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The Music => Recordings & Broadcasts => Topic started by: Alan Howe on Thursday 12 January 2017, 23:14

Title: Medtner PC2 from Hamelin
Post by: Alan Howe on Thursday 12 January 2017, 23:14
...forthcoming (April) from Hyperion:
http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68145 (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...
Title: Re: Medtner PC2 from Hamelin
Post by: Ilja on Friday 13 January 2017, 15:13
Oh, I don't know... Hamelin's is probably the only Rach 3 I'd look forward to.
Title: Re: Medtner PC2 from Hamelin
Post by: Alan Howe on Friday 13 January 2017, 15:55
I know what you mean. I was thinking repertoire, not performance. I'll certainly be buying...
Title: Re: Medtner PC2 from Hamelin
Post by: thalbergmad on Friday 13 January 2017, 21:24
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
Title: Re: Medtner PC2 from Hamelin
Post by: Alan Howe on Friday 13 January 2017, 22:37
QuoteMadge 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 (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)
Title: Re: Medtner PC2 from Hamelin
Post by: minacciosa on Saturday 14 January 2017, 02:54
While Hamelin isn't my favorite interpreter of Medtner, I'll still buy it because in his own way it will doubtless be great.