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Sergei Bortkiewicz, Consolation in D-flat, Op 17 no. 4
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wzkit
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Sergei Bortkiewicz, Consolation in D-flat, Op 17 no. 4
on: August 12, 2005, 07:18:37 PM
A less well known piece. Again recorded on an Ibach 7 footer, on a better day.
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Re: Sergei Bortkiewicz, Consolation in D-flat, Op 17 no. 4
Reply #1 on: August 15, 2005, 05:21:56 AM
Any comments would be welcome. Understand that this is not a well known piece at all, but feel free to tell me what you think about the music, even if not the playing.
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kelly_kelly
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Re: Sergei Bortkiewicz, Consolation in D-flat, Op 17 no. 4
Reply #2 on: August 15, 2005, 03:32:22 PM
It sounds wonderful to me, but I have never heard this piece, so my opinion is not the best.
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Re: Sergei Bortkiewicz, Consolation in D-flat, Op 17 no. 4
Reply #3 on: August 16, 2005, 09:03:00 AM
Thanks. It is a beautiful piece - one of those that made me fall in love with it the first time I heard it. The centre section especially, with a chordal melody floating above an arpeggiated bass, brought tears to my eyes.
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Re: Sergei Bortkiewicz, Consolation in D-flat, Op 17 no. 4
Reply #4 on: September 15, 2005, 03:31:05 PM
Yet another alternative recording, this time with a thinner, brighter sound (though using the same piano as the previous recording, but a different mike set up). Its odd how different the same piano can sound on different days! Which sound do you prefer?
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Re: Sergei Bortkiewicz, Consolation in D-flat, Op 17 no. 4
Reply #5 on: September 24, 2005, 01:37:40 AM
Very well-played - a great piece that I will add to my to-do list. Personally I prefer the timbre of the first with the tempo of the second. In the first rec, you seem to take a bit much rubato and the rhythms are obscured.
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Re: Sergei Bortkiewicz, Consolation in D-flat, Op 17 no. 4
Reply #6 on: September 28, 2005, 03:55:33 PM
Really beautiful tender playing and extremely poised - very nice. I wondered at a couple of points whether it could move forward more? but i dont know the piece and i am really picky!
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Re: Sergei Bortkiewicz, Consolation in D-flat, Op 17 no. 4
Reply #7 on: September 28, 2005, 04:16:03 PM
Thank you all for your very kind comments. I hope I've managed to share with you this very beautiful, but unjustly neglected composer. The music evokes a nostalgic, bittersweet feeling in me. I wonder what it does for the rest of you?
Do take the time to comment on some of the other recordings I have posted here, if any
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Re: Sergei Bortkiewicz, Consolation in D-flat, Op 17 no. 4
Reply #8 on: February 08, 2008, 04:44:32 AM
In view of the increasing interest in Bortkiewicz on this forum, I thought it might be good to resurrect this thread.
Think he's a composer who truly deserves more recognition, and hopefully, in our own small way, we can all contribute to that
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