Ukrainian pianist Anna Shelest discusses her new recording of the Bortkiewicz piano concerto, called "the finest yet ... spine tingling" by Gramophone Magazine, alongside his cycle for piano One Thousand and One Nights and other works.
More on this great neglected master: his life, his music, and the Ukraine they both share. "Let us enter his harmonious world to find solace in our own".
A Romantic from Kharkiv: Music of Sergei Bortkiewicz
Pianist Anna Shelest
Neeme Järvi, conductor
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Piano Concerto No. 1
One Thousand and One Nights
other works for piano
Music & Arts label
https://www.annashelest.com/
