🇷🇺Nikolai Karlovich Medtner ： Pastoral Sonata in G-Dur Op.56

Medtner’s Pastoral Sonata is marked by gentle, songful melodies and delicately interwoven inner voices. Within its continuous flow, quiet, intimate passages alternate with more animated moments, while the returns of the principal melody and the changing harmonies give the music an overall sense of unity. A particular point of interest is the contrapuntal motion beneath the music’s soft surface, along with the phrases passed from one voice to another. In performance, the melody should be allowed to sing while the accompaniment remains restrained, and the lines of the inner voices should not be obscured. The pedal should connect the sonorities without creating blur; carefully shaping the breathing of each passage and allowing natural flexibility in the tempo can bring out an intimate, spacious expression.