Sergei Bortkiewicz - Lamentations and Consolations op 17 (Somero)

Sergiusz Bortkiewicz - Lamenty i pociechy Published in 1914 Pianist - Jouni Somero 0:00 - I. Lamentation 5:34 - II. Consolation 10:13 - III. Lamentation 14:25 - IV. Consolation 20:03 - V. Lamentation (Homesick) 24:09 - VI. Consolation 27:47 - VII. Lamentation 30:34 - VIII. Consolation Biography Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877-1952) was born into a Polish noble family in Kharkov which was then a part of the Russian Empire. His love for music and his talent was given to him by his mother, Sofia, who was a co-founder of the Kharkov school of music [1]. Growing up, he received a humanities education ...as well as a musical one, and he stopped just short of receiving a doctorate in Law to focus on music [1]. His musical education took place at home, then in St. Petersburg under Anatoly Lyadov and Karl von Arek, and finally in Leipzig under Alfred Reisenauer and Salomon Jadassohn. From 1904 to 1914, he lived in Berlin to focus on composing. Unfortunately, life in

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