Two Fairy Tales, Op 8


Date: 1904-5
For: Piano
Published by: Jurgenson 1906
Availability: Dover (1959/2001);
Simrock (1925/1995), from Boosey & Hawkes

Recordings

complete
D Graham 1978 LP Musical Heritage Society MHS3976
Milne 1988 CD Brilliant Classics 8851 7cds, CRD (vol.3) CRD3460
Hamelin 1997 CD Hyperion CDA67221/4
Tozer 2002 CD Chandos (vol.8) CHAN10266
Milne 2006 CD Hyperion CDA67491/2

no. 1
Medtner 1931 CD Appian (vol.1) APR5546
Shatskes 1958 LP Melodiya D 10063/4
Pleshakov 1970 LP Orion ORS7019
Kafarova 2003 CD Nova Classical 7X4979 download Indie Pool

no. 2
Milne 1989/Husum* CD Danacord DACOCD349
Vlaeva 2007 CD Music & Arts MACD1224

Medtner made an unpublished recording of Op 8 no 1 for Columbia in 1930.


The Simrock Edition is based on the 1925 Benjamin Edition, edited by Martin Frey. The Dover Edition reproduces the 1959 Collected Edition.

These versions differ considerably from the original 1906 edition. In Op 8 no 1 the differences are mainly confined to additional expressive markings, articulation and pedalling. In Op 8 no 2 there are also changes to the notes, commencing with the opening chords. The later versions are preferable.

Differences between the 1959 and 1925 editions are confined mainly to expressive markings and a few discrepancies in pedalling (in the Simrock Edition the numerous short pedalling marks in no.1 look editorial). For Op 8 no 2 the significant differences between the three editions are as follows. In a couple of places, users of the 1959 edition may prefer the 1925 version.

Op 8 no 2

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