The opening of this concerto is so inviting. This concerto also has some of the most beautiful melodies I have ever heard. Check out his second piano concerto if you like this one
Ah, behold! As I immerse myself in this exquisite piece of classical music, I cannot help but feel transported to an ethereal realm where time stands still and beauty reigns supreme. The delicate melodies caress my ears like a gentle mist, evoking emotions long forgotten in the cacophony of today's musical landscape. Oh, how lamentable it is that modern music pales in comparison to the sublime masterpieces of yore! Truly, we are blessed to bask in the transcendent glory of such timeless compositions.
What an excellent performance by Marjorie Mitchell (1921-2017), conductor William Strickland and the NDR Symphony Orchestra (not stated here). She was was an excellent pianist with a wide repertoire, from Baroque to Britten and beyond. Thank you for posting it!
Versatile and durable ! I remember this recording well, goes back to the 1960s or 1950s ( on US Decca, or " Desto"?) in our Downtown Main Public Library ( Ryerson Library Grand Rapids, Mich ) . High school years. Forgot how good the Concerto is ( w/ joke on Debussy's " Printemps" in 3 ) also how good the performance. If this is the Radio Orchestra I. Hamburg ( NDR) they were and are a terrific orchestra. Their immediate post WW2 version still had some of their legendary brass section plus their regular conductor was Wilhelm Scheuchter, terrific old pit conductor . Fairly tight ensemble then despite European orchestras mainly being a mess from the end of the War. Side B is, I think, Busoni's Indian Fantasy, another fun rare item. Hopefully it gets posted.
I am consistently in the hunt for intense piano concertos. My top 20 music education deprived me a world of very good composers. This piano concerto gets a "Wow" though not quite as big as Bortkieicz's # 2, & #3. Thanks to CZcams and its contributors I have been able to broaden my listening experience.
@@jameshandaja1536 I placed both in my own personal grouping of favorite piano concertos. However, since I am still finding new works uploaded to CZcams that I have never heard before, I haven't revisited them. Thanks for the reminder. It is time for a revisit to those works. They are now at the top of my history list and get top priority.
Just listened to Ornstein's piano concerto. Spooky az! Soon after it started I woz sweatin' and tremblin' like a leaf-that's always a good sign right?! Seriously freaked me out-but in a good way. (Interesting fact about Ornstein-he was the longest-lived composer, getting to well over the ton(i.e.,century)-and maybe if more people heard his piano concerto, not just the longest-lived, but the longest-loved as well!).
... dieses besonders schöne nachromantische Klavierkonzert des Rachmaninow-Zeitgenossen Serge Bortkiewicz findet seine Steigerung noch in den beiden äußerst hörenswerten nachfolgenden Klavierkonzerten Nr. 2 und Nr. 3 . . Bortkiewicz ist eine Entdeckung! Danke fürs Posting. Eine würdige Wiederbegegnung mit der großen amerikanischen Pianistin Majorie Mitchell, bisweilen - etwas kurios - als weiblicher Van Cliburn bezeichnet.
Thanks to two amazing record shops, one at 9th and Broadway in downtown LA, the other in Pasadena, I have known this and many other magnificent works since high school in the 1960's. I can't imagine why it is not better known.
Astonishing piano concerto! What a discovery! Had never heard of this masterpiece! Ranks on par with the best piano works of the period. Such romanticism in an era of atonality! Greatly enjoyed & appreciated! Thanks for the post! Jamshed K Delvadavala, Mumbai!
Jamshed Delvadavala I agree about the stature of this Concerto. Howsomever: The avant- garde music of 1912 Was heard by few. Bortkiewicz wrote in the mainstream- late romantic style prevalent in the first world until the end of the Great War. Wiklund, Stenhammar 2, Lyapunov 2, CZcams discoveries Showing the bittersweet nostalgia of the end of an era.
You are the ONLY You Tube uploader I have found who, when you put the words "Must Hear" in the title, are telling the truth. Congratulations, but please remember this opinion is not endorsed by my three cats.
