Postcards from Ukraine, Vol. 2 - Chamber Music

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Label
Toccata
Release Date
October 3, 2025
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Vasyl Barvinsky, Viktor Kosenko, Borys Lyatoshynsky, Yevhen Stankovych
    • PERFORMER
      Markiyan Melnychenko, Josephine Vains, Peter de Jager, Stewart Kelly
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 03, 2025
    • UPC
      5060640070431
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      TOCN0043
    • LABEL
      Toccata
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro

      Composer: Viktor Stepanovych Kosenko

      Performer: Markiyan Melnychenko, Peter de Jager

    2. II. Andantino semplice

      Composer: Viktor Stepanovych Kosenko

      Performer: Markiyan Melnychenko, Peter de Jager

    3. I. Allegro impetuoso

      Composer: Boris Mikolayovich Lyatoshinsky

      Performer: Markiyan Melnychenko, Peter de Jager

    4. II. Tempo precedente

      Composer: Boris Mikolayovich Lyatoshinsky

      Performer: Markiyan Melnychenko, Peter de Jager

    5. III. Allegro molto risoluto

      Composer: Boris Mikolayovich Lyatoshinsky

      Performer: Markiyan Melnychenko, Peter de Jager

    6. No. 1. Molto andante, molto piano

      Composer: Yevhen Stankovych

      Performer: Markiyan Melnychenko, Josephine Vains

    7. No. 2. Presto

      Composer: Yevhen Stankovych

      Performer: Markiyan Melnychenko, Josephine Vains

    8. I. Andante sentimentale - Allegro energico

      Composer: Vasyl Barvinsky

      Performer: Markiyan Melnychenko, Josephine Vains, Stewart Kelly

    9. II. Andante

      Composer: Vasyl Barvinsky

      Performer: Markiyan Melnychenko, Josephine Vains, Stewart Kelly

    10. III. Allegro giocoso (alla Kolomyika)

      Composer: Vasyl Barvinsky

      Performer: Markiyan Melnychenko, Josephine Vains, Stewart Kelly


The first album of Postcards from Ukraine gave a potted history of Ukrainian music in the form of a series of miniatures for piano and violin. In this second instalment four representative chamber works demonstrate how quickly Ukrainian music developed a proud and independent tradition - although all four composers here were bullied by the authoritarian regime to the north. One of them, Vasil Barvinsky, even spent ten years in the Gulag, during which time the Soviets destroyed his manuscripts. Upon his release, unbowed, he set about reconstructing those lost scores, though he died before he could complete the task. His glorious A minor Piano Trio gives an indication of what was nearly lost - and how much remains to be discovered.