Solomiya Ivakhiv & Steven Beck – Ukrainian Masters (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 58:05 minutes | 997 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Naxos
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.
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