Piano; Piano
Accompaniment (Piano For
2 Players)
SKU:
HL.48025063
Version for piano
reducation and piano
solo. Composed by
Sergei Bortkiewicz. BH
Piano. Classical.
Softcover. 100 pages.
Duration 1920 seconds.
Simrock #M221122605.
Published by Simrock
(HL.48025063).
ISBN
9783923051755. UPC:
196288031758.
9.0x12.0x0.338
inches.
Sergej
Bortkiewicz (1877-1952)
wrote his Russian
Rhapsody, Op. 45 (1935)
and the Piano Concerto
No. 2 in C minor, Op. 28
(1924) for the pianist
Paul Wittgenstein. He
lost his right arm in the
First World War and
thereupon commissioned
works from important
composers. While
Wittgenstein made some of
the contributions by
Ravel, Britten,
Hindemith, Richard
Strauss and others.
sounded too modern, he
had a preference for
Bortkiewicz's concerto,
as it paid homage to the
“pharaonic
virtuoso†late
romantic tradition Ã
la Rachmaninoff. It is
precisely this
“sound†that
the Piano Concerto No. 2
recommended for a new
version for two hands,
which is now available
and opens up a broader
scope for the charming,
emotional work. In
addition to the redesign
of the solo part, the
arranger Alfonso Soldano
also offers a new cadenza
that ensures a smoother
transition between tempo
and sound changes.
