Medtner PC2 from Hamelin

[Alan Howe]

...forthcoming (April) from Hyperion:
http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68145
A somewhat disppointing coupling (Rach PC3), but should be worth it for the Medtner...

[Ilja]

Oh, I don't know... Hamelin's is probably the only Rach 3 I'd look forward to.

[Alan Howe]

I know what you mean. I was thinking repertoire, not performance. I'll certainly be buying...

[thalbergmad]

I am thinking repertoire and performance and i would need a very good reason to listen to these concertos again. Madge destroyed the Medtner for me and since a recording of the Rachmaninoff superior to Bronfman is impossible, I may well give this a miss.

Hamelin's Rubinstein/Scharwenka disc was as exciting as watching someone creosoting a shed and I am wary of purchasing his releases.

Thal

[Alan Howe]

Madge destroyed the Medtner for me

That's sad to hear. Have you tried Sudbin?>>
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sudbin-Plays-Rachmaninov-Medtner-Concertos/dp/B002SF2VHA/ref=sr_1_82?ie=UTF8&qid=1484347013&sr=8-82&keywords=medtner

[minacciosa]

While Hamelin isn't my favorite interpreter of Medtner, I'll still buy it because in his own way it will doubtless be great.