Medtner - Sonata Skazka Op. 25 No. 1 (Tozer)

The Medtner Sonata Skazka (Sonata Tales) is a beautiful sonata, a magical journey that perfeclty fits its name. It contains 3 movements : I. Allegro abbandonamente : 00:05 II. Andantino con moto : 04:56 III. Allegro con spirito : 08:19 The first movement starts by a mystical and pratically other-worldly theme. From the start, both hands are alternating into a question/answer motif, which is perfect, because it sounds like a story, a tale, melancholic and contemplative, which accelerate and get more anxious (00:42), then introduce a tale-like melancholic theme (01:10). It suddenly gets happier (01:26). Getting back to the more anxious motif at (01:36), it then escalate and escalate, it explodes (01:55), and suddenly, at (01:59), a new motif appears, made of really fast repeated notes, going through syncopated rythms and getting faster and faster, until the return of the first theme at (02:33). Then all of that is repeated, until an explosion of a joyful-mad feeling (04:03).The tale-like melancholic theme of (01:10) is then used back at (04:17) with the motif of (01:26), mixed together in a beautiful result. Then, a triomphant and glorious motif appears at the end, concluding the 1st movement. The second movement opens with a relaxing and calm theme, really contrasted to the fast, anxious and sometimes triomphant feelings of the 1st movement. It gets darker at (05:28), with mixed happy and mysterious feelings. The part at (06:27) is more triomphant and a little glorious...