Bortkiewicz

[frederic]

Anyone here familiar with this composer?
I like his Piano Concerto No.1 very much but i dont know where i can get the score. Does anybody here know where i can get it and who publishes it?
and since its the first concerto, do you know if there are others and recordings of them?
What about some of his other works ie for piano? I'm rather keen to find out more about this composer.

[thracozaag]

  I'm a recent convert to this fascinating composer.  Unfortunately, the 1st concerto (which is magnificent) has been out of print for some time, and I had to pull some strings in order to get a copy of the score from IPAM.  He wrote two other concerti btw (one of which is for the left hand alone).  I believe there is a recording by Stephen Coombs, but if it's like any of his other Bortkiewicz performances, it's quite dull, unfortunately.  He wrote a great many pieces for the piano, I would suggest looking at the Op. 15 etudes, Op. 29 etudes, Sonatas (#2 in C# minor is cool), and many sets of preludes. 

koji

[amanfang]

I heard the Sonata #1 a couple years ago and looked for the music to it, but I never could find it.  I thought the sonata was quite impressive.  Anyone know if it is still published anywhere?

[thalbergmad]

Anyone here familiar with this composer?
I like his Piano Concerto No.1 very much but i dont know where i can get the score. Does anybody here know where i can get it and who publishes it?
and since its the first concerto, do you know if there are others and recordings of them?
What about some of his other works ie for piano? I'm rather keen to find out more about this composer.

The Concerto is excellent. I have it in pdf format and have sent it to your e mail.

amanfang- I have the Sonata but not your e mail address

[frederic]

  I'm a recent convert to this fascinating composer.  Unfortunately, the 1st concerto (which is magnificent) has been out of print for some time, and I had to pull some strings in order to get a copy of the score from IPAM.  He wrote two other concerti btw (one of which is for the left hand alone).  I believe there is a recording by Stephen Coombs, but if it's like any of his other Bortkiewicz performances, it's quite dull, unfortunately.  He wrote a great many pieces for the piano, I would suggest looking at the Op. 15 etudes, Op. 29 etudes, Sonatas (#2 in C# minor is cool), and many sets of preludes. 

koji

where did you hear these pieces? Are there recordings? Are there recordings of the other two concertos?

The Concerto is excellent. I have it in pdf format and have sent it to your e mail.

amanfang- I have the Sonata but not your e mail address

Wow! really!?! thats awsome! but i don't seem to have recieved it. which email address did you send it to?

[brewtality]

I've got a number of his scores which all look interesting, the ballade is the only one I've heard apart from some etudes posted by thracz.

[burstroman]

The etudes are fun to play and very effective.

[universo]

The Concerto is excellent. I have it in pdf format and have sent it to your e mail.

amanfang- I have the Sonata but not your e mail address

Hello Thalbergmad.

Sorry for interrupted your conversation. But I am very interested in tgis . pdf scores about Sergei Bortkiewitz.
Could you send it to me to  my e-mail: chopinspain@hotmail.com

I am very grateful and happy about yor answer.(and yor scores... )

Universo.

[Pronske]

The following is a set of links to the sheet music of Bortkiewicz:

https://www.gamingforce.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1155345#post1155345
https://www.gamingforce.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1155844#post1155844
https://www.gamingforce.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1155863#post1155863
https://www.gamingforce.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1159669#post1159669
https://www.gamingforce.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1166502#post1166502

I spent several hours this past weekend listening to clips off of CDs from Amazon.com, and playing through the above scores.  Most of this music is very beautiful, and extremely high quality writing.  The Piano Concerto is one of the most beautiful I have ever heard - especially the first movement.  I do not understand how this composer is so unknown.  His music has similarities with Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Tchaikowsky, and also Wagner.  The opening to the Piano Concerto is sort of a quote from the Prelude to Tristan and Isolde, I think.  There is lots of Hollywood in this music.  I highly recommend it.  The Ballade is great, as are many of the Preludes, Etudes, Lamentations and Consolations and Morceaux.

[frederic]

Thanks guys, i appreciate your help.

I've decided i should learn the concerto but i would need the full score and the orchestral parts. If you find out where i can obtain these please let me know.