Bortkiewicz did not "progress" in style as many musicians did (Beethoven, Scriabin, rachmaninoff). He retained that ultra-romanticism to the bitter end which is a gift to the world. In this era of atonality, concertos with car parts, piano pieces with no sound, pieces with performance time of 600 years (ASLSP) or one second (You Suffer) it's important to retain beautiful music that can be admired and comprehended by normal people.
3 жыл бұрын
Bortkiewicz is one of my favorite composers of all time. Amazing. We definitely need more bortkiewicz.
@Whatismusic123 Жыл бұрын
No. He should have never been a composer.
@elegachi Жыл бұрын
@@Whatismusic123 Are you lonely?
@jeanmariemelot8 ай бұрын
@@elegachiYes, I think he has lost everything, including brain, Heart, ears...
@kaleidoscopio53 жыл бұрын
00:07 Song without words 04:10 Etude 06:06 Ephitalame 11:15 Capriccio alla pollaca
@IolcanPK3 жыл бұрын
Thank you kindly 💖
@kaleidoscopio53 жыл бұрын
@@IolcanPK my pleasure 😁
@pianoman18573 жыл бұрын
Love Bortkiewicz, thanks
@erick-gd7wo3 жыл бұрын
The third piece for LH alone is so beautiful and charming. Thank you for have introduced us to these hidden jewels
@michaelkrestan54832 ай бұрын
What a great composer he was! I am really impressed by these pieces!
@chuckloner3 жыл бұрын
First time hearing bortkiewicz and now I think I know what I'll be learning next week. Really cool stuff :)
@kaleidoscopio53 жыл бұрын
Ah, Bortkiewicz.....the brother of Rachmaninoff, the cousin of Scriabin and the grandchild of Chopin.....lovely 😁
@jackcurley15913 жыл бұрын
Great way of putting it 😁
@kaleidoscopio53 жыл бұрын
@@jackcurley1591 thanks 😎
@alessandropelizzoli66133 жыл бұрын
Probably more of Lisztian ascent...pupil of Reisenauer...
@Whatismusic123 Жыл бұрын
And the great lesser of all 3. Someone incomprehensibly incompetent.
@kaleidoscopio5 Жыл бұрын
@@Whatismusic123 😳😢
@lovehinz3 жыл бұрын
12:19 this is clearly reminiscent of his op. 33 preludes no. 7 the middle section (un pocco piu mosso) -- a piece that I really love. perhaps this was a precursor to that...?
@andrewc96432 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this comment. I looked up this prelude because of you. exquisite!
@Bozzigmupp6 ай бұрын
Well spotted
@jaz_min..3 жыл бұрын
I love it❤
@lucapianist6710 ай бұрын
10:46 Maria Maria Maria Maria Maaariaaaaaaaa
@emilyhutjes Жыл бұрын
Lovely 🌷🌷🌷
@briansunday7099 Жыл бұрын
The first piece seemed like a hybrid of Henselt’s Poeme d’amour and Alkan’s Neige et Lave from the Chants, op. 70. Chopin pervades the second piece. A tinge of Rachmaninov in the third, but pure Bortkiewicz otherwise - some of the melodic material was borrowed from his Elegie, op. 46. A bit of Rachmaninov again in the fourth piece and, personally, I think a bit of Dvorak. - think op. 85. Bortkiewicz has become quite a favorite of mine - it fits my hands, too.
@wuoltersiano10065 ай бұрын
Il primo brano come scrittura è molto simile alla quarta ballata op. 10 di Brahms.
@Fred_DQ3 жыл бұрын
I think these pieces are definitely related with each other, so we should play all 4 pieces consecutively
@kuang-licheng4023 жыл бұрын
rare piece
@gadielvalverde20962 жыл бұрын
12:19 This sounds like prelude op33 no7 midsection
@timmoneel2 жыл бұрын
There seems to be a strange similarity between No. 3 (the Wedding Song) and his Elegie, Op. 46. Not only are they both in the same key of C# major, but they both start off with the G#-A#-C#, but in the Elegie it caps off at D# whereas in the Wedding song it descends back to B#. But later on in the Wedding song (8:46), he uses the G#-A#-C#-D#. It's not a criticism, just an observation, but it's eerily uncanny that such similarities occur between a piece for joy and another for sorrow.
@AlfateS3 жыл бұрын
I can hear the Chopin Op 10 No 9 and Op 25 No 12 being quoted in that etude
@Ingegerda681 Жыл бұрын
Кто даст ответ: почему имя композитора только ныне стало популярным? Странно, ведь музыка чудесная.
@jeanmariemelot8 ай бұрын
Histoire life was very difficult and his works have been recovered lately. Perhaps he came too late for a romantic work.
@tomassokol84602 жыл бұрын
"Epithalame (No.3) or wedding song, is again in the beloved key of C sharp minor". Sorry, this is C sharp MAJOR !
@thenameisgsarci2 жыл бұрын
yes, you're right... i forgot to edit that part when i uploaded this.
@tomassokol84602 жыл бұрын
@@thenameisgsarci Well... I think musicians/pianists have corrected themselves. I thank you for the quality of your channel. I discovered Bortkievicz just 1 year ago and much appreciate his compositions. The best from Bratislava/Slovensko