Medtner: Incantation, Complete Songs, Vol. 1 (CD)

Nikolai Medtner 1880-1951

Incantation

Complete Songs, volume 1

3 Romances Op.3

1. No.1 At the gates of the holy cloister (M. Lermontov) 3’04
2. No.2 I’ve lived to see desire vanish (A. Pushkin) 1‘58
3. No.3 On the Lake

(J.W. Goethe/A. Fet)                                                                                                                                                      2’19

2 Poems Op.13

4. No.1 Winter Evening

(A. Pushkin)                                                                                                                                                                   3’19

5. No.2 Epitaph (A. Bely) 2’39

8 Poems Op.24

6. No.1 Day and night

(F.Tyutchev)                                                                                                                                                                   2’35

7. No.2 Willow, why do you lower

(F. Tyutchev)                                                                                                                                                                  1’29

8. No.3 The wave and the thought

(F. Tyutchev)                                                                                                                                                                  1’51

9. No.4 Twilight (F. Tyutchev) 3’33
10. No.5 I am dumbstruck

(A. Fet)                                                                                                                                                                           2’46

11. No.6 Should a smile gently brighten your face

(A. Fet)                                                                                                                                                                           2’29

12. No.7 Tender whisper, timid breathing (A. Fet) 1’52
13. No.8 I have come to you, delighted (A. Fet) 1’46

7 Poems Op.28

14. No.1 Unexpected rain (A. Fet) 2’50
15. No.2 I can’t listen to this birdsong (A. Fet) 2’00
16. No.3 Butterfly (A. Fet) 1’17
17. No.4 Heavy, dark and faded

(V. Bryusov)                                                                                                                                                                   3’47

18. No.5 Peace in springtime

(F. Tyutchev)                                                                                                                                                                  1’59

19. No.6 I sit deep in thought and alone (F. Tyutchev) 5’38
20. No.7 Lord, send your comfort

(F. Tyutchev)                                                                                                                                                                  2’59

7 Poems after Pushkin Op.29

21. No.1 Muse 3’16
22. No.2 The Singer 3’10
23. No.3 Night Piece 2’47
24. No.4 The Horse 2’25
25. No.5 Elegy 2’06
26. No.6 The Rose 2’03
27. No.7 Incantation 3’32

Ekaterina Leventalmezzo soprano · Frank Peterspiano

Recording: March 2019, Westvest90, Schiedam, The Netherlands