Consolation : Forgotten treasures of the Ukrainian soul

"This is indeed a 'beautiful, melancholy and emotive world'. The first three piano solos are in minor-key or rhapsodic modes in the romantic styles of 'Ukraine's Chopin', Viktor Kosenko, and Mykola Lysenko, the latter regarded as a founding figure and forceful influence in Ukrainian national music up to and beyond his death in 1912. Several of the composers here were his students ... There is of course plenty of folk-music influence throughout the programme ... This recording opens an entire world of music that will be unfamiliar to even the most seasoned of collectors, but the world revealed is indeed one of rare beauty that deserves wider recognition ... Exemplary performances and the usual very high BIS recording standards complete the picture".

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