Tozer; Geoffrey

Medtner: Piano Sonata Bargain by Milne

Jed Distler

Brilliant Classics has reissued Hamish Milne’s extensive series of solo Medtner discs for the CRD label recorded between 1977 and 2000. The repertoire encompasses a

Medtner: Piano concertos/Tozer

Jed Distler

Nikolai Medtner’s three piano concertos, like those of his close friend and countryman Sergei Rachmaninov, call upon soloist and orchestra to be equal partners rather

Medtner: Piano Works Vol. 8/Tozer

Jed Distler

Resuming his ongoing Medtner cycle for Chandos with Volume 8, Geoffrey Tozer for the most part upholds his standing as one of the composer’s more

McEwen Sonatas Chandos TEN C

David Vernier

The music of John Blackwood McEwen was unknown to me before I came across this disc of premiere recordings. I certainly will remember him from

Rimsky Symphonies

Victor Carr Jr

Chandos’ repackaged Rimsky-Korsakov symphony cycle effectively steals the thunder from Neeme Järvi’s set on Deutsche Grammophon. Not only is the Chandos set offered at mid-price,

Medtner Sonatas/Tozer/Chandos

Jed Distler

Nikolai Medtner’s lapidarian style is hard to pigeonhole. It masks its Slavic origins in a cosmopolitan cloak that blends the effusive, hedonistic aspects of French