Short bio Sergei Bortkiewicz
Birthday:
1877 in Kharkiv, Ukraine
Died:
1952 in Vienna, Austria
Active:
1910s - 1940s
Genre:
Classical
Period:
Modern
Full biography Sergei Bortkiewicz
Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877-1952) was a Russian-born Austrian Romantic composer and pianist. He composed a wide range of music, including two piano sonatas, sets of pieces for piano, three piano concertos (the second one for the left hand), a violin concerto , and chamber music.
Bortkiewicz began his music education in St. Petersburg and later continued it at the Leipzig Conservatory. He was heavily influenced by the music of composers such as Liszt, Chopin, and Schumann, and adopted aspects of their styles in his own music. His piano music is characterized by its lyricism, rich harmonies, and virtuosity.
Despite his talent as a composer and pianist, Bortkiewicz's music remains relatively underrepresented and overlooked today. However, a renewed interest in his work has emerged in recent years, and his music is experiencing a revival in popularity.
Several recordings of Bortkiewicz's music are available, including "Bortkiewicz: Piano Works" and "Bortkiewicz: Chamber Music" by Brilliant Classics. Additionally, his piece "Les Rochers d'Outche-Coche" has been used in a fundraising video by pianist Margaret Fingerhut to support Ukraine.
In conclusion, Sergei Bortkiewicz was a talented composer and pianist whose music has been overlooked for many years. However, his beautiful and virtuosic piano music is now experiencing a revival in popularity and is worth exploring.
Compositions featuring Sergei Bortkiewicz
| # | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morceaux (4) for piano, Op. 65 | 13:56 min | Keyboard | 1947 |
| 2 | Preludes (2) for piano, Op. 66 | 4:54 min | Keyboard | 1946 |
| 3 | Suite for violin & piano (Four Pieces), Op. 63 | 13:26 min | Chamber Music | 1946 |
| 4 | Mazurkas (3), for piano, Op. 64 | 6:24 min | Keyboard | 1943 |
| 5 | Fantasiestücke, for piano, Op. 61 | 15:59 min | Keyboard | 1942 |
| 6 | Jugoslavische Suite, for piano, Op. 58 | 12:09 min | Keyboard | 1940 |
| 7 | Piano Sonata No. 2 in C sharp minor, Op. 60 | 22:21 min | Keyboard | 1940 |
| 8 | Lyrica nova, for piano, Op. 59 | 10:43 min | Keyboard | 1940 |
| 9 | Marionettes, for piano, Op. 54 | 11:02 min | Keyboard | 1938 |
| 10 | Symphony No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 55 | 32:35 min | Symphony | 1937 |
| 11 | Im 3/4 Takt for piano in G major, Op. 48/5 | 2:30 min | Keyboard | 1936 |
| 12 | Symphony No. 1 in D major, ("From my Homeland"), Op. 52 | 39:19 min | Symphony | 1934 |
| 13 | Im 3/4 Takt, pieces (6) for piano, Op. 48 | 12:02 min | Keyboard | 1932 |
| 14 | Kindheit, for piano, Op. 39 | 27:04 min | Keyboard | 1930 |
| 15 | Ein Roman für Klavier, Op. 35 | 25:07 min | Keyboard | 1928 |
| 16 | Preludes (10) for piano, Op.33 | 21:41 min | Keyboard | 1927 |
| 17 | Piano Concerto No. 3 ("Per Aspera ad Astra"), Op. 32 | 29:03 min | Concerto | 1926 |
