🇷🇺Nikolai Karlovich Medtner ： Six Fairy Tales No.4 Op.51-4

No. 4 from Medtner’s Six Fairy Tales is a character piece that compresses shifting tension and release into a concise form. The music retains an introspective atmosphere from the outset, while songful melodies alternate with more animated passages, creating a narrative-like flow. It is important to hear the changes in character between sections and allow the melody to emerge fully. Keep the accompanying figures from becoming too heavy, and listen not only for dynamic contrasts but also for the spacing between phrases and the movement of the harmony, which brings out the delicate shading. A performance should avoid haste and preserve a natural sense of direction toward the climaxes of each phrase.