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Topic: The Romantic but highly underrated Sergei Bortkiewicz  (Read 3020 times)

Offline fateclassical

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The Romantic but highly underrated Sergei Bortkiewicz
on: November 27, 2013, 05:16:48 PM
Bortkiewicz's music is so rare and not many I guess has been published. What do you think of him and his works?
In my opinion, he was a great composer who composed some of the most beautiful works. Too bad he is not widely known.
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Offline j_menz

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Re: The Romantic but highly underrated Sergei Bortkiewicz
Reply #1 on: November 27, 2013, 10:28:27 PM
There's a reasonable chunk of it on IMSLP, and some pieces still readily available in print.

He's not as well known as perhaps he deserves, but he's not exactly rare.
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Re: The Romantic but highly underrated Sergei Bortkiewicz
Reply #2 on: November 27, 2013, 10:39:56 PM
I only play one piece of his. It holds a very special place in my heart, though!
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Re: The Romantic but highly underrated Sergei Bortkiewicz
Reply #3 on: November 28, 2013, 03:44:59 PM
There are excellent recordings of Bortkiewicz's piano music played by Stephen Coombs on the Hyperion label and by C. Katsaris on the Piano 21 label.
I am very attracted to his music but unfortunately I do not have any of the scores.
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