What an exhilarating finale! Not to be outdone by Liszt's innovative use of the triangle in his 1st Concerto, Bortkiewicz gives us a tambourine in his. But the whole work is exciting virtuosic Romanticism at its best, with gorgeous themes that remind me of what I once read of Nikolai Medtner, that he wished he could compose good tunes like Rachmaninoff. I hear what he meant listening to this music; Bortkiewicz accomplished that objective admirably, and with his own originality intact. I had this recording on the Decca label years ago; it is a great performance, but now realizing it isn't complete, I'm anxious to hear the Coombs cd (but likely not on YT).
He's not so forgotten anymore.. His stuff is showing up everywhere. He got eclipsed by Rachy. Plus, his works kept getting destroyed by bombs in both world wars. He had to rewrite stuff from memory. Took years and years....that depressed him.....he could have been as famous....
Don't present things as if Rachmaninov was responsible for someone's life and destiny and for the course of World events. Art is not sports competition, there's no need to measure 'greateness' of composers or their music in meters or kilograms. And your obvious underappreciation of Rachmaninov has no effect on his legacy and greatness. You found a very immature and silly way to express your thoughts.
@aivarasz Great composers are outshined by other composers all the time. It doesn’t mean that either one is even necessarily better or worse because of it, it’s just something that happens. Look at Beethoven and Schubert. Schubert lived his life in Beethoven’s shadow, but it doesn’t mean that arts was a competition or that Schubert was a worse composer because of it, it’s just something that happens.
Чарівний, надзвичайно, глибоко одухотворений український композитор, який зумів зберегти щиру душевність в страшні часи комуністичного режиму. Дякую Богу за Сергія Борткевича!
Éste compositor es bastante infravalorado, teniendo en cuenta la calidad de sus obras y que ha escrito uno de los conciertos de piano más bellos que he escuchado
Belíssimo concerto! A riqueza timbrística da orquestra se assemelha a orquestração de TCHAIKOVSKY. Os russos são magnânimos, quanto ao procedimento orquestral!...
Mitchell's performance - cuts notwithstanding - is definitive....far superior to the several more recent recordings. Her recorded versions of other more-or-less off the beaten path compositions - MacDowell's piano sonata #4, Bloch's Concerto Symphonique, etc. - are also first rate.
Qué descubrimiento ! este concierto me inspira, combina la emoción desbordada con la dulzura infinita... I did not understand why they cut or shorten? some parts..
They cut some sections of the concerto simply because it was a little too long for the duration of an LP, in 1964. Corentin Boissier (collectionCB, collectionCB2, collectionCB3, collectionCB4 & collectionCB5)
+Torrie Madden The performance I uploaded is from a LP (CRI Records) from 1964. Another performance of this concerto has been edited commercially on an Hyperion CD ("Romantic Piano Concertos", vol. 4). Corentin Boissier (collectionCB, collectionCB2, collectionCB3 & collectionCB4)
+jai owners The 2nd (Left Hand) concerto has been recorded by Donemus out of the Netherlands, together with the Third Concerto. Both are fine recordings, and if you think this is good you should get those. By the way, the recording in this video is heavily cut; the recording Stephen Coombs made for Hyperion is complete.
+Michael Schlechtriem Thanks for telling me. I agree. It would be nice to find some complete recordings to upload with score though (and some better scores for that matter). I was hoping to do all 3 concertos :(
+Michael Schlechtriem I agree that it is a fine performance, but for me it's about par with Coombs's and in that case, I'd always go for the complete version that has much better sound to boot. But in honesty, I'm just glad that there *is* more than one recording of this great concerto about - three at the moment, if you count the other video here on CZcams.
Yes, I know. As I indicated in the Description of this video: "In this performance, the first and last movements have been abridged". This was due to the limitations of duration of the LPs. Corentin Boissier (collectionCB, collectionCB2, collectionCB3, collectionCB4 & collectionCB5)
@@collectionCB4 since when are there limitations to video length here? anyway and most importantly, if there are limitations - do not upload 90% of a piece, just don't upload it at all. you can't just cut the best part of the whole piece off in order to upload it. it's seriously the most annoying frustrating things that happened to me in a while...
