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Lysenko: Complete Music for Violin and Piano / Soroka, Greene
Toccata

Lysenko: Complete Music for Violin and Piano / Soroka, Greene

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Composer
LYSENKO, MYKOLA
Artist
Soroka, Greene
Format
CD
Label
Toccata
Released
Mar 10, 2015
Catalog #
TOCC0177
UPC
5060113441775

About

Mykola Lysenko (1842–1912) is regarded as ‘the father of Ukrainian classical music’ but his music is virtually unknown outside his home country.

As did Bartók later in Hungary, Lysenko went out into the field, listened to what the people were singing and fashioned an individual musical language that brought together the styles of Chopin and Liszt and the essence of Ukrainian folksong.

This CD presents his complete output of music for violin and piano, the main piece being the popular Second Rhapsody on Ukrainian Themes also known as ‘Dumka-Shumka’.

It is complemented by Spring Kaleidoscope, a new work for violin and piano commissioned by the performers on this CD to display the lyrical riches of Lysenko’s vocal writing: it is a transcription for violin and piano by the Ukrainian composer Viktor Kaminsky of ten Lysenko songs.

This CD is launched together with another Toccata Classics CD, Mykola Lysenko – Piano Music: Volume One, also played .by Arthur Greene.

The booklet contains commentary in both English and Ukrainian.

Solomia Soroka, violin, studied in her native Ukraine and resides in the USA. She has recorded CDs of Leone Sinigaglia, Arthur Hartmann and Myroslav Skoryk for Toccata Classics, where one critic praised the ‘elegance and refinement’ of her playing, continuing that ‘the ensemble between her and Arthur Greene, a husband and wife team, is splendid’. Arthur Greene was born in New York and grew up in Sheffield, Mass.; he studied at Yale and Juilliard where he studied with Martin Canin. He now teaches at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Tracklist 18 tracks

  1. 1 2nd Rhapsody on Ukrainian Themes, Op. 18 "Dumka-Shumka" 08:25
    Track
    1
    Title
    2nd Rhapsody on Ukrainian Themes, Op. 18 "Dumka-Shumka"
    Duration
    08:25
    Composer
    Mykola Vytaliyovych Lysenko
    Performer
    Solomia Soroka, Arthur Greene
  2. 2 Elegiac Capriccio, Op. 32 10:01
    Track
    2
    Title
    Elegiac Capriccio, Op. 32
    Duration
    10:01
    Composer
    Mykola Vytaliyovych Lysenko
    Performer
    Solomia Soroka, Arthur Greene
  3. 3 Fantasy on 2 Ukrainian Themes, Op. 21 07:53
    Track
    3
    Title
    Fantasy on 2 Ukrainian Themes, Op. 21
    Duration
    07:53
    Composer
    Mykola Vytaliyovych Lysenko
    Performer
    Solomia Soroka, Arthur Greene
  4. 4 Romance, Op. 27 02:48
    Track
    4
    Title
    Romance, Op. 27
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Mykola Vytaliyovych Lysenko
    Performer
    Solomia Soroka, Arthur Greene
  5. 5 No. 1, A Moment of Despair 01:56
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 1, A Moment of Despair
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    Mykola Vytaliyovych Lysenko
    Performer
    Solomia Soroka, Arthur Greene
  6. 6 Elegy in Memory of Shevchenko 02:33
    Track
    6
    Title
    Elegy in Memory of Shevchenko
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Mykola Vytaliyovych Lysenko
    Performer
    Solomia Soroka, Arthur Greene
  7. 7 The Sun Is Setting 01:41
    Track
    7
    Title
    The Sun Is Setting
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    Mykola Vytaliyovych Lysenko
    Performer
    Solomia Soroka, Arthur Greene
  8. 8 I. She who was Born from the Waves 00:59
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. She who was Born from the Waves
    Duration
    00:59
    Composer
    Mykola Vytaliyovych Lysenko
    Performer
    Solomia Soroka, Arthur Greene
  9. 9 II. I Rose at Dawn 02:04
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. I Rose at Dawn
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Mykola Vytaliyovych Lysenko
    Performer
    Solomia Soroka, Arthur Greene
  10. 10 III. I Believe in Beauty 01:56
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. I Believe in Beauty
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    Mykola Vytaliyovych Lysenko
    Performer
    Solomia Soroka, Arthur Greene
  11. 11 IV. Should Only Roses Bloom 01:36
    Track
    11
    Title
    IV. Should Only Roses Bloom
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Mykola Vytaliyovych Lysenko
    Performer
    Solomia Soroka, Arthur Greene
  12. 12 V. One Sad Spring 02:05
    Track
    12
    Title
    V. One Sad Spring
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Mykola Vytaliyovych Lysenko
    Performer
    Solomia Soroka, Arthur Greene
  13. 13 VI. My Beloved 01:42
    Track
    13
    Title
    VI. My Beloved
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Mykola Vytaliyovych Lysenko
    Performer
    Solomia Soroka, Arthur Greene
  14. 14 VII. On a Clear Night 02:54
    Track
    14
    Title
    VII. On a Clear Night
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Mykola Vytaliyovych Lysenko
    Performer
    Solomia Soroka, Arthur Greene
  15. 15 VIII. Do not Look at the Moon in Spring 01:36
    Track
    15
    Title
    VIII. Do not Look at the Moon in Spring
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Mykola Vytaliyovych Lysenko
    Performer
    Solomia Soroka, Arthur Greene
  16. 16 IX. A Mist across the Valley 04:02
    Track
    16
    Title
    IX. A Mist across the Valley
    Duration
    04:02
    Composer
    Mykola Vytaliyovych Lysenko
    Performer
    Solomia Soroka, Arthur Greene
  17. 17 X. Spring Awoke my Heart 01:11
    Track
    17
    Title
    X. Spring Awoke my Heart
    Duration
    01:11
    Composer
    Mykola Vytaliyovych Lysenko
    Performer
    Solomia Soroka, Arthur Greene
  18. 18 Valse brillante (arr. for violin and piano) 08:29
    Track
    18
    Title
    Valse brillante (arr. for violin and piano)
    Duration
    08:29
    Composer
    Mykola Vytaliyovych Lysenko
    Performer
    Solomia Soroka, Arthur Greene