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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. 

Offline rachmaninova

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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!  ;)

Offline dnephi

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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.
For us musicians, the music of Beethoven is the pillar of fire and cloud of mist which guided the Israelites through the desert.  (Roughly quoted, Franz Liszt.)

Offline rachfan

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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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Offline tanman

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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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Offline retrouvailles

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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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