Oksana Herasymenko. Po vs‘omu sviti z koljadoju. (Through the Whole World with Christmas Carols)

Oksana Herasymenko is known both in Ukraine, and far beyond its borders – as a great professional, wonderful performer, composer, arranger. Therefore, is it not strange that currently only two of her albums have been released here? Both strange, and – must be – shameful. Listen to the recording, and you will quickly make sure that in its direction this is one of the best Ukrainian albums. Bandura + voice = interesting combination as it is. But in the case of Oksana Herasymenko, it sounds not just interesting, but – bewitching, indeed. And the bewitchment, in its turn, is transparent, effulgent, warm, silver-clear. Academic schooling can be heard in her singing – but at the same time, it contains so much sincere, live comfort, that it cannot but enchant. Besides, the album also has a few additional – not mandatory but pleasant and appropriate – sparkles. First, Olga Luchak (violin) and Myron Bloschychak (rib, pan-pipe) took part in creation of the disc – and they really adorned it with their presence (here, we should mention that Myron Bloschychak is in general a very interesting and diversified musician, his performing can be heard on folklore, rock and even jazz discs). In one song, a bit of sun colors were added with her singing by Oksana's daughter – Kvitana. Moreover – look attentively at the table of content: almost half of the album is made up by Christmas songs of other peoples. And, it should be mentioned, this is not only useful in the sense of education, but also just very beautiful. So, listen to your pleasure – we believe that this disc will be able to present you with a lot of minutes of joy.