Swedish-Ukrainian pianist Natalya Pasichnyk, her sister Olga, violinist Christian Svarfvar, cellist, Jakob Koranyi and clarinettist, Emil Jonasson and offer the listener a way into this shadowy world – the beautiful, melancholy and emotive world of Ukrainian chamber music. Except for Valentyn Sylvestrov, the composers featured will be mostly unknown to an international audience, yet they invite the listener to share a journey into a soundscape that is both exotic and strangely familiar.

1. Mykola Lysenko: "Dumka-shumka" (Second Piano Rhapsody on Ukrainian Folk Themes), Op.18

2. Viktor Kosenko: "Etude No. 8" from 11 Etudes Romantiques, Op. 8 (1922). Moderato

3. Viktor Kosenko: "Consolation" from Three Pieces, Op. 9 No. 1 (1921)

4. Mykola Lysenko: Sum (Sorrow), elegy for cello and piano, Op. 39

5. Mykola Lysenko: Meni odnakovo (It Makes no Difference to me), for baritone and piano Text By – Taras Shevchenko*

6. Myroslav Skoryk: "Carpathian Rhapsody" for clarinet and piano

7. Yuliy Mejtus: "Allegro" for violin and piano

8. Levko Revutsky: Prelude, Op. 4 No. 1. Lento

9. Levko Revutsky: Prelude, Op. 7 No. 2. Vivace

10. Borys Lyatoshynsky: I. Andante sostenuto - Poco piu mosso ed agitato, from 'Shevchenko Suite', Op. 38

11. Borys Lyatoshynsky: "Melody" for violin and piano

12. Viktor Kosenko: Vony stojaly movchky (They Stood in Silence), Op. 7 No. 2 for soprano and piano Text By – Viktor Strazhev*

13. Kyrylo Stetsenko: Stojala ja i sluhala vesnu (I Stood and Listened to Spring) for soprano and piano

14. Viktor Kosenko: Sumnyj ja (I am Sad), Op. 7 No. 10, for soprano and piano Text By – Mikhail Lermontov*

15. Myroslav Skoryk: Melody, vocalise for soprano, violin and piano

16. Mykola Kolessa: Three Kolomyjky (Carpathian Dances) (1958) I. Allegro commodo II. Andante cantabile III. Allegro grazioso, poco rubato

17. Vasyl Barvinsky: Prelude, Op. 1 No. 2. Allegretto pastorale

18. Valentyn Sylvestrov: Bagatelle, Op. 1 No. 1. Allegretto (2005)

19. Arkady Filippenko: Toccata

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