| 18 | Piano Concerto No. 2 (for the left hand), Op. 28 | 29:23 min | Concerto | 1924 |
| 19 | Sonata for violin & piano in G minor, Op. 26 | 32:39 min | Chamber Music | 1924 |
| 20 | The little wanderer, for piano, Op. 21 | 20:14 min | Keyboard | 1922 |
| 21 | Aus meiner Kindheit, pieces (6) for piano, Op. 14 | 15:19 min | Keyboard | 1911 |
| 22 | Preludes (6) for piano, Op. 13 | 12:17 min | Keyboard | 1910 |
| 23 | Morceaux (3), for piano, Op. 12 | 15:12 min | Keyboard | 1910 |
| 24 | Pensées Lyriques (6), for piano, Op. 11 | 16:05 min | Keyboard | 1909 |
| 25 | Piano Sonata in B major, Op. 9 | 21:53 min | Keyboard | 1909 |
| 26 | Morceaux (2), for piano, Op. 7 | 10:03 min | Keyboard | 1908 |
| 27 | Esquisses de Crimée, for piano, Op. 8 | 17:38 min | Keyboard | 1908 |
| 28 | Morceaux (2) for piano, Op. 5 | 11:57 min | Keyboard | 1907 |
| 29 | Morceaux (4) for piano, Op. 3 | 19:52 min | Keyboard | 1906 |
| 30 | Morceaux (3) for piano, Op. 6 | 8:13 min | Keyboard | 1906 |
| 31 | Prelude for piano, Op. 6/1 | 5:15 min | Keyboard | 1906 |
| 32 | Impressions for piano, Op. 4 | 19:55 min | Keyboard | 1905 |
| 33 | Arabische Nächte, ballet, Op. 37 | Ballet | - | |
| 34 | Pieces (4) for piano, Op. 10 | 14:46 min | Keyboard | - |
| 35 | Prelude for piano in A major, Op. 33/5 | 1:10 min | Keyboard | - |
| 36 | Waltzes (3), for piano, Op.27 | 10:25 min | Keyboard | - |
| 37 | Prelude for piano in B flat minor, Op. 33/10 | 1:31 min | Keyboard | - |
| 38 | Prelude for piano in B minor, Op. 40/2 | 2:12 min | Keyboard | - |
| 39 | Prelude for piano in C sharp minor, Op. 33/1 | 5:31 min | Keyboard | - |
| 40 | Prelude for piano in D flat major, Op. 33/8 | 4:14 min | Keyboard | - |
| 41 | Prelude for piano in D major, Op. 40/5 | 1:09 min | Keyboard | - |
| 42 | Prelude for piano in E major, Op. 40/7 | 1:02 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 43 | Prelude for piano in F sharp major, Op. 33/7 | 3:29 min | Keyboard | - |
| 44 | Élégie for piano in C sharp major, Op. 46 | 5:00 min | Keyboard | - |
| 45 | Prelude for piano in F sharp major, Op. 40/1 | 1:01 min | Keyboard | - |
| 46 | Prelude for piano in F sharp major, Op. 40/4 | 2:34 min | Keyboard | - |
| 47 | Prelude for piano in F sharp minor, Op. 40/6 | 2:55 min | Keyboard | - |
| 48 | Prelude for piano, Op. 66/3 | 2:31 min | Keyboard | - |
| 49 | Preludes (7), for piano, Op.40 | 13:23 min | Keyboard | - |
| 50 | Russische Weisen und Tänze, for piano, 4 hands, Op. 31 | Keyboard | - | |
| 51 | Etude for piano in G sharp minor, Op.15/6 | 4:17 min | Keyboard | - |
| 52 | Aus andersens märchen-Ein musickalisches Bilderbuch, Op.30 | 28:07 min | Orchestral | - |
| 53 | Ballade for piano, Op.42 | 6:46 min | Keyboard | - |
| 54 | Berceuse for violin & piano in A major (after piano Étude, Op. 15/4) | 3:10 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 55 | Consolation for piano in D flat major, Op. 17/4 | 5:03 min | Keyboard | - |
| 56 | Epithalame, for piano (left hand), Op. 65/3 | 5:11 min | Keyboard | - |
