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    Postcards from Ukraine, Vol. 1 - Violin Miniatures
    Toccata

    Postcards from Ukraine, Vol. 1 - Violin Miniatures

    CD · 1 disc

    $20.99
    Composer
    Vasyl Barvinsky, Ivan Karabyts, Mykola Kolessa, Anatoliy Kos-Anatolskyi, Borys Lyatoshynsky, Mykola
    Artist
    Markiyan Melnychenko, Peter de Jager, Benjamin Martin
    Released
    May 16, 2025
    Ukrainian classical music is not even two centuries old, and for most of that time has had to contend with active attempts at suppression by a bullying neighbour. But Ukrainian composers have stood their ground, not least by taking inspiration from the folk-music that has long thrived in Ukraine's mountains and fields. In this first of a series of Postcards from Ukraine the Ukrainian-Australian violinist Markiyan Melnychenko presents a programme of largely unknown miniatures for violin and piano, all based on, or inspired by, that folk-culture. Alternately sparkling and soulful, these violin showpieces make the case for a more thorough examination of the riches still to be discovered in Ukraine's musical heritage.
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  • Postcards from Ukraine, Vol. 1 - Violin Miniatures

    Postcards from Ukraine, Vol. 1 - Violin Miniatures

    Toccata May 2025
    1 disc
    CD
    $20.99
    • Consolation: Forgotten Treasures Of The Ukranian Soul
    BIS

    Consolation: Forgotten Treasures Of The Ukranian Soul

    SACD · 1 disc

    $21.99
    Composer
    BARVINSKY FILIPPENKO KOLESSA
    Artist
    Pasichnyk, Koranyi, Qave, Jonason, Svarfvar, Pasichnyk
    Released
    Jan 06, 2017
    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 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.
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  • Consolation: Forgotten Treasures Of The Ukranian Soul

    Consolation: Forgotten Treasures Of The Ukranian Soul

    BIS Jan 2017
    1 disc
    SACD
    $21.99