Bortkiewicz: Piano Sonata No. 2 & other works

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SERGE BORTKIEWICZ
Bortkiewicz: Piano Sonata No. 2 & other works
Nadejda Vlaeva (piano)

[ Hyperion / CD ]

Release Date: Monday 15 February 2016

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Nadejda Vlaeva performs a programme of alluring piano works by Sergei Bortkiewicz, many of them only recently discovered and here recorded for the first time.

"This is a quite superb CD, and one that I simply couldn't put down. The playing is absolutely first class, not only in terms of technique, and Vlaeva consummately brings great power to the table when called for, while still ready to produce the most delicate pianissimo when needed. Furthermore, she shows a total empathy for the style, and plays in the grand romantic tradition for which this music absolutely cries out. If you've not heard any Bortkiewicz yet, then this stunning new release crystallises everything on a single generous CD. It's impeccably recorded in the best Hyperion manner, and virtually guaranteed to make you want to delve further. Perhaps it will also lead you to the Piano Concerto No. 1, in the same way that I have now made the journey, but from the other direction." (Recording of the Month March 2016)

"[Vlaeva plays] with commanding authority. She can sing, she can charm, she can thunder, and she has a wonderfully innate rubato that suits Bortkiewicz's idiom to perfection" (Gramophone March 2016)

Tracks:

Prelude, Op. 66, No. 1
Prelude, Op. 66, No. 3
Fantasiestücke, Op. 61
Lyrica Nova, Op. 59
Three Mazurkas, Op. 64
España (No. 4 of Four pieces for violin and piano, Op. 63)
Jugoslavische Suite, Op. 58
Sonata No. 2 in C Sharp Minor Op. 60

Listen to an extract here