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Consolation: Forgotten Treasures Of The Ukranian Soul

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Composer
BARVINSKY FILIPPENKO KOLESSA
Artist
Pasichnyk, Koranyi, Qave, Jonason, Svarfvar, Pasichnyk
Format
SACD
Discs
1
Label
BIS
Released
Jan 06, 2017
Catalog #
BIS-2222
UPC
7318599922225

About

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.

Tracklist 21 tracks

  1. 1 Dumka-Shumka, Op. 18 08:49
    Track
    1
    Title
    Dumka-Shumka, Op. 18
    Duration
    08:49
    Composer
    Mykola Vytaliyovych Lysenko
    Performer
    Natalya Pasichnyk
  2. 2 No. 8, Consolation 03:42
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 8, Consolation
    Duration
    03:42
    Composer
    Viktor Stepanovych Kosenko
    Performer
    Natalya Pasichnyk
  3. 3 No. 1, Trost 02:25
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 1, Trost
    Duration
    02:25
    Composer
    Viktor Stepanovych Kosenko
    Performer
    Natalya Pasichnyk
  4. 4 No. 3, Élégie. La tristesse 07:23
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 3, Élégie. La tristesse
    Duration
    07:23
    Composer
    Mykola Vytaliyovych Lysenko
    Performer
    Jakob Koranyi, Natalya Pasichnyk
  5. 5 It Makes No Difference to Me 04:54
    Track
    5
    Title
    It Makes No Difference to Me
    Duration
    04:54
    Composer
    Mykola Vytaliyovych Lysenko
    Performer
    Luthando Qave, Natalya Pasichnyk
  6. 6 Carpathian Rhapsody 06:02
    Track
    6
    Title
    Carpathian Rhapsody
    Duration
    06:02
    Composer
    Myroslav Skoryk
    Performer
    Emil Jonason, Natalya Pasichnyk
  7. 7 Allegro 02:54
    Track
    7
    Title
    Allegro
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Yuly Sergueievitch Meytus
    Performer
    Natalya Pasichnyk, Christian Svarfvar
  8. 8 No. 1 in D-Flat Major 02:56
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 1 in D-Flat Major
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    Levko Mykolayovych Revutsky
    Performer
    Natalya Pasichnyk
  9. 9 No. 2 in B-Flat Minor 01:24
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 2 in B-Flat Minor
    Duration
    01:24
    Composer
    Levko Mykolayovych Revutsky
    Performer
    Natalya Pasichnyk
  10. 10 I. Andante sostenuto - Poco più mosso ed agitato 05:48
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Andante sostenuto - Poco più mosso ed agitato
    Duration
    05:48
    Composer
    Boris Mikolayovich Lyatoshinsky
    Performer
    Natalya Pasichnyk
  11. 11 Melody 03:26
    Track
    11
    Title
    Melody
    Duration
    03:26
    Composer
    Boris Mikolayovich Lyatoshinsky
    Performer
    Christian Svarfvar, Natalya Pasichnyk
  12. 12 No. 2, They Stood in Silence 02:17
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 2, They Stood in Silence
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Viktor Stepanovych Kosenko
    Performer
    Olga Pasichnyk, Natalya Pasichnyk
  13. 13 I Stood and Listened to Spring 01:46
    Track
    13
    Title
    I Stood and Listened to Spring
    Duration
    01:46
    Composer
    Viktor Stepanovych Kosenko
    Performer
    Olga Pasichnyk, Natalya Pasichnyk
  14. 14 No. 10, I Am Sad 02:32
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 10, I Am Sad
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    Viktor Stepanovych Kosenko
    Performer
    Olga Pasichnyk, Natalya Pasichnyk
  15. 15 Melody 03:47
    Track
    15
    Title
    Melody
    Duration
    03:47
    Composer
    Myroslav Skoryk
    Performer
    Olga Pasichnyk, Christian Svarfvar, Natalya Pasichnyk
  16. 16 I. Allegro commodo 02:01
    Track
    16
    Title
    I. Allegro commodo
    Duration
    02:01
    Composer
    Mykola Kolessa
    Performer
    Natalya Pasichnyk
  17. 17 II. Andante cantabile 01:16
    Track
    17
    Title
    II. Andante cantabile
    Duration
    01:16
    Composer
    Mykola Kolessa
    Performer
    Natalya Pasichnyk
  18. 18 III. Allegro grazioso, poco rubato 02:34
    Track
    18
    Title
    III. Allegro grazioso, poco rubato
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    Mykola Kolessa
    Performer
    Natalya Pasichnyk
  19. 19 No. 2, Allegretto pastorale 03:20
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 2, Allegretto pastorale
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Vasyl Barvinsky
    Performer
    Natalya Pasichnyk
  20. 20 No. 1, Allegretto 02:17
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 1, Allegretto
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Valentin Silvestrov
    Performer
    Natalya Pasichnyk
  21. 21 Toccata 02:50
    Track
    21
    Title
    Toccata
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Arkady Filippenko
    Performer
    Natalya Pasichnyk