{"product_id":"0746160918075-medtner-sonata-ballade-op-27-sonata-idyll-op-56-forgotten-melodies-op-39","title":"Nikolai Medtner","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNikolai Medtner, a Russian composer, was hailed as one of the greatest musicians of his time by some of his illustrious colleagues, including Sergei Rachmaninov and Dmitry Shostakovich. A genius pianist and composer, he abandoned Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution, and found his second homeland in England. Three of his most representative works are recorded here: the Sonata-Ballade, whose extra-musical inspiration is found in the Gospel episode of Christs temptations in the wilderness; the Sonata-Idyll, whose comparative simplicity mirrors its luminous content and its tendency to evoke religious symbolism; and the second book of Forgotten Melodies (op. 39), where another one-movement Sonata is found (the Sonata tragica), along with other pieces exploring the full range of the emotional and affective palette of the composers creativity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55151258599798,"sku":"0746160918075","price":10.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_13244342_414676_20250311072901.jpg?v=1741724770","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/0746160918075-medtner-sonata-ballade-op-27-sonata-idyll-op-56-forgotten-melodies-op-39","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}