Postcards from Ukraine, Vol. 1 - Violin Miniatures

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Label
Toccata
Release Date
May 16, 2025
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Vasyl Barvinsky, Ivan Karabyts, Mykola Kolessa, Anatoliy Kos-Anatolskyi, Borys Lyatoshynsky, Mykola
    • PERFORMER
      Markiyan Melnychenko, Peter de Jager, Benjamin Martin
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 16, 2025
    • UPC
      5060640070400
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      TOCN0040
    • LABEL
      Toccata
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. Ukrainian Rhapsody, Op. 34 (version for violin and piano)

      Composer: Mykola Vytaliyovych Lysenko

      Performer: Markiyan Melnychenko, Peter de Jager

    2. No. 1. Andante sostenuto

      Composer: Boris Mikolayovich Lyatoshinsky

      Performer: Markiyan Melnychenko, Benjamin Martin

    3. No. 2. Allegro scherzando

      Composer: Boris Mikolayovich Lyatoshinsky

      Performer: Markiyan Melnychenko, Benjamin Martin

    4. Chanson triste

      Composer: Vasyl' Oleksandrovych Barvyns'ky

      Performer: Markiyan Melnychenko, Benjamin Martin

    5. Humoresque on Ukrainian Folk Themes

      Composer: Vasyl' Oleksandrovych Barvyns'ky

      Performer: Markiyan Melnychenko, Benjamin Martin

    6. No. 1. Pamir Melody

      Composer: Boris Mikolayovich Lyatoshinsky

      Performer: Markiyan Melnychenko, Benjamin Martin

    7. No. 2. Quiet Melody

      Composer: Boris Mikolayovich Lyatoshinsky

      Performer: Markiyan Melnychenko, Benjamin Martin

    8. No. 3. Dance

      Composer: Boris Mikolayovich Lyatoshinsky

      Performer: Markiyan Melnychenko, Benjamin Martin

    9. Romance

      Composer: Anatoly Kos-Anatolsky

      Performer: Markiyan Melnychenko, Benjamin Martin

    10. Dzvinka's Dance

      Composer: Anatoly Kos-Anatolsky

      Performer: Markiyan Melnychenko, Benjamin Martin

    11. Melody for Violin and Piano

      Composer: Boris Mikolayovich Lyatoshinsky

      Performer: Markiyan Melnychenko, Benjamin Martin

    12. Musician

      Composer: Ivan Fyodorovych Karabyts

      Performer: Markiyan Melnychenko

    13. Lamentations

      Composer: Stanyslav Lyudkevych

      Performer: Markiyan Melnychenko, Benjamin Martin

    14. Chabarashka

      Composer: Stanyslav Lyudkevych

      Performer: Markiyan Melnychenko, Benjamin Martin

    15. No. 1. Allegro commodo

      Composer: Mykola Kolessa

      Performer: Markiyan Melnychenko, Benjamin Martin

    16. No. 2. Andante cantabile

      Composer: Mykola Kolessa

      Performer: Markiyan Melnychenko, Benjamin Martin

    17. No. 3. Allegro grazioso

      Composer: Mykola Kolessa

      Performer: Markiyan Melnychenko, Benjamin Martin


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.