Sergei Bortkiewicz - 6 Preludes, Op.13

- - - Intro : [0:00] I. Cantabile ma sempre poco animato [0:05] II. Moderato [1:43] III. Allegretto con grazia [3:20] IV. Appassionato [4:43] V. Andantino placido [5:53] VI. Assai moto ma sempre con espressione [8:48] - - - Piano : Klaas Trapman - - - Sergei Bortkiewicz was a Russian and Austrian Romantic composer and pianist of Polish origins. He moved to Vienna in 1922 and became a naturalized Austrian citizen in 1926. Bortkiewicz's piano style was influenced by Franz Liszt, Frédéric Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Sergei Rachmaninoff, early Scriabin, Wagner, and Ukrainian folklore. The composer never saw himself as a modernist, as can be seen from his Künstlerisches Glaubensbekenntnis, written in 1923.