🇷🇺Nikolai Karlovich Medtner ： Sonata-Ballade in Fis-Dur Op.27

This single-movement piano work reflects Medtner’s originality, combining the sense of development associated with a sonata and the free, narrative manner of a ballad. Singing melodies, rich harmonies, and layered writing that includes inner voices alternate as the tension builds, guiding the music from lyrical passages toward powerful climaxes. It is important to distinguish the character of each section clearly while keeping the melodic voices from being obscured. The pedal should support the resonance without allowing the texture to become blurred, and flexible tempo should serve as an expressive element while preserving the work’s broad overall flow.