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Topic: Bortkiewicz, Prelude, Op. 33, No. 6 in C#m  (Read 4721 times)

Offline rachfan

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Bortkiewicz, Prelude, Op. 33, No. 6 in C#m
on: May 19, 2008, 07:33:51 PM
The set of Preludes Op. 33 was composed by Sergei Bortkiewicz while he resided in Vienna and was published by D. Rahter in 1926.  Prelude No. 6 has a very dark beauty to it.  Yet it seems filled with angst and sorrow, and even seems funereal.  The piece ends on two very low notes of irrevocable finality--like the sound of doom.

Comments welcome.

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Offline Essyne

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Re: Bortkiewicz, Prelude, Op. 33, No. 6 in C#m
Reply #1 on: May 19, 2008, 07:45:23 PM
I enjoyed it immensely.

Do not remove it.

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