Medtner: Complete Songs (5CD)

Nikolai Medtner 1880-1951

Complete Songs

CD1 ЗАКЛИНАНИЕ | INCANTATION

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 Levental mezzo-soprano · Frank Peters piano

Total time: 72’20

Recording: March 2019, Westvest90, Schiedam, The Netherlands

CD2 БЕССОННИЦА | SLEEPLESSNESS

6 Poems Op.32

1. No.1 The Echo

(A. Pushkin)                                                                                                                                                                   3’42

2. No.2 Retrospect

(A. Pushkin)                                                                                                                                                                   3’33

3. No.3 Message

(A. Pushkin)                                                                                                                                                                   4’10

4. No.4 I Loved You Well

(A. Pushkin)                                                                                                                                                                   3’05

5. No.5 Waltz (A. Delwig) 2’45
6. No.6 To a Dreamer

(A. Pushkin)                                                                                                                                                                   4’14

6 Poems after Pushkin Op.36

7. No.1 The Angel 2’30
8. No.2 The Faded Flower 2’46
9. No.3 When Roses Fade 2’31
10. No.4 Spanish Romance 2’13
11. No.5 Night 2’06
12. No.6 Arion 4’34

5 Poems Op.37

13. No.1 Sleepless

(F. Tyutchev)                                                                                                                                                                  6’39

14. No.2 Tears (F. Tyutchev) 2’23
15. No.3 Impromptu (A. Fet) 2’35
16. No.4 Waltz (A. Fet) 3’13
17. No.5 Night Winds

(F. Tyutchev)                                                                                                                                                                  1’39

4 Poems Op.45

18. No.1 Elegy (A. Pushkin) 7 ’23
19. No.2 The Coach of Life

(A. Pushkin)                                                                                                                                                                   2’36

20. No.3 Song of Night

(F. Tyutchev)                                                                                                                                                                  3’19

21. No.4 Our Time

(F. Tyutchev)                                                                                                                                                                  3’41

Ekaterina Levental mezzo-soprano · Frank Peters piano

Total time: 72’13

Recording: March 2020, Westvest90 Schiedam, The Netherlands

CD3 АНГЕЛ | ANGEL

1. The Angel Op.1 bis 4’13

Suite – Vocalise Op.41 No.2

2. Introduction & Song of the Nymphs 5’13
3. Secrets 4’12
4. Procession of the Graces 3’31
5. What the Poet Speaks 6’33

7 Songs after Pushkin Op.52

6. No.1 The Window 5’01
7. No.2 The Ravens 2’34
8. No.3 Elegy 4’16
9. No.4 Visions 1’58
10. No.5 Spanish Romance 2’37
11. No.6 Serenade 3’21
12. No.7 The Prisoner 1’41

Sonata – Idyll Op.56

for piano solo

13. I. Pastorale:

Allegretto cantabile                                                                                                                                                       4’06

14. II. Allegro moderato e cantabile 8’54

3 Unpublished Songs

15. Prayer 2’31
16. Epitaph Op.13a 2’12
17. Psalm 1’30

Ekaterina Levental mezzo-soprano · Frank Peters piano

Total time: 65’14

Recording: April 2021, Westvest90 Schiedam, The Netherlands

CD4 WANDRERS NACHTLIED | WANDERER’S NIGHTSONG

Neun Lieder von W. Goethe Op.6

1. No.1 Wandrer’s Nachtlied II – Wanderer’s Nightsong II 2’16
2. No.2 Mailied – Spring Song 1’52
3. No.3 Elfenliedchen –Song of the Elves 1’19
4. No.4 Im Vorübergehn – I roamed the Meadows 1’47
5. No.5 Liebliches Kind (aus ‘Claudine von Villa-Bella’) – Loveliest Lass 3’08
6. No.6 Inneres Wühlen (aus ‘Erwin und Elmire’) – Conscience 1’30
7. No.7 Sieh mich, Heil’ger (aus ‘Erwin und Elmire’) – Hear Me, Lord 2’40
8. No.8 Erster Verlust – First Love 1’50
9. No.9 Gefunden (Epithalamion) – Rooted Firm 1’46

