🇷🇺Nikolai Karlovich Medtner ： Sonate-triade No.2 in d-moll Op.11-2

Medtner’s Sonata-Triad No. 2 condenses a tense presentation and development of its themes, contrasting passages, and a powerful conclusion into a single movement. The thematic material advances while changing its shape from one episode to the next, with harmonic shifts and dense writing driving the music forward. Highlights include the contrast between propulsive sections and passages that seem to pause for inward reflection, as well as the growing concentration toward the end. In performance, it is important to clarify the exchange between voices and preserve the direction of the melody within the complex texture. Rather than relying on dynamic range alone, carefully shaping the tension and release of each phrase allows the overall flow to come vividly to life.