BORTKIEWICZ; SERGEI

A Bortkiewicz “Letter” From Zhenni Li-Cohen

Jed Distler

It’s gratifying to see more and more pianists exploring the luxuriant keyboard idiom of Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877-1952) on disc. He was not the most memorable

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Piano Works Of Sergei Bortkiewicz

Jed Distler

The keyboard style of Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877-1952) is luxuriantly Romantic, harmonically ultra-conservative, and compulsively tuneful. His melodies don’t stick in your memory; they’re mostly faux

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Bortkiewicz: Symphonies

David Hurwitz

Sergei Bortkiewicz must be a pen-name. Judging from the sound of these two symphonies, his real name was Nikoxander Glazimsky-Balatchaikmaninov! Containing not the smallest vestige

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Berio: Sequenzas

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Berio: Voci

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