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Ukrainian Bandura Trio "Lvivianky"

The CD and tape "Lvivianky" introduces a trio of bandursits. They are Khrystia Zalutska, Ola Voitovych, and Ola Herasymenko - all graduates of the Lysenko Conservatory in Lviv. They are also the winners of an All-Ukrainian competition. All three members perform on the above mentioned concert banduras by Vasyl Herasymenko. We must also point out that this time that some compositions in this recording were created by Volodymyr Ivasiuk and Yuriy Laniuk especially for this trio.

The CD and tape contains UKrainin music, as well as, classical compositions. Here we hear "Bezsmertnyk" by O. Zuyev (Words by M. Synhaivsky) - a symbolic song ending with a prophetic major chord. Next comes "Fantasia" by I. Marchenko - an inventive interlude for three banduras. Following are contemporary compositions "Maty Nasha" by Y. Laniuk (Words by B. Olijnyk) with interesting modulations, and the romantic "Shumyt Pshenytsia yak Dunaj" by the irreplaceable late master of popular music V. Ivasiuk (Words by S. Pushyk). The next melancholy song "Terny" by the contemporary composer from Lviv, Ivan Majchyk is performed without bandura accompaniment. The words by Lesya Ukrainka describe wilted flowers, but also bright sunshine.

Classical compositions are represented by a playful, graceful "Menuet" by Boccerini and the devout singing of "Ave Maria" by F. Schubert in Latin, which combines strictness with deep musical feelings. The enticing "Habanera" by X. White, on the other hand, brings us a contrasting brilliance of the bandura strings. Songs of the "Sitchovi Striltsi" and Ukrainian folk songs fill the other side of this cassette. Two of the songs are by the unsurpassed bard of the Ukrainian Legion Roman Kupcnhynksy. They are "Yak z Berezhan do Kadry" and "Zakvitchaly Diwchatonka" - two veritable pearls in the string of Western Ukrainian Song-Art. Nine Ukrainian folk songs constitute the balance of this cassette in a powerful processing. Here we find, chosen from an endless well of folk art, such songs as: "Oy, Tam na Hori", "V Kalynovim Lisi", "Oj Zatsvily Fialochky", and others. There is the ever popular "Stavok Zasnuv" adopted by Dmytro Kotko from a German song for choir by Hainrich Pfail (1835-1899). This dreamy song, translated to Ukraine from the outside, has thrived in Ukrainian surroundings and is always a welcome addition.

The tri "Lvivianky" displays even tempered, well matched voices. Their coordination is so perfect that one can listen over and over without loss of concentration. It is not by accident that the trio was showcased not only in Ukraine, but also Poland, Germany, Spain, the Philippines, Viet Nam and Japan. (by Roman Savycky, musicologist, Philadelphia, PA).

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TRIO - Olya - Oksana - Olya from Lviv Songs and instrumental pieces: 1. "The Wheat" by Volodymyr Ivasiuk 2. "Guelder-Rose" by Volodymyr Ivasiuk 3. "Far Away" by Volodymyr Ivasiuk 4. "Honey Mountains" by Konstantyn Sokolov 5. "Above the Well" by Dmytro Lutsenko 6. "Spring Time" by Yevhen Kozak 7.  Minuet by K. Boccerini 8. Waltz by A. Griboyedov 9. "The Guelder-Rose" - Ukrainian Folk Song 10. "Our Annychka" - Lemkiv Folk Song 11. "In the Snowball Tree Forest" - Ukrainian Folk Song 12. "Curly Hair" by Yevhen Kozak 13. "I didn't Break Guelder-Rose" - Ukrainian Folk Song 14. "Flower of the Snowball-Tree" by Izydor Vymer 15. "The Moon" - Ukrainian Folk Song 16. "Ivanko" - Ukrainian Folk Song 17. "Geese Flew" by Anatoliy Pashkevych

Ukrainian Bandura in Concert, Vol. 2 by Ola Herasymenko-Oliynyk Original pieces and transcriptions for Bandura includes: Original Compositions: Elegy by Oksana Herasymenko Toccata by Yuriy Oliynyk Four Trips to Ukraine by Yuriy Oliynyk Picture to Album by Myroslav Skoryk and Transcriptions for Bandura Variations on Theme by Mozart by Unknown Ukrainian Author Concerto in A Major by Karl Dittersdorf Concerto in D Major by Dmytro Bortniansky