TheCompletePianoSonatas,SeriesII

Facedwithdecadesofshiftingstylesandmusictrendsthatcharacterizedtheearlydecadesofthetwentiethcenturies，NikolaiMedtnerremainedfaithfultotheclassicalmasters'roots.Thistwo-volumeseriesofMedtner'scompletesonatasincludesaPrefacebyEugeneIstomin，PerformanceNotesbyGeoffreyTozer，andanEditorialNotebyMarc-AndreHamelin.Amustforpianistsseekingalternativestothecoregroupof"standard"sonatasofthiscentury，theseworksrangefromintermediatetoverydifficult.SeriesIfeaturesSonatainFMinor，Op.5;SonatasNos.2，3，and4ofSonatentriade，Op.11;andthreeothers.SeriesIIcomprisestheRussiancomposer'sfinalsevensonatas：Sonate-Ballade，Op.27;SonatainAMinor，Op.30;Sonata-Reminiscenza，Op.38，No.1;Sonatatragica，Op.39，No.5;Sonataromantica，Op.53，No1;Sonataminacciosa，Op.53，No.2;andSonate-Idylle，Op.56.Abonusselectionofthreemelodiesincludes"Canzonamatinata，""Canzonaseranata，"and"AllaReminiscenza."，