The opening of this concerto is so inviting.
This concerto also has some of the most beautiful melodies I have ever heard. Check out his second piano concerto if you like this one
Ah, behold! As I immerse myself in this exquisite piece of classical music, I cannot help but feel transported to an ethereal realm where time stands still and beauty reigns supreme. The delicate melodies caress my ears like a gentle mist, evoking emotions long forgotten in the cacophony of today's musical landscape. Oh, how lamentable it is that modern music pales in comparison to the sublime masterpieces of yore! Truly, we are blessed to bask in the transcendent glory of such timeless compositions.
What an excellent performance by Marjorie Mitchell (1921-2017), conductor William Strickland and the NDR Symphony Orchestra (not stated here). She was was an excellent pianist with a wide repertoire, from Baroque to Britten and beyond. Thank you for posting it!
Versatile and durable ! I remember this recording well, goes back to the 1960s or 1950s ( on US Decca, or " Desto"?) in our Downtown Main Public Library ( Ryerson Library Grand Rapids, Mich ) . High school years. Forgot how good the Concerto is ( w/ joke on Debussy's " Printemps" in 3 ) also how good the performance. If this is the Radio Orchestra I. Hamburg ( NDR) they were and are a terrific orchestra. Their immediate post WW2 version still had some of their legendary brass section plus their regular conductor was Wilhelm Scheuchter, terrific old pit conductor . Fairly tight ensemble then despite European orchestras mainly being a mess from the end of the War.
Side B is, I think, Busoni's Indian Fantasy, another fun rare item. Hopefully it gets posted.
I am consistently in the hunt for intense piano concertos. My top 20 music education deprived me a world of very good composers. This piano concerto gets a "Wow" though not quite as big as Bortkieicz's # 2, & #3. Thanks to CZcams and its contributors I have been able to broaden my listening experience.
What do you think of Busoni piano concerto, and Furtwangler symphonic concerto?
@@jameshandaja1536 I placed both in my own personal grouping of favorite piano concertos. However, since I am still finding new works uploaded to CZcams that I have never heard before, I haven't revisited them. Thanks for the reminder. It is time for a revisit to those works. They are now at the top of my history list and get top priority.
Just listened to Ornstein's piano concerto. Spooky az! Soon after it started I woz sweatin' and tremblin' like a leaf-that's always a good sign right?! Seriously freaked me out-but in a good way. (Interesting fact about Ornstein-he was the longest-lived composer, getting to well over the ton(i.e.,century)-and maybe if more people heard his piano concerto, not just the longest-lived, but the longest-loved as well!).
... dieses besonders schöne nachromantische Klavierkonzert des Rachmaninow-Zeitgenossen Serge Bortkiewicz findet seine Steigerung noch in den beiden äußerst hörenswerten nachfolgenden Klavierkonzerten Nr. 2 und Nr. 3 . . Bortkiewicz ist eine Entdeckung! Danke fürs Posting. Eine würdige Wiederbegegnung mit der großen amerikanischen Pianistin Majorie Mitchell, bisweilen - etwas kurios - als weiblicher Van Cliburn bezeichnet.
I am not a music expert, but like classical music just for the sound and effect it has on me, and this concerto does not disappoint.
The Third Movement was especially beautiful. Thanks for putting this music online by this great Ukrainian/ Polish composer.
This concerto has been recorded, uncut, on Hyperion, Stephen Coombs (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (Maksymiuk), 1992.
A wonderful composition that showed his genius. Beautiful.
Oh, so many melodies from my childhood! Gorgerous composer! Thank you so much for sharing!!
Thanks to two amazing record shops, one at 9th and Broadway in downtown LA, the other in Pasadena, I have known this and many other magnificent works since high school in the 1960's. I can't imagine why it is not better known.
Astonishing piano concerto!
