    Nikolai Medtner
    Performer
    Ekaterina Levental, Frank Peters
  26. 26 No. 2. Die Bekehrte 02:57
    Track
    26
    Title
    No. 2. Die Bekehrte
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    Nikolai Medtner
    Performer
    Ekaterina Levental, Frank Peters
  27. 27 No. 3. Einsamkeit 01:32
    Track
    27
    Title
    No. 3. Einsamkeit
    Duration
    01:32
    Composer
    Nikolai Medtner
    Performer
    Ekaterina Levental, Frank Peters
  28. 28 No. 4. Mignon 01:52
    Track
    28
    Title
    No. 4. Mignon
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    Nikolai Medtner
    Performer
    Ekaterina Levental, Frank Peters
  29. 29 No. 5. Das Veilchen 03:29
    Track
    29
    Title
    No. 5. Das Veilchen
    Duration
    03:29
    Composer
    Nikolai Medtner
    Performer
    Ekaterina Levental, Frank Peters
  30. 30 No. 6. Jägers Abendlied 01:15
    Track
    30
    Title
    No. 6. Jägers Abendlied
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    Nikolai Medtner
    Performer
    Ekaterina Levental, Frank Peters