Ukrainian composers

[AnotherSpin]

Very nice! The superb Liatoshynsky quintet already has a very good recording on Naxos, but maybe this one will be even better! And Barvinsky is completely unknown to me.

I keep hoping that, with the welcome recent interest in Ukrainian composers, some enterprising record label will embark on a cycle of Dmitri Klebanov's 9(!) symphonies and other orchestral/concertante works. The Chandos CD of some of his chamber works that was released a few years ago was quite a discovery, and his Symphony No. 1 Babi Yar (written before Shostakovich 13!) can be found on YouTube in pretty decent sound. It's a powerful work, if less overtly tragic than the Shostakovich (not a bad thing in my book ).

Thank you for the information. For centuries, Ukrainian culture in Ukraine was banned, suppressed, and persecuted. Instead, we were forced to accept something foreign and false, filled with a hateful ideology.

Now there's finally a chance to change that — maybe not everything is lost. It starts with the language: our children and grandchildren speak Ukrainian with ease. For me, it's not so simple, but I keep trying.