What a discovery! Had never heard of this masterpiece! Ranks on par with the best piano works of the period. Such romanticism in an era of atonality! Greatly enjoyed & appreciated! Thanks for the post!
Jamshed K Delvadavala, Mumbai!
Jamshed Delvadavala I agree about the stature of this Concerto. Howsomever:
The avant- garde music of 1912 Was heard by few.
Bortkiewicz wrote in the mainstream- late romantic style prevalent
in the first world until the end of the Great War.
Wiklund, Stenhammar 2, Lyapunov 2, CZcams discoveries
Showing the bittersweet nostalgia of the end of an era.
You are the ONLY You Tube uploader I have found who, when you put the words "Must Hear" in the title, are telling the truth. Congratulations, but please remember this opinion is not endorsed by my three cats.
What an exhilarating finale! Not to be outdone by Liszt's innovative use of the triangle in his 1st Concerto, Bortkiewicz gives us a tambourine in his. But the whole work is exciting virtuosic Romanticism at its best, with gorgeous themes that remind me of what I once read of Nikolai Medtner, that he wished he could compose good tunes like Rachmaninoff. I hear what he meant listening to this music; Bortkiewicz accomplished that objective admirably, and with his own originality intact. I had this recording on the Decca label years ago; it is a great performance, but now realizing it isn't complete, I'm anxious to hear the Coombs cd (but likely not on YT).
❤❤❤ masterful melodies and orchestration.
I haven´t heard such a beautiful piano piece in a long time absolutly beautiful
He's not so forgotten anymore.. His stuff is showing up everywhere. He got eclipsed by Rachy. Plus, his works kept getting destroyed by bombs in both world wars. He had to rewrite stuff from memory. Took years and years....that depressed him.....he could have been as famous....
I’m guessing you mean Rachmaninoff? Just making sure there isn’t some great composer called Rachy I’ve never heard of
@@dracowolfe305 Yes, Rachy is Rachmaninoff
Don't present things as if Rachmaninov was responsible for someone's life and destiny and for the course of World events. Art is not sports competition, there's no need to measure 'greateness' of composers or their music in meters or kilograms. And your obvious underappreciation of Rachmaninov has no effect on his legacy and greatness. You found a very immature and silly way to express your thoughts.
@aivarasz Great composers are outshined by other composers all the time. It doesn’t mean that either one is even necessarily better or worse because of it, it’s just something that happens. Look at Beethoven and Schubert. Schubert lived his life in Beethoven’s shadow, but it doesn’t mean that arts was a competition or that Schubert was a worse composer because of it, it’s just something that happens.
I have heard this concert, is fantastic.
A great work that deserves to be better known.
Чарівний, надзвичайно, глибоко одухотворений український композитор, який зумів зберегти щиру душевність в страшні часи комуністичного режиму. Дякую Богу за Сергія Борткевича!
Yet another late romantic masterpiece, these pieces are not played enough.
Thank you collectionCB4, for uploading a lesser known concerto. Beautiful !
The internet is a wonderful place. It allows even the most extinct of birds to sing their song again.
The Andante Doloroso is some of the greatest music I've ever heard. I particularly love the slower tempo in this performance.
Éste compositor es bastante infravalorado, teniendo en cuenta la calidad de sus obras y que ha escrito uno de los conciertos de piano más bellos que he escuchado
Belíssimo concerto! A riqueza timbrística da orquestra se assemelha a orquestração de TCHAIKOVSKY. Os russos são magnânimos, quanto ao procedimento orquestral!...
He soñado que soy un intérprete de música clásica.justamente este tipo de concierto,es el que tocó en mi fantasía onírica.
Thank you so much for the info I am on the hunt now for the album if possible:)
Awesome! Beautiful music.
Even though I prefer the recording released on Hyperion, this is perhaps my favourite piano concerto of all time!
Bellísima música. No la conocía pero ahora quedé impactado. Thanks for uploading this beautiful musci.
Opening à la Tristan.
