This recording is dedicated to the music of Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877-1952) - a pianist and composer, also a refugee and survivor of two World Wars and a Civil war. Bortkiewicz’s style is compared to the great Romantic composers of the 19th century captivating beautiful, poetic melodies.

This release contains a set of piano pieces op.17 - Lamentations and Consolations, written in 1914 and published in two books.

Book I (dedicated to Moriz Rosenthal):
Lamentation op.17 no.1 in D minor
Consolation op.17 no.2 in D major
Lamentation op.17 no.3 in C# minor 
Consolation op.17 no.4 in Db major

Book II (dedicated to Mme Vera de Berens):
Lamentation op.17 no.5 in A minor
Consolation op.17 no.6 in A major
Lamentation op.17 no.7 in Eb minor
Consolation op.17 no.8 in Eb major

Piano: Edyta Mydlowska

S. Bortkiewicz, piano works op.17 no.1 - Lamentation op.17 in D minor

S. Bortkiewicz, piano works op.17 no.2 - Consolation in D major

S. Bortkiewicz, piano works op.17 no.3 - Lamentation in C# minor

Edyta Mydlowska

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