Sergei Bortkiewicz - 3 Waltzes, Op. 27

3 Waltzes or, alternatively, Valses, by Sergei Eduardovich Bortkiewicz, explores the various subtypes of the overall Waltz dance form. The first has the harmonic trappings of Chopin with a Lyapunovian twist, the second keeps the Chopinesque form but also recalls the style of Liszt, the third plays with the lifelong work of Strauss, all the while maintaining a clear Bortkievician voice.
Date: 1924
Catalogue: Op. 27
Dedicatee: Liubov Oleksandrivna Kolessa
Order:
No. 1 - La Gracieuse: 0:07
No. 2 - La Mélancolique: 3:51
No. 3 - La Viennoise: 7:25
Performer: Jouni Somero on piano
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[@JouniSomeroMusic]

Thank You!

[@fereydoonkhosrowzadeh4347]

Somero is genius pianist

[@isabelleassalmi3827]

Great playing, thank you so much

[@arlettehellemans2117]

❤The 3., Viennoise, is splendid

[@adrianarogliano838]

Hermosa música

[@kailarochelle6322]

Very rich, emotive and sensitive performance of these gorgeous waltzes, Thank you so much for doing justice to these beautiful pieces,

[@fulviopolce9785]

Bellissimo video !

[@EuphoniaPooch]

excellent thank you so much

[@alexkoh1673]

He just loves the key of 7 # ! Can anybody explain?

[@GM-yb5yg]

I wouldn't specifically about his preference, however the key of 7# or d flat has all the black keys, Chopin also loved the black keys, especially a flat. Sergei seems heavily influenced by Chopin's so why wouldn't he love black keys.. just a guess obviously.

[@paulcapaccio9905]

Chromaticism

[@ruanpingshan]

Most composers write whichever key signature they think will make their piece easier to sightread. For example, I can see him using chords like F# minor, B major, E major and A major. Writing in C# major instead of Db major may make it easier to read those chords.

[@tchaffman]

Because he was going to A major, which is visually an easier modulation on the eyes from 7 sharps, rather than making that modulation from 5 flats.

[@hemiolaguy]

@@ruanpingshan But most pianists find D-flat Major (5 flats) an easier key to read and play than C# Major (7 sharps). In fact, I own an edition of Bach's WTC, Book I, in which the Prelude and Fugue no. 3, which Bach wrote in C# Major, is also printed in D-flat Major in an appendix. It's certainly easier for me to think in D-flat!

[@ananddhere4317]

❤❤💘

[@Mazurking]

The first one sounds so much like scriabin omg

[@CK-kd5pn]

Lol why do I hear beethoven 7 2nd movement at 8:18

[@ernshaw78]

The final bars of the first waltz are very disjointed stylistically but it is very enjoyable despite.

[@TheMemnyChannel]

#1 - 00:07 #2 - 03:51 #3 - 07:24

[@tchaffman]

No. 2 is kind of sus

[@r0mmm]

Why?

[@tchaffman]

@@r0mmm Because it sounds like two different Chopin pieces, and at that point you can probably guess the two Chopin pieces I'm thinking about. 😅

[@CK-kd5pn]

You can hear allusions to Chopin in some of his other works too lol.

[@tchaffman]

@@CK-kd5pn And scriabin in others 😅