Sergei Bortkiewicz | Chant sans paroles, Op.65/1

Here's the second beautiful piece from the set.
Bortkiewicz (1877-1952) was a Romantic composer.
He received his musical training from Anatoly Lyadov and Karl von Arek at the Imperial Conservatory of Music in Saint Petersburg.
In 1900 he left Saint Petersburg and traveled to Leipzig, where he became a student of Alfred Reisenauer and Salomon Jadassohn, both pupils of Franz Liszt. In July 1902, Bortkiewicz completed his studies at the Leipzig Conservatory and was awarded the Schumann Prize on graduation. On his return to the Russian Empire in 1904, he married Elisabeth Geraklitowa, a friend of his sister, and then returned to Germany, where he settled in Berlin. It was there that he started to compose seriously.
From 1904 until 1914, Bortkiewicz continued to live in Berlin but spent his summers visiting his family in Ukraine or travelling around Europe often on concert tours. For a year he also taught at the Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory, where he was to meet his lifelong friend, the Dutch pianist Hugo van Dalen (1888-1967). Van Dalen premiered Bortkiewicz's Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 16, in November 1913 in Berlin with the Blüthner Orchestra conducted by the composer.
Bortkiewicz's piano style was very much based on Liszt and Chopin, nurtured by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, early Scriabin, Wagner and Ukrainian folklore. The composer never saw himself as a "modernist", as can be seen from his Künstlerisches Glaubensbekenntnis, written in 1923. His workmanship is meticulous, his imagination colourful and sensitive, his piano writing idiomatic; a lush instrumentation underlines the essential sentimentality of the melodic invention.
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[@VanchaMarch2]

Simply beautiful. The Romantic era doesn’t get much better than this!

[@sileonclassical]

this would be so cool orchestrated

[@PianoScoreVids]

the 'quasi arpa' leads in that direction. good idea

[@Cinemashow99]

Touching, and thank you for all the forgotten piano music. It’s a great inspiration for me.

[@shivarahimipiano]

Lovely and moving piece of music! Thank you!❤

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[@lluisrafalessole-classical5068]

This is very beautiful

[@Tizohip]

Very beautiful

[@natapadalko8049]

Прекрасно!

[@guto1953]

Gosto muito deste compositor, que bom posso tocar está peça, não é difíci.

[@dontbemessinboy]

I enjoyed the Clair de Lune quote at the end.

[@ewhyte8059]

A very warm and satisfying piece. Tastefully reminiscent of the so-called romantic era.Threads of Chopin, List and maybe even slight phraseology from the much featured and first time experienced for me on this channel JH Ravina. It finishes fittingly with a nod to Debussy. The slight
dissonance with the gentle progressions were much appreciated and a seemingly original personal touch from the composer.
My playlist is becoming weighty!

[@pianno7198]

Wonderfully put 🎼

[@ewhyte8059]

@@pianno7198 oh ! Thank you 🙏🏽

[@tchorn2026]

Thanks, lovely.

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