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the E minah is gorgeous
I like no. 1 a lot. Nikolayeva and Zhukov’s recordings are my favourites. Sudbin is good too.
Medtner’s recordings of 2 and 3 are good. And for a complete set, Scherbakov and Tozer are excellent.
i pretty much second everything chris said, except that i like 2 and 3 (tied) the most. also, avoid madge’s set at all costs.
I have the Scherbakov set.
Any chance of an upload of one of those recordings of the first concerto?
i’ll upload an LP rip of zhukov i have playing the 1st medtner and 1st balakired concertos.
Lugansky and Hamelin play good no2s.
Havent’t heard no1 and Medtner seams to play a great no3.
Can’t decide my favourite.
get the LP rip i just uploaded. no 1 is a very good concerto.
Any thoughts on the Demidenko recording of the second and third with Hyperion?
i dont like demidenko’s playing at all for that set. its too dry and a bit too heavy handed. tozer is much better for both. also, demidenko’s recording has crappy sound. it almost sounds like its in a tin can.
I don’t like Demidenko in anything he’s recorded. Even his Prokofiev 2 - a piece which, by and large, plays itself - I find a bit boring as hell.
My favourite is Scherbakov in the second concerto
Maybe it’s just the second concerto, but I didn’t think that Scherbakov’s playing was any thing extraordinary for that one.
Then again, I haven’t listened to the 2nd as much as I listen to the 1st and 3rd.
The main problem is; people don’t listen enough to medtner. Medtner is such an amazing composer, i think his night-wind sonata is one of his best works.