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This latest release in the 'Russian Piano Portraits' series turns to the music of Sergei Bortkiewicz. The First World War and the Russian Revolution caused Bortkiewicz to lead a somewhat peripatetic existence, but in whichever city he took refuge he was greeted as a virtuoso pianist and accomplished composer.
As one would expect, many of his works are for his own instrument—the piano. The Lamentations and Consolations set is among his most characteristic works: intensely melodic with a brooding romanticism often reminiscent of Liszt. The fairy-tale interpretations of Aus Andersens Marchen, subtitled 'A Musical Picture Book', come from the large corpus of pieces Bortkiewicz composed with children in mind, while the opus 33 Preludes owe much of their character to Chopin.
1. Lamentations And Consolations Op 17: Book 1: No 1: Lamentation In D Minor
2. Lamentations And Consolations Op 17: Book 1: No 2: Consolation In D Major
3. Lamentations And Consolations Op 17: Book 1: No 3: Lamentation In C Sharp Minor
4. Lamentations And Consolations Op 17: Book 1: No 4: Consolation In D Flat Major
5. Lamentations And Consolations Op 17: Book 2: No 5: Lamentation ('Le mal du pays') In A Minor
6. Lamentations And Consolations Op 17: Book 2: No 6: Consolation In A Major
7. Lamentations And Consolations Op 17: Book 2: No 7: Lamentation In E Flat Minor
8. Lamentations And Consolations Op 17: Book 2: No 8: Consolation ('Sorrento') In E Flat Major
9. Aus Andersens Marchen - Ein musikalisches Bilderbuch, Op 30: The Princess And The Pea
10. Aus Andersens Marchen - Ein musikalisches Bilderbuch, Op 30: The Bell
11. Aus Andersens Marchen - Ein musikalisches Bilderbuch, Op 30: The Hardy Tin Soldier
12. Aus Andersens Marchen - Ein musikalisches Bilderbuch, Op 30: The Angel
13. Aus Andersens Marchen - Ein musikalisches Bilderbuch, Op 30: Little Ida's Flowers
14. Aus Andersens Marchen - Ein musikalisches Bilderbuch, Op 30: The Nightingale
15. Aus Andersens Marchen - Ein musikalisches Bilderbuch, Op 30: It Is Quite Certain
16. Aus Andersens Marchen - Ein musikalisches Bilderbuch, Op 30: The Child In The Grave
17. Aus Andersens Marchen - Ein musikalisches Bilderbuch, Op 30: The Butterfly
18. Aus Andersens Marchen - Ein musikalisches Bilderbuch, Op 30: The Ugly Duckling
19. Aus Andersens Marchen - Ein musikalisches Bilderbuch, Op 30: Golden Treasure
20. Aus Andersens Marchen - Ein musikalisches Bilderbuch, Op 30: The Metal Pig
21. Ten Preludes Op 33: No 1 In C Sharp Minor
22. Ten Preludes Op 33: No 2 In F Sharp Major
23. Ten Preludes Op 33: No 3 In D Major
24. Ten Preludes Op 33: No 4 In B Minor
25. Ten Preludes Op 33: No 5 In A Major
26. Ten Preludes Op 33: No 6 In C Sharp Minor
27. Ten Preludes Op 33: No 7 In F Sharp Major
28. Ten Preludes Op 33: No 8 In D Flat Major
29. Ten Preludes Op 33: No 9 In B Flat Major
30. Ten Preludes Op 33: No 10 In B Flat Minor |
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