Mitchell's performance - cuts notwithstanding - is definitive....far superior to the several more recent recordings. Her recorded versions of other more-or-less off the beaten path compositions - MacDowell's piano sonata #4, Bloch's Concerto Symphonique, etc. - are also first rate.
Qué descubrimiento ! este concierto me inspira, combina la emoción desbordada con la dulzura infinita... I did not understand why they cut or shorten? some parts..
They cut some sections of the concerto simply because it was a little too long for the duration of an LP, in 1964.
Corentin Boissier (collectionCB, collectionCB2, collectionCB3, collectionCB4 & collectionCB5)
Akord tristanowski wiecznie żywy!
Is this on C.D.? or did you upload it from a record album? The quality of the sound is Amazing!! What a beautiful piece my first time hearing it!
+Torrie Madden The performance I uploaded is from a LP (CRI Records) from 1964.
Another performance of this concerto has been edited commercially on an Hyperion CD ("Romantic Piano Concertos", vol. 4).
Corentin Boissier (collectionCB, collectionCB2, collectionCB3 & collectionCB4)
In 3rd mov, unexpected chromatic figure gives me THRILL - (22:28)
He must have been excited when he wrote this part XD
Huge fan of Bortkiewicz -- what a fantastic concerto. Glad you posted such a good recording of this. Left hand concerto next?
+jai owners The 2nd (Left Hand) concerto has been recorded by Donemus out of the Netherlands, together with the Third Concerto. Both are fine recordings, and if you think this is good you should get those. By the way, the recording in this video is heavily cut; the recording Stephen Coombs made for Hyperion is complete.
+Bom Cabedal This recording is cut, but I prefer it.It has more charme for me and I am a great admirer of Mitchell and Stricklands work.
+Michael Schlechtriem Thanks for telling me. I agree. It would be nice to find some complete recordings to upload with score though (and some better scores for that matter). I was hoping to do all 3 concertos :(
+Michael Schlechtriem I agree that it is a fine performance, but for me it's about par with Coombs's and in that case, I'd always go for the complete version that has much better sound to boot. But in honesty, I'm just glad that there *is* more than one recording of this great concerto about - three at the moment, if you count the other video here on CZcams.
+Bom Cabedal Very true!
przyjemnie jest kontemplować pracę kuzyna.........
William Strickland & the Nashville Symphony Orchestra
No.It is Strickland, but with the NDR Symphony Hamburg.
I think it was the NDR Symfonieorchester.
I have to say ... The theme at 2:10 reminds me strongly of Mendelssohn.
Iian Neill Mendel-who??
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Mendelssohn
Does anyone eles hear all these Wagner quotations? I nearly fell of my chair!
It begins with a Wagner quotation!
magnifique on en redemande , lol
Great Ukrainian compositor
And the biggest climax is MISSING for the third movement!!! WTF ?!?!
Yes, I know. As I indicated in the Description of this video: "In this performance, the first and last movements have been abridged". This was due to the limitations of duration of the LPs.
Corentin Boissier (collectionCB, collectionCB2, collectionCB3, collectionCB4 & collectionCB5)
@@collectionCB4 since when are there limitations to video length here?
anyway and most importantly, if there are limitations - do not upload 90% of a piece, just don't upload it at all. you can't just cut the best part of the whole piece off in order to upload it. it's seriously the most annoying frustrating things that happened to me in a while...
@@Mr704010400 It's not me who decided to cut it (the limitation is not for the CZcams video). The cuts are present in the original recording.
@@collectionCB4 That's the stupidest thing I ever heard... It's crazy.
god save his country…
Some bars were cut, what a pitty..
Hyun-Woo Park Easily solved-drink at home.
Lo descubrí casualmente en una emisora radial ,hace más de una década ,y.lo grabé en cassette.aun lo conservo.vivan los rusos.
That's okay,you made up for it by putting an extra 't' in "pity".
Magnífica composición. Horrible grabación.
I must say, I do not like this performance. I don't find the conducting very good, nor the piano playing very musical... Beautiful concerto, though.