RECORDINGS
Consolation
Forgotten Treasures of the Ukrainian Soul. Discover the treasures of Ukrainian chamber music.
Swedish-Ukrainian pianist Natalya Pasichnyk, her sister Olga, violinist Christian Svarfvar, cellist Jakob Koranyi and clarinettist Emil Jonasson 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.
Works & tracks
Mykola Lysenko: "Dumka-shumka" (Second Piano Rhapsody on Ukrainian Folk Themes), Op.18
Viktor Kosenko: "Etude No. 8" from 11 Etudes Romantiques, Op. 8 (1922). Moderato
Viktor Kosenko: "Consolation" from Three Pieces, Op. 9 No. 1 (1921)
Mykola Lysenko: Sum (Sorrow), elegy for cello and piano, Op. 39
Mykola Lysenko: Meni odnakovo (It Makes no Difference to me), for baritone and piano Text By – Taras Shevchenko*
Myroslav Skoryk: "Carpathian Rhapsody" for clarinet and piano
Yuliy Mejtus: "Allegro" for violin and piano
Levko Revutsky: Prelude, Op. 4 No. 1. Lento
Levko Revutsky: Prelude, Op. 7 No. 2. Vivace
Borys Lyatoshynsky: I. Andante sostenuto - Poco piu mosso ed agitato, from 'Shevchenko Suite', Op. 38
Borys Lyatoshynsky: "Melody" for violin and piano
Viktor Kosenko: Vony stojaly movchky (They Stood in Silence), Op. 7 No. 2 for soprano and piano Text By – Viktor Strazhev*
Kyrylo Stetsenko: Stojala ja i sluhala vesnu (I Stood and Listened to Spring) for soprano and piano
Viktor Kosenko: Sumnyj ja (I am Sad), Op. 7 No. 10, for soprano and piano Text By – Mikhail Lermontov*
Myroslav Skoryk: Melody, vocalise for soprano, violin and piano
Mykola Kolessa: Three Kolomyjky (Carpathian Dances) (1958) I. Allegro commodo II. Andante cantabile III. Allegro grazioso, poco rubato
Vasyl Barvinsky: Prelude, Op. 1 No. 2. Allegretto pastorale
Valentyn Sylvestrov: Bagatelle, Op. 1 No. 1. Allegretto (2005)
Arkady Filippenko: Toccata