Nikolai Medtner ‒ 2 Skazki, Op.8

Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), 2 Tales, Op.8 (1904 - 1905) Performed by Geoffrey Tozer (2004) 00:00 - No. 1 Andantino 03:02 - No. 2 Recitato It was Medtner’s lifelong friend and admirer Sergei Rachmaninov who famously remarked: ‘Only Medtner has, from the beginning, published works that it would be hard for him to equal in later life.’ The first pair of Skazki, Op 8, finds Medtner already at the height of his powers. Immediately striking is their use of a common motto to open and close both pie