🇷🇺Nikolai Karlovich Medtner ： Four Fairy Tales No.2 in G Major Op.35-2

No. 2 from Medtner’s Four Fairy Tales, Op. 35, is a character piece in which melody and accompaniment are delicately interwoven around short motifs, alternating between a speech-like expressiveness and light, nimble motion. Within a continuous flow, changes in mood and tension create shifting scenes, making the nuances of the details a central attraction. The right-hand melody should be brought clearly to the fore, while the inner voices and left hand should avoid sounding mechanical, preserving the spring of the beat. Expressing dynamic changes not only through volume but also through differences in tone color and articulation allows the music’s natural narrative quality to emerge.