{"product_id":"ekaterina-levental-complete-songs-1-cd","title":"Ekaterina Levental - Complete Songs 1 [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eMedtner's legacy for solo piano is now widely esteemed alongside Rachmaninoff and other giants of the Russian 'silver age': melodists to their core, romantics at heart, yet rigorous craftsmen to their fingertips, who took their muse seriously and refined their inspiration to distil a peculiarly Russian spirit of melancholy in sound. However, around a third of Medtner's output, measured by opus numbers, was dedicated to voices, and this section of his music has received much less attention. Ekaterina Levental has dedicated herself to correcting this imbalance. The Uzbek-born, Dutch-resident mezzo-soprano has given all of Medtner's songs in concert with the pianist Frank Peters; together, they now embark on a recorded cycle. Medtner lacked nothing for self-sacrificing dedication to his art, and he chose to set the finest poets of his Russian homeland: Pushkin, Fet, Lermontov and others, and then Goethe and Eichendorff in German. Unlike Rachmaninoff he continued to write songs even after emigrating and settling in London. 'Medtner's musical vocabulary is very rich and expressive,' Levental and Peters explain in their own booklet note, which is printed together with English translations of the lyrics. 'Some songs immediately captivate you, others require a certain effort from the listener. Anyone who takes up the challenge, makes a discovery. Every song is a treasure and an intimate, spiritual confession from the composer to his listener.' In the category of 'immediate appeal' surely fall the two songs of Op.13: the ardent vocal response to Pushkin's Winter Evening perfectly underscored by the stormy piano part. No less unmistakably Russian in expression is the complementary Epitaph, triumphant even in it's mournfulness and like many other of the songs here not as stern as much of Medtner's piano music. Any listener looking for the composer's personal voice, behind the virtuoso keyboard fireworks, should start here.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3 Romances, Op. 3: I. At The Gates Of The Holy Cloister\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3 Romances, Op. 3: II. I\u0026amp;#39;ve Lived To See Desire Vanish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3 Romances, Op. 3: On The Lake\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2 Poems, Op. 13: I. Winter Evening\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2 Poems, Op. 13: II. Epitaph\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8 Poems, Op. 24: I. Day And Night\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8 Poems, Op. 24: II. Willow, Why Do You Lower\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8 Poems, Op. 24: III. The Wave And The Thought\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8 Poems, Op. 24: IV. Twilight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8 Poems, Op. 24: V. I Am Dumbstruck\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8 Poems, Op. 24: VI. Should A Smile Gently Brighten Your Face\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8 Poems, Op. 24: VII. Tender Whisper, Timid Breathing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8 Poems, Op. 24: VIII. I Have Come To You, Delighted\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 Poems, Op. 28: I. Unexpected Rain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 Poems, Op. 28: II. I Can\u0026amp;#39;t Listen To This Birdsong\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 Poems, Op. 28: III. Butterfly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 Poems, Op. 28: IV. Heavy, Dark And Faded\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 Poems, Op. 28: V. Peace In Springtime\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 Poems, Op. 28: VI. I Sit Deep In Thought And Alone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 Poems, Op. 28: VII. Lord, Send Your Comfort\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 Poems After Pushkin, Op. 29: I. Muse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 Poems After Pushkin, Op. 29: II. The Singer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 Poems After Pushkin, Op. 29: III. Night Piece\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 Poems After Pushkin, Op. 29: IV. The Horse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 Poems After Pushkin, Op. 29: V. Elegy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 Poems After Pushkin, Op. 29: VI. The Rose\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 Poems After Pushkin, Op. 29: VII. Incantation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5028421960562\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Brilliant Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.28.20\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Rock Band Merch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52215830806759,"sku":"404438","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.triathletestore.com\/en-hk\/products\/ekaterina-levental-complete-songs-1-cd","provider":"Triathlete Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}