Solomiya Ivakhiv, Steven Beck - Ukrainian Masters: Bortkiewicz, Kosenko, Skoryk (2024)
XLD | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 250 Mb | Total time: 58:08 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.579146 | Recorded: 2022
XLD | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 250 Mb | Total time: 58:08 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.579146 | Recorded: 2022
The expressive vitality in this collection of violin sonatas transcends the cultural upheavals from which these three Ukrainian composers emerged. Bortkiewicz's Violin Sonata in G minor is among the most impressive of his relatively few chamber works, finding his musical language at its most vivid and directly communicative. Kosenko's Violin Sonata in A minor is notable for the satisfying balance of its two subtly differentiated movements. Skoryk's Second Violin Sonata is a stylistically diverse chamber work, with pointed allusions to Beethoven, Prokofiev and Gershwin during its compact and always eventiul course.
