Medtner, 1905 Nikolai Karlovich Medtner

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Nikolai Karlovich Medtner This website is an information resource for those interested in the Russian composer Nicolas Medtner (1880-1951).

The catalogue of works contains the following:

  • Composition and publication dates
  • Currently available editions
  • Discography, including LPs and 78s
  • For some works, variorum of editions
Publications include pdf scans of:
  • the English translation of The Muse and the Fashion
  • Drinker's English texts for the Songs of Nicholas Medtner
  • Richard Holt's booklets for the Medtner Society recordings
Downloads include:
  • Recordings by Medtner in 1947-50, including some commercially unavailable
  • 1950s recordings by Dolukhanova, Ginsburg, Kazantseva, Shaposhnikov, Rozhdestvenskaya and Oistrakh

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Chris Crocker
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Updated 4 February 2010

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  • Feb 4: Op 20 discography updated
  • Feb 2: UK events updated
  • Feb 1: All code overhauled to comply with W3C standard; site should display identically in IE7+ and Firefox
  • Jan 18: UK events updated
  • Jan 16: Additions to downloads page and UK events, correction to Op 36 discography
  • Jan 4: UK events updated (Karpeyev's London recital no longer features the Night Wind), correction to discography
  • Jan 4: New Year message added, News updated, Russian edition of Opp 32/4, 36/4, 37/4 and 45/4 added to Works
  • Dec 26: Discography updated
  • Dec 25: Recent Releases updated
  • Dec 16: Dissertations listing overhauled
  • Nov 30: Discography updated with new Svetlanov Foundation issue
  • Nov 28: New edition of sonata Op 25 no 1
  • Nov 19: IMSLP item on News page updated
  • Nov 8: Recent releases and discography updated; new link to article about Geoffrey Tozer

visits since 5 August 2006