Nikolai Medtner - “Sonata Tragica“ in C minor, Op. 39, No. 5 [by Vadim Chaimovich]

Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (Russian: Никола́й Ка́рлович Ме́тнер) (5 January 1880 [O.S. 24 December 1879] --13 November 1951) A younger contemporary of Sergei Rachmaninoff and Alexander Scriabin, Medtner wrote a substantial number of compositions, all of which include the piano. His works include fourteen piano sonatas, three violin sonatas, three piano concerti, a piano quintet, two works for two pianos, many shorter piano pieces, and 108 songs including two substantial works for vocalise. His 3