Kyiv Chamber Choir. One Thousand Years of Ukrainian Sacred Music.

"...A Thousand Years of Ukrainian Sacred Music – portrays five dazzling musical eras: the Middle-Age, Baroque, Classicism, Romanticism and the Contemporary. The Epoch Ukrainian Middle-Age (XI-XVII cent.) was the longest. It dominated to the appearance of the first polyphonic compositions of the XVII century. Later, and after losing its priority status, middle-aged song did not disappear into oblivion or eternity, for it continued to reside in isolated Ukrainian monasteries... In the XVII century the plentiful musical spheres of Ukraine underwent a revolution – when in a change to the many years of one tone monodies came the multi-voiced, or polyphonic song, from which began the epoch of Ukrainian Baroque. This event united and presented musical history the most notable names of the Slavic world, namely – Mykola Dyletsky... Epoch Classicism (second half XVIII century) – the golden era of Ukraine. In a change to the monumentality of Baroque came refinement, intimacy, tenderness and the suave. The works and creations of such eminent masters, like Berezovsky, Bortnyanski and Vedel took the Ukrainian choral culture into a new orbit, which even until now continue to be received as a specific aesthetic ideal... Ukrainian choral culture from the middle of the XIX century elevated itself to a new levels of quality – from which was born Romanticism, which ties itself to the boisterous wave of national rebirth. The choral creations of this era thus provide glorious feelings, sensitivity and the influence of national folklore, harmonious language which enriches itself with the specifics of national harmony, and the addition of a unique beauty from its melodies. Ukrainian romanticism created a whole pleiad of well-known composers: Lysenko, Leontovych, Stetsenko, Yatsynevych... Today, all Ukrainian professional composers score spiritual music. Ukrainian Contemporary Spiritual Music – is another golden era of national culture. This disc presents four, and the most well known contemporary composers – Dychko, Stankovych, Skoryk, Sylvestrov – and who were all former students of the famous composer Borys Lyatoshynsky..." Mykola Hobdych

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The edition contains a 28-page booklet with a detailed article by Mykola Gobdych and information about the choir. The texts are in Ukrainian, English, German, French.