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Parnassus Records presents an anthology of great musicians – some forgotten outside Ukraine, and others very well-known but not properly remembered as Ukrainian: Simon Barere, Felix Blumenfeld, Oscar Feltsman, Anatole Fistoulari, Emil Gilels, Reinhold Glière, Boris Gmiria, Alexander Kipnis, Nina Koshetz, Kozlovsky, Kroyt, Salomea Kruszelnitzka, Maria Litvernko Volgemut, Mykola Lysenko, Nathan Milstein, Benno Moiseïwitsch, Alexander Mosolov, Antonina Nezhdanova, Klavdiya Novikova, David Oistrakh, Ivan Patorzhinsky, Gregor Piatigorsky, Sergei Prokofiev, Mark Reizen, Sviatoslav Richter, Natalia ZakharchenkoThe income after costs from this release will all go to the Ukrainian people’s charity (https://www.Razomforukraine.org).
Contents:
1 Piano Ryda Lysenko, piano Lysenko. Intermezzo for Piano in F, op. 8 no. 2
2 Piano Somon Barere, piano Blumenfeld. Etude for Piano, Left hand, in A-flat, op. 36
3 Piano Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano Rubinstein. Barcarolle for Piano in F minor, op. 30 no. 1
4 Piano Announcer Suggestion diabolique announcement
5 Piano Serge Prokofiev, piano Suggestion diabolique for Piano, op. 4 no. 4 Parnassus
6 Piano Sviatislav Richter, piano Prokofiev. Rondo for Piano, op. 52 no. 2 Parnassus
7 Piano Emil Gilels, piano Prokofiev. Piano Sonata No. 3 in A minor, op. 28
8 Cello Gregor Piatigorsky, cello; Valentin Pavlovsky, piano Prokofiev. Romeo and Juliet, op. 64 No. 12. Masques– arr. Cello (Piatigorsky)
9 Violin Borys Kroyt, viola; Ilonka von Pathy, piano Chopin. Nocturne for Piano No. 19 in E minor, op. 72 no. 1– arr. Violin (Auer)
10 Violin Nathan Milstein, violin; Leopold Mittmann, piano Stravinsky. Firebird. Bercesuse– arr. Violin (Dushkin)
11 Orch Anatol Fistoulari cond London Philharmonia Orch. Gliere. Red Poppy, Ballet. op. 70. No. 14. Russian Sailor’s Dance
12 Soprano Nina Koshetz, soprano; Boris Lang, piano Traditonal. Ol’ Mamo (in Ukrainian)
13 Bass Reizen, Mark, bass; Alexander Orlov cond All-Union Radio Orch. Lysenko. Taras Bulba: When I Am Weakend By the Years. A. Orlov cond All-Union Radio O. (in Ukrainian?)
14 sop & tenor Antonina Nezhdanova, sop; Ivan Kozlovsky, tenor; Nicolai Golovanov, piano Gounod. Romeo. Non, ce n’est pas le jour (in Russian)
15 Bass Kipnis, Alexander, bass; Wolfgang Rose, piano Shostakovich. op. 62: # 5 (in Russian)
16 Bass Kipnis, Alexander, bass; Wolfgang Rose, piano Shostakovich. (in Russian)
17 Bass Kipnis, Alexander, bass; Wolfgang Rose, piano Shostakovich. The King of France Went Up the Hill, op. 62 no. 2 (in Russian)
18 Bar Ivan Kozlovsky, tenor; Boris Gmiria. Bar, unacc. Trad-Ukr. O You Dnieper (in Ukrainian)
19 Sop & bass Natalia Zakharchenko, sop; Andrei Ivanov, bass; Naum Walter, piano Lysenko. Song. When Two Separate (in Ukrainian)
20 Soprano Salomea Kruszelnitzka, soprano; Orch. Acc. Traditional. Vivtzi moy vyvtsy (in Ukrainian)
21 Duet Maria Litvernko-Volgemut, sop; Ivan Patorzhinsky, bass & Vladimir Yorish cond Kiev Theater Orch. Hulak-Artemonsky, Semen: Zaposozhian Cossaks: Odarka and Karas Duet (in Ukrainian)
22 Voc Oscar Feltsman, vic; self-acc. Chernoe more moe (in Ukrainian)
23 Orch. Julius Ehrlich cond Orchestre Symphonique de Paris Mosolov. Iron Foundry for Orch.
24 Soprano Klavidia Novikova, sop; Georgy Fuchs-Martin cond All-Union Radio Committee Orchestra Napoleon Lambelet, inserted into Sidney Jones’ “The Geisha.” “I Can’t Refrain from Laughing” (in Russian)
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