This is a list of compositions by
Nikolai Medtner
Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (russian: Никола́й Ка́рлович Ме́тнер, ''Nikoláj Kárlovič Métner''; 13 November 1951) was a Russian composer and virtuoso pianist. After a period of comparative obscurity in the 25 years immedi ...
by genre.
Concertante
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Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 33 (1914–18)
*
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 50 (1920–27)
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Piano Concerto No. 3 ''Ballade'' (Баллада) in E minor, Op. 60 (1940–43)
Chamber music
* ''3 Nocturnes'' (Три ноктюрна) for violin and piano, Op. 16 (1904–08)
* Sonata No. 1 in B minor for violin and piano, Op. 21 (1904–10)
* ''2 Canzonas with Dances'' (Две канцоны с танцами; 2 Canzonen mit Tänzen) for violin and piano, Op. 43 (1922–24)
* Sonata No. 2 in G major for violin and piano, Op. 44 (1922–25)
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Sonata No. 3 ''Epica'' (Эпическая соната) in E minor for violin and piano, Op. 57 (1935–38)
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Piano Quintet
In classical music, a piano quintet is a work of chamber music written for piano and four other instruments, most commonly a string quartet (i.e., two violins, viola, and cello). The term also refers to the group of musicians that plays a pian ...
in C major, Op. posth. (1950)
Two pianos
* ''March'' (Марш; Marsch) in C major (1897); unpublished
* ''2 Pieces'', Op. 58 (1940–45)
:# ''Russian Round Dance'' (Русский хоровод) (1940)
:# ''Knight Errant'' (Странствующий рыцарь) (1940–45)
Piano
* ''Adagio funèbre'' (Траурное адажио) in E minor (1894–95); unpublished
* ''8 Mood Pictures'' (Восемь картин; 8 Stimmungsbilder), Op. 1 (c. 1895–1902)
* ''3 Fantastic Improvisations'' (Три фантастические импровизации), Op. 2 (1896–1900)
* ''3 Pieces'' (Три пьесы) (1895–96); unpublished
:# ''Pastorale'' (Пастораль) in C major
:# ''Moment musical'' (Музыкальный момент; Musikalischer Moment) in C minor
:# ''Humoresque'' (Юмореска) in F minor
* ''Prelude'' (Прелюдия; Präludium) in B minor (1895–1896); unpublished
* ''6 Preludes'' (Шесть прелюдий) (1896–97); unpublished
* ''Prelude'' (Прелюдия) in E major (1897); unpublished
* ''Impromptu alla mazurka'' (Экспромт в духе мазурки) in B minor (1897); unpublished
* ''Piece'' (Пьеса) (1897); unpublished
* Sonata in B minor (1897); unpublished
* ''4 Pieces'' (Четыре пьесы; 4 Morceaux), Op. 4 (1897–1902)
* ''Impromptu'' (Экспромт) in F minor (1898); unpublished
* Sonatina (Сонатина) in G minor (1898); published posthumously in 1981
* Sonata in F minor, Op. 5 (1901–1903)
* ''Album Leaf'' (Листок из альбома) (1900); unpublished
* ''3 Arabesques'' (Три арабески), Op. 7 (1901–04)
* ''2 Fairy Tales (Skazki)'' (Две сказки; 2 Märchen), Op. 8 (1904–05)
* ''3 Fairy Tales (Skazki)'' (Три сказки; 3 Märchen), Op. 9 (1904–05)
* ''3 Dithyrambs'' (Три дифирамба), Op. 10 (1898–1906)
* ''Sonaten-Triade'' (Сонатная Триада), Op. 11 (1904–07)
:# Sonata in A major
:# ''Sonata-Elegy'' (Соната-элегия) in D minor
:# Sonata in C major
* ''2 Fairy Tales (Skazki)'' (Две сказки; 2 Märchen), Op. 14 (1905–07)
* ''3 Novellas'' (Три новеллы), Op. 17 (1908–09)
* ''2 Fairy Tales (Skazki)'' (Две сказки; 2 Märchen), Op. 20 (1909)
* Sonata in G minor, Op. 22 (1901–10)
* ''4 Lyrical Fragments'' (Четыре лирических фрагмента), Op. 23 (1896–1911)
* ''2 Cadenzas for
Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4'' (Две каденции к Четвёртому фортепианному концерту Бетховена) (1910)
* 2 Sonatas, Op. 25 (1910–11)
:# ''Sonata-Skazka'' (Sonata-Fairy Tale; Соната-сказка) in C minor
