Notes and Editorial Reviews
In Ukraine, as in many other parts of Europe, the late nineteenth century saw the emergence of a national spirit which resulted in a movement to ex¬plore and cultivate popular culture. But the country would have to wait until 1991 for independence, and in the meantime this national spirit could only find musical expression in the more intimate forms. Some of the most authentic examples of Ukrainian art music can therefore be found in chamber music and in song. With this release, the Swedish-Ukrainian pianist Natalya Pasichnyk, her sister Olga and their Swedish colleagues offer the listener a way into this shadowy world – the beautiful, melancholy and emotive world of Ukrainian chamber music. Except for Valentyn Sylvestrov, the composers
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featured will be mostly unknown to an international audience, yet they invite the listener to share a journey into a soundscape that is both exotic and strangely familiar. The title of the disc, Consolation, is derived from a rhapsodic piano piece by Viktor Kosenko which perfectly captures the inward-looking mood of much of Ukrainian music, but the first sound which meets the ear of the listener is a loosely strummed chord, like the sound of a lute: in his Dumka-shumka from 1877, Mykola Lysenko imitated the sound of the Ukrainian lute, the kobza. Lysenko is a central figure in Ukrainian art music, and is also represented here with the song Meni odnakovo, a setting of a poem by Taras Shevchenko, the poet who for many embodies the spirit of Ukrainian independence. Read less
Works on This Recording
4.
Meni odnakovo by Mykola Lysenko
Performer:
Natalya Pasichnyk (Piano),
Luthando Qave (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: Ukraine
6.
Allegro for Violin and Piano by Yuliy Mejtus
Performer:
Natalya Pasichnyk (Piano),
Christian Svarfvar (Violin)
Period: 20th Century
Written: Ukraine
7.
Preludes (3), Op. 4: No. 1 by Levko Mykolayovych Revutsky
Performer:
Natalya Pasichnyk (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: Ukraine
8.
Preludes (4), Op. 7: No. 2 by Levko Mykolayovych Revutsky
Performer:
Natalya Pasichnyk (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: Ukraine
10.
Melody for Violin and Piano by Boris Lyatoshinsky
Performer:
Olga Pasichnyk (Soprano),
Natalya Pasichnyk (Piano),
Christian Svarfvar (Violin)
Period: 20th Century
Written: Ukraine
12.
I Stood and Listened to Spring by Kyrylo Stetsenko
Performer:
Natalya Pasichnyk (Piano),
Olga Pasichnyk (Soprano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: Ukraine
14.
Melody for Soprano, Violin & Piano by Myroslav Skoryk
Performer:
Olga Pasichnyk (Soprano),
Natalya Pasichnyk (Piano),
Christian Svarfvar (Violin)
Period: 20th Century
Written: Ukraine
15.
Carpathian Dances (3) by Mykola Kolessa
Performer:
Natalya Pasichnyk (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: Ukraine
18.
Toccata by Arkady Filippenko
Performer:
Natalya Pasichnyk (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: Ukraine
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