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Offline tanman

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Bortkiewicz fans unite!
on: June 10, 2008, 12:32:04 PM
I LOVE BORTKIEWICZ!
he is so underrated.
ULTIMATE BORTKIEWICZ THREAD.
talk anything just as long as its about Bortkiewicz.
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Offline cherub_rocker1979

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Re: Bortkiewicz fans unite!
Reply #1 on: June 10, 2008, 01:08:15 PM
Yes, Bortkiewicz wrote some really great stuff.  I have uploaded a couple of recordings in the Audition Room if you're interested. 
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Re: Bortkiewicz fans unite!
Reply #2 on: June 10, 2008, 06:03:55 PM
I played 10 years ago his op.15-10 study. I had lots of fun playng it!
Bortkiewicz rules!  ;)
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Re: Bortkiewicz fans unite!
Reply #3 on: June 10, 2008, 07:39:14 PM
He's worth playing, and that's saying a lot!  He wrote a lot of pieces of moderate difficulty that would be fine precursors to Chopin and Liszt Etudes.
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Re: Bortkiewicz fans unite!
Reply #4 on: June 11, 2008, 08:56:58 PM
Borkiewicz, along with Rachmaninoff and Scriabin, has become one of my favorite Late Romantics.  I've posted a half dozen or so of his works here in Audition Room, and continue to work on that repertoire.  Incredible stuff!
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Re: Bortkiewicz fans unite!
Reply #5 on: June 12, 2008, 12:22:07 AM
btw

does anyone have a recording of his Capriccio op. 3 no. 1?
I'm learning it right now.
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Re: Bortkiewicz fans unite!
Reply #6 on: June 12, 2008, 12:29:25 AM
Yes. Stephen Coombs recorded it, as did Klaas Trapman. Coombs is the better interpreter, in my opinion.
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