:# Sonata ''Night Wind'' (Ночной ветер) in E minor
* ''4 Fairy Tales (Skazki)'' (Четыре сказки), Op. 26 (1910–12)
* Etude (Этюд) in C minor (1912)
* Etude (Этюд) in E minor (1912?); unpublished
* ''Sonata-Ballada'' (Соната-баллада) in F major, Op. 27 (1912–14)
* Sonata in A minor, Op. 30 (1914)
* ''3 Pieces'' (Три пьесы), Op. 31 (1914)
* ''Fairy Tale (Skazka)'' (Сказка) in D minor (1915)
* ''Andante con moto'' in B (1916); unpublished
* ''4 Fairy Tales (Skazki)'' (Четыре сказки), Op. 34 (1916–17)
* ''4 Fairy Tales (Skazki)'' (Четыре сказки), Op. 35 (1916–17)
* ''
Forgotten Melodies'', Cycle I (Забытые мотивы; Vergessene Weisen), Op. 38 (1919–22)
* ''
Forgotten Melodies'', Cycle II (Забытые мотивы; Vergessene Weisen), Op. 39 (1919–20)
* ''
Forgotten Melodies'', Cycle III (Забытые мотивы; Vergessene Weisen), Op. 40 (1919–20)
* ''3 Fairy Tales (Skazki)'' (Три сказки), Op. 42 (1921–24)
* ''Improvisation No. 2 "In the Form of Variations"'' (Вторая импровизация во форме вариаций), Op. 47 (1925–26)
* ''2 Fairy Tales (Skazki)'' (Две сказки; 2 Märchen), Op. 48 (1925)
* ''3 Hymns of Toil'' (Три гимна труду; 3 Hymnen an die Arbeit), Op. 49 (1926–28)
* ''6 Fairy Tales (Skazki)'' (Шесть сказок), Op. 51 (1928)
* 2 Sonatas, Op. 53 (1929–31)
:# ''Sonata romantica'' (Романтическая соната) in B minor (1929–30)
:# ''Sonata minacciosa'' (Грозовая соната; Tempest Sonata) in F minor (1929–31)
* ''2 Easy Piano Pieces'' (Две лёгких фортепианных пьесы) in B major and A minor (1931?); unpublished
* ''Romantic Sketches for the Young'' (Романтические эскизы для юношества; Romantische Skizzen für die Jugend), Op. 54 (1931–32)
* ''Theme and Variations'' (Тема с вариациями; Tema con variazioni), Op. 55 (1932–33)
* ''Sonata-Idyll'' (Соната-идиллия) in G major, Op. 56 (1935–37)
* ''2 Elegies'' (Две элегии), Op. 59 (1940–44)
Vocal
* ''Prayer'' (Молитва) for voice and piano (1896); words by
Mikhail Lermontov
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (; russian: Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ˈjurʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲɛrməntəf; – ) was a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucas ...
; unpublished
* ''The Angel'' (Ангел) for voice and piano, Op. 1bis (1901–08); words by
Mikhail Lermontov
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (; russian: Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ˈjurʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲɛrməntəf; – ) was a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucas ...
; reworking of the ''Mood Picture'', Op. 1 No. 1
* ''3 Romances'' (Три романса) for voice and piano, Op. 3 (1903); words by
Mikhail Lermontov
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (; russian: Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ˈjurʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲɛrməntəf; – ) was a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucas ...
,
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (; rus, links=no, Александр Сергеевич ПушкинIn pre-Revolutionary script, his name was written ., r=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn, ...
and
Afanasy Fet
Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet ( rus, Афана́сий Афана́сьевич Фет, p=ɐfɐˈnasʲɪj ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈfʲɛt, a=Ru-Afanasiy Afanas'yevich Fyet.oga), later known as Shenshin ( rus, Шенши́н, p=ʂɨnˈʂɨn, a=Ru-Afa ...
after
Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as treat ...
* ''9 Songs after Goethe'' (Девять песен Гёте; Goethe-Lieder) for voice and piano, Op. 6 (c. 1901–05); words by
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as trea ...