| 57 | España, for violin & piano, Op. 63/4 | 2:47 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 58 | Etude for piano in C sharp major, Op. 15/7 | 1:29 min | Keyboard | - |
| 59 | Etude for piano in D flat major, Op. 15/8 | 4:54 min | Keyboard | - |
| 60 | Etude for piano in E minor, Op. 15/10 | 1:31 min | Keyboard | - |
| 61 | Etude for piano in E minor, Op. 65/2 | 1:40 min | Keyboard | - |
| 62 | Etude for piano in F major, Op. 15/1 | 1:31 min | Keyboard | - |
| 63 | Etude for piano in F sharp minor, Op. 15/9 | 1:23 min | Keyboard | - |
| 64 | Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 16 | 27:22 min | Concerto | - |
| 65 | Etudes (10), for piano, Op.15 | 27:03 min | Keyboard | - |
| 66 | Etudes Nouvelles (12), for piano, Op. 29 ("Illustrées") | 39:14 min | Keyboard | - |
| 67 | Im 3/4 Takt, for piano, Op. 48/2 | 2:40 min | Keyboard | - |
| 68 | Impromptu for piano ("Eros"), Op. 24/3 | 5:39 min | Keyboard | - |
| 69 | La Blonde, for piano in G major, Op. 29/1 | 1:14 min | Keyboard | - |
| 70 | La Brune, for piano in C sharp minor, Op. 29/3 | 1:43 min | Keyboard | - |
| 71 | La Poète, for piano in F sharp major, Op. 29/5 | 5:18 min | Keyboard | - |
| 72 | La Rousse, for piano in E major, Op. 29/2 | 1:13 min | Keyboard | - |
| 73 | Lamentation for piano in C sharp minor, Op. 17/3 | 4:02 min | Keyboard | - |
| 74 | Lamentations and Consolations (8), for piano, Op. 17 | 29:57 min | Orchestral | - |
| 75 | Le Héros, for piano in E flat major, Op. 29/6 | 1:41 min | Keyboard | - |
| 76 | Morceaux (3) for piano, Op. 24 | 14:20 min | Keyboard | - |
Albums featuring Sergei Bortkiewicz
| # | Сover | Name album | Year | Music label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Sergei Bortkiewicz, Zhenni Li-Cohen – A Letter╿Une Lettre╿Ein Brief (Solo Piano Works)(CD, Album) | 2023 | Steinway & Sons |
| 2 |  |
Elia Modenese, Elisabetta Gesuato Piano Duo, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Bortkiewicz – Rêver D’Un Rêve Majestueux (For Piano 4-Hands)(CD, Album) | 2021 | Da Vinci Classics |
| 3 |  |
Bortkiewicz - Klaas Trapman – Complete Piano Music(6×CD, Compilation) | 2018 | Piano Classics (2) |
| 4 |  |
Bortkiewicz, Pavel Gintov – Bortkiewicz: Piano Works(CD, Album) | 2017 | Piano Classics (2) |
| 5 |  |
Sergei Bortkiewicz, Alfonso Soldano – Russian Piano Music Series Vol. 12 - Sergei Bortkiewicz(CD, Album) | 2016 | Divine Art |
| 6 |  |
Nadejda Vlaeva, Sergei Bortkiewicz – Piano Sonata No 2 · Fantasiestücke · Jugoslavische Suite(CD, Album) | 2016 | Hyperion |
| 7 |  |
Sergei Bortkiewicz, Jouni Somero – Piano Works Vol. 8-9(2×CD, Album) | 2012 | FC-Records |
| 8 |  |
Sergei Bortkiewicz, Jouni Somero – Piano Works Vol. 3(CD, Album) | 2011 | FC-Records |
| 9 |  |
Sergei Bortkiewicz, Jouni Somero – Piano Works Vol. 5(CD, Album) | 2011 | FC-Records |
| 10 |  |
Sergei Bortkiewicz, Jouni Somero – Piano Works Vol. 6(CD, Album) | 2011 | FC-Records |
| 11 |  |
Sergei Bortkiewicz, Jouni Somero – Piano Works Vol. 7(CD, Album) | 2011 | FC-Records |
| 12 |  |
