STANKOVYTCH: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 4

Theodore Kuchar (Artist, Conductor), Yevhen Stankovitch (Composer), National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
• Conductor: Theodore Kuchar
• Composer: Yevhen Stankovitch
• Audio CD (August 17, 2009)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Marco-Polo
• ASIN: B00000464Q
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #586,774 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stankovytch: Unsung Genius, January 8, 2000

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Jerry Myeh - See all my reviews

This review is from: STANKOVYTCH: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 4 (Audio CD)

I would HIGHLY recommend this CD to devotees of composers like Arvo Part, Giya Kancheli, and John Tavener.

The first work, the Symphony No. 2 (_Heroic_), protests the brutality of war and commemorates the victims and other honored dead. Not surprisingly, it calls to mind pieces like Shostakovich's Chamber Symphony Op. 110a ("In Memory of the Victims of Fascism and War") and Kancheli's newly-released _Lament_. All in all, a powerful, dramatic piece--a sort of symphonic requiem.

The second work on the album, the Symphony No. 1 (_Sinfonia Larga_) for sixteen strings, is no less powerful. It is a haunting work, dreamy, almost surreal at times. If I set about to somehow translate--or should I say "transliterate"?--this work into fiction, I would think instantly of writers like Lovecraft, Kafka, and Bruce Sterling (e.g., "Taklamakan" [_A Good Old-Fashioned Future_]).

The final piece, the Symphony No. 4 (_Sinfonia Lirica_), is composed for sixteen strings and solo cello. Again, an intense, haunting work.

Why, I wonder, are there so few works available by this remarkable composer?