* ''3 Poems after Heine'' (Три стихотворения Гейне) for voice and piano, Op. 12 (1907); words by
Heinrich Heine
Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (; born Harry Heine; 13 December 1797 – 17 February 1856) was a German poet, writer and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry, which was set to music in the form of '' Lied ...
* 2 Songs (Две песни) for voice and piano, Op. 13 (1901–07); words by
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (; rus, links=no, Александр Сергеевич ПушкинIn pre-Revolutionary script, his name was written ., r=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn, ...
and
Andrei Bely
Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev ( rus, Бори́с Никола́евич Буга́ев, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ bʊˈɡajɪf, a=Boris Nikolayevich Bugayev.ru.vorb.oga), better known by the pen name Andrei Bely or Biely ( rus, Андре ...
* ''12 Songs after Goethe'' (Двенадцать песен Гёте) for voice and piano, Op. 15 (1905–07); words by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
* ''6 Poems after Goethe'' (Шесть стихотворений Гёте) for voice and piano, Op. 18 (1905–09); words by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
* ''3 Poems after Nietzsche'' (Три стихотворения Ницше) for voice and piano, Op. 19 (1907–09); words by
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (; or ; 15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher, prose poet, cultural critic, philologist, and composer whose work has exerted a profound influence on contemporary philosophy. He began his ...
* ''2 Poems after Nietzsche'' (Два стихотворения Ницше) for voice and piano, Op. 19a (1910–11); words by Friedrich Nietzsche
* ''8 Poems after Tyutchev and Fet'' (Восемь стихотворений Тютчева и Фета) for voice and piano, Op. 24 (1911); words by
Fyodor Tyutchev
Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev ( rus, Фёдор Ива́нович Тю́тчев, r=Fyódor Ivánovič Tyútčev, links=1, p=ˈfʲɵdər ɪˈvanəvʲɪt͡ɕ ˈtʲʉt͡ɕːɪf; Pre-Reform orthography: ; – ) was a Russian poet and diplomat.
...
and
Afanasy Fet
Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet ( rus, Афана́сий Афана́сьевич Фет, p=ɐfɐˈnasʲɪj ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈfʲɛt, a=Ru-Afanasiy Afanas'yevich Fyet.oga), later known as Shenshin ( rus, Шенши́н, p=ʂɨnˈʂɨn, a=Ru-Afa ...
* ''7 Poems after Fet, Bryusov and Tyutchev'' (Семь стихотворений Фета, Брюсова, Тютчева) for voice and piano, Op. 28 (1913); words by
Afanasy Fet
Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet ( rus, Афана́сий Афана́сьевич Фет, p=ɐfɐˈnasʲɪj ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈfʲɛt, a=Ru-Afanasiy Afanas'yevich Fyet.oga), later known as Shenshin ( rus, Шенши́н, p=ʂɨnˈʂɨn, a=Ru-Afa ...
,
Valery Bryusov
Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov ( rus, Вале́рий Я́ковлевич Брю́сов, p=vɐˈlʲerʲɪj ˈjakəvlʲɪvʲɪdʑ ˈbrʲusəf, a=Valyeriy Yakovlyevich Bryusov.ru.vorb.oga; – 9 October 1924) was a Russian poet, prose writer, drama ...
and
Fyodor Tyutchev
Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev ( rus, Фёдор Ива́нович Тю́тчев, r=Fyódor Ivánovič Tyútčev, links=1, p=ˈfʲɵdər ɪˈvanəvʲɪt͡ɕ ˈtʲʉt͡ɕːɪf; Pre-Reform orthography: ; – ) was a Russian poet and diplomat.
...
* ''7 Poems after Pushkin'' (Семь стихотворений Пушкина) for voice and piano, Op. 29 (1913); words by
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (; rus, links=no, Александр Сергеевич ПушкинIn pre-Revolutionary script, his name was written ., r=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn, ...
* ''6 Poems after Pushkin'' (Шесть стихотворений Пушкина) for voice and piano, Op. 32 (1915); words by Alexander Pushkin
* ''6 Poems after Pushkin'' (Шесть стихотворений Пушкина) for voice and piano, Op. 36 (1918–19); words by Alexander Pushkin
* ''5 Poems after Tyutchev and Fet'' (Пять стихотворений Тютчева и Фета) for voice and piano, Op. 37 (1918–20); words by
Fyodor Tyutchev
Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev ( rus, Фёдор Ива́нович Тю́тчев, r=Fyódor Ivánovič Tyútčev, links=1, p=ˈfʲɵdər ɪˈvanəvʲɪt͡ɕ ˈtʲʉt͡ɕːɪf; Pre-Reform orthography: ; – ) was a Russian poet and diplomat.