Sergei Bortkiewicz, Jouni Somero – Piano Works Vol. 4(CD, Album) | 2010 | FC-Records |
| 13 |  |
Bortkiewicz, Stefan Doniga, Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, David Porcelijn – Piano Concertos 2 & 3 | 2009 | Nederlands Muziek Instituut |
| 14 |  |
Sergei Bortkiewicz, Jouni Somero – Piano Works Vol. 2(CD, Album) | 2008 | FC-Records |
| 15 |  |
Bortkiewicz - Stephen Coombs – Piano Music(2×CD, Compilation) | 2008 | Hyperion |
| 16 |  |
Bortkiewicz, Klaas Trapman – Pianoworks 3(2×CD, Album) | 2006 | NMI |
| 17 |  |
Sergei Bortkiewicz, Jouni Somero – Piano Works Vol. I(CD, Album) | 2006 | FC-Records |
| 18 |  |
Bortkiewicz, Rachmaninov, Cristian Persinaru, Nils Franke – Works For Violin & Piano(CD, Album) | 2005 | Apex |
| 19 |  |
Klaas Trapman, Sergei Bortkiewicz – Pianoworks(2×CD, Album, Limited Edition) | 2002 | Erasmus Muziekproducties |
| 20 |  |
Bortkiewicz - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra • Martyn Brabbins – Symphonies 1 & 2(CD, Album) | 2002 | Hyperion |
| 21 |  |
Bortkiewicz, Stephen Coombs – Piano Music - 2(CD, Album) | 2000 | Hyperion |
| 22 |  |
Bortkiewicz, Stephen Coombs – Piano Music - 1(CD, Album) | 1997 | Hyperion |
| 23 |  |
Busoni, Bortkievich, Britten, Marjorie Mitchell, NDR Symphony Orchestra, William Strickland – Busoni: Indian Fantasy - Bortkiewicz: Piano Concerto - Britten: Piano Concerto(CD, Album) | 1996 | Millennium Classics |
| 24 |  |
Busoni, Bortkievich, Britten, Marjorie Mitchell, NDR Symphony Orchestra, William Strickland – Busoni: Indian Fantasy - Bortkiewicz: Piano Concerto - Britten: Piano Concerto(CD, Album) | 1996 | Millennium Classics |
| 25 |  |
Arensky / Bortkiewicz, Stephen Coombs, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Maksymiuk – Piano Concerto In F Minor, Op 2; Fantasia On Russian Folksongs, Op 48 / Piano Concerto No 1 In B Flat, Op 16 | 1993 | Hyperion |
| 26 |  |
Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky, Balakirev, Tchaikovsky, Bortkiewicz, Gerhard Meyer (4), Siegfried Schubert-Weber – Vierhändige Klaviermusik Der Russischen Romantik(CD, Compilation) | 1992 | FSM (2) |
| 27 |  |
Haas / Rébikow / Rossini / Bortkiewicz - Franz-Joseph Lütter – Klaviermusik Der Spätromantik(LP) | 1987 | VMK |
| 28 |  |
Ulla Graf , Piano, Sergei Bortkiewicz, Julian Skrjabin, Issai Dobrowen, Anatol Ljadow, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Kostbarkeiten Russischer Meister(LP) | 1979 | Mars (8) |
| 29 |  |
Sergei Bortkiewicz, Ulla Graf – Music For The Piano(2×LP, Stereo) | 1978 | Genesis |
| 30 |  |
Busoni / Bortkievich / Mitchell, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, William Strickland – Indian Fantasy For Piano And Orchestra, Op. 44 / Piano Concerto In B-Flat Major, Op. 16 | 1964 | Decca |
| 31 |  |
Sergei Bortkiewicz, Cyprien Katsaris – Préludes, Etudes, Elégie...(CD, Album, Stereo) | - | Piano 21 |
| 32 |  |
Pierre Huybregts, Sergei Bortkiewicz – Bortkiewicz: Works for Piano(CD, Album) | - | Centaur Records |
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