Drei Gedichte von H. Heine Op.12

10. No.1 Lieb Liebchen – The Carpenter 1’01
11. No.2 Lyrisches Intermezzo (Fichtenbaum) – Lyrical Intermezzo 1’49
12. No.3 Bergstimme – The Voice of the Mountain 3’13

Zwölf Lieder von W. Goethe Op.15

13. No.1 Wandrer’s Nachtlied I – Wanderer’s Nightsong I 2’46
14. No.2 An die Türen will ich schleichen (aus Wilhelm Meister) – The Beggar 1’52
15. No.3 Selbstbetrug – Self-Deceit 1’05
16. No.4 Sie liebt mich! (aus ‘Erwin und Elmire’) – She Loves Me! 1’16
17. No.5 So tanzet (aus ‘Lila’) – So dance Ye 1’02
18. No.6 Vor Gericht (Ballade) – Before the Court 3’09
19. No.7 Meeresstille – Sea Calm 3’07
20. No.8 Glückliche Fahrt – Happy Voyage 1’12
21. No.9 Nähe des Geliebten – Near the Beloved 2’36
22. No.10 Der untreue Knabe (Ballade) – The Faithless Lad 3’22
23. No.11 Gleich und Gleich – Like to Like 1’29
24. No.12 Geistergruß – The Spirit’s Greeting 2’15

Sechs Gedichte von W. Goethe Op.18

25. No.1 Die Spröde – The Flirt 1’52
26. No.2 Die Bekehrte – Conquered 2’57
27. No.3 Einsamkeit – Solitude 1’32
28. No.4 Mignon – Mignon 1’52
29. No.5 Das Veilchen (Ballade) – The Violet 3’29
30. No.6 Jägers Abendlied – Huntrer’s Even-Song 1’15

Ekaterina Levental mezzo-soprano · Frank Peters piano

Total time: 62’56

Recording: April 2022,

Westvest90 Schiedam, The Netherlands

CD5 GEWEIHTER PLATZ | SACRED PLACE

Drei Gedichte von Nietzsche Op.19

1. No.1 Gruss – Greeting 1’51
2. No.2 Alt Mütterlein – Little Old Mother 2’18
3. No.3 Heimweh – Longing for Home 2’58

Zwei Gedichte von Nietzsche Op.19a

4. No.1 Heimkehr – Returning Home 3’21
5. No.2 Verzweiflung – Despair 4’25

Sonate-Vocalise mit einem Motto “Geweihter Platz” von Goethe Op.41 No.1

6. Geweihter Platz – Sacred Place 3’06
7. Sonate-Vocalise 11’27

Sieben Gedichte Op.46

8. No.1 Praeludium – Praeludium (Goethe) 1’53
9. No.2 Geweihter Platz – Sacred Place (Goethe) 3’28
10. No.3 Serenade – Perspective (Eichendorff) 1’18
11. No.4 Im Walde – In the Forest (Eichendorff) 1’40
12. No.5 Winternacht – Winter Night (Eichendorff) 4’08
13. No.6 Die Quelle – The Water Spring (Chamisso) 2’06
14. No.7 Frisch gesungen – Vigorously sung (Chamisso) 2’28

Acht Lieder Op.61

15. No.1 Reiselied – Song of the wanderer (Eichendorff) 3’02
16. No.2 Nachtgruss – Accord (Eichendorff) 3’18
17. No.3 So, what then is my name to you? (Pushkin) 3’35
18. No.4 If by life you were deceived (Pushkin) 2’05
19. No.5 Prayer (Lermontov) 2’19
20. No.6 An uneventful afternoon (Tyutchev) 2’16
21. No.7 O my prophetic soul! (Tyutchev) 2’10
22. No.8 When what we proudly ours called – Pacification (Tyutchev) 3’00
23. Wie kommt es? – How does it happen? (Hesse) Unpublished 2’29

Ekaterina Levental mezzo-soprano · Frank Peters piano

Total time: 71’26

Recording: November 2023, Westvest90 Schiedam, The Netherlands