...
and
Afanasy Fet
Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet ( rus, Афана́сий Афана́сьевич Фет, p=ɐfɐˈnasʲɪj ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈfʲɛt, a=Ru-Afanasiy Afanas'yevich Fyet.oga), later known as Shenshin ( rus, Шенши́н, p=ʂɨnˈʂɨn, a=Ru-Afa ...
* ''Sonata-Vocalise'' (Соната-вокализ) for voice (without words) and piano, Op. 41 No. 1 (1922)
* ''Suite-Vocalise'' (Сюита-вокализ) for voice (without words) and piano, Op. 41 No. 2 (1927)
* ''4 Poems'' (Четыре стихотворения) for voice and piano, Op. 45 (1922–24); words by
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (; rus, links=no, Александр Сергеевич ПушкинIn pre-Revolutionary script, his name was written ., r=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn, ...
and
Fyodor Tyutchev
Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev ( rus, Фёдор Ива́нович Тю́тчев, r=Fyódor Ivánovič Tyútčev, links=1, p=ˈfʲɵdər ɪˈvanəvʲɪt͡ɕ ˈtʲʉt͡ɕːɪf; Pre-Reform orthography: ; – ) was a Russian poet and diplomat.
...
* ''7 Poems'' (Семь стихотворений) for voice and piano, Op. 46 (1922–24); words by
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as trea ...
,
Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff
Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff (10 March 178826 November 1857) was a German poet, novelist, playwright, literary critic, translator, and anthologist. Eichendorff was one of the major writers and critics of Romanticism.Cf. J. A. Cuddon: '' ...
and
Adelbert von Chamisso
Adelbert von Chamisso (; 30 January 178121 August 1838) was a German poet and botanist, author of ''Peter Schlemihl'', a famous story about a man who sold his shadow. He was commonly known in French as Adelbert de Chamisso (or Chamissot) de Bonc ...
* ''7 Songs on Poems of Pushkin'' (Семь песен на стихотворения А. С. Пушкина) for voice and piano, Op. 52 (1928–29); words by
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (; rus, links=no, Александр Сергеевич ПушкинIn pre-Revolutionary script, his name was written ., r=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn, ...
* ''8 Songs on Russian and German Poems'' (Восемь песен на стихи русских и немецких поэтов; 7 hinterlassene Lieder) for voice and piano, Op. 61 (1927–51); words by
Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff
Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff (10 March 178826 November 1857) was a German poet, novelist, playwright, literary critic, translator, and anthologist. Eichendorff was one of the major writers and critics of Romanticism.Cf. J. A. Cuddon: '' ...
,
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (; rus, links=no, Александр Сергеевич ПушкинIn pre-Revolutionary script, his name was written ., r=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn, ...
,
Mikhail Lermontov
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (; russian: Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ˈjurʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲɛrməntəf; – ) was a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucas ...
and
Fyodor Tyutchev
Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev ( rus, Фёдор Ива́нович Тю́тчев, r=Fyódor Ivánovič Tyútčev, links=1, p=ˈfʲɵdər ɪˈvanəvʲɪt͡ɕ ˈtʲʉt͡ɕːɪf; Pre-Reform orthography: ; – ) was a Russian poet and diplomat.
...
:: No. 6 ''Midday'' (Полдень; Polden) (1936); words by
Fyodor Tyutchev
Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev ( rus, Фёдор Ива́нович Тю́тчев, r=Fyódor Ivánovič Tyútčev, links=1, p=ˈfʲɵdər ɪˈvanəvʲɪt͡ɕ ˈtʲʉt͡ɕːɪf; Pre-Reform orthography: ; – ) was a Russian poet and diplomat.
...
; initially published separately as Op. 59 No. 1
* ''Wie kommt es?'' for voice and piano (1946–49); words by
Hermann Hesse
Hermann Karl Hesse (; 2 July 1877 – 9 August 1962) was a German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. His best-known works include ''Demian'', ''Steppenwolf (novel), Steppenwolf'', ''Siddhartha (novel), Siddhartha'', and ''The Glass Bead Game'', ...
; unpublished
References
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