Sergei Bortkiewicz - Impressions, Op.4

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Intro : [0:00]
I. Vieux portrait [0:05]
II. Etude d'oiseaux [2:57]
III. Tempete [4:29]
IV. Apres la pluie [5:56]
V. Bergers et Bergeres [10:36]
VI. Au claire de la lune [13:37]
VII. Bal masque [20:02]
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Piano : Jouni Somero
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Sergei Bortkiewicz was a Russian and Austrian Romantic composer and pianist of Polish origins. He moved to Vienna in 1922 and became a naturalized Austrian citizen in 1926.
Bortkiewicz's piano style was influenced by Franz Liszt, Frédéric Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Sergei 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.

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No. 3 reminds me of what would result from Medtner composing Chopin’s Prelude in f minor from op. 28.