Lyatoshynsky: Chamber Works, Volume 1 NotaBene Chamber Group

• Boris Lyatoshynsky (1895 - 1968): String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 1:
• 1 Lyatoshynsky: String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 1: I. Allegro 10:52
• 2 Lyatoshynsky: String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 1: II. Allegro scherzando 06:46
• 3 Lyatoshynsky: String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 1: III. Lento ma non troppo 06:21
• 4 Lyatoshynsky: String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 1: IV. Allegro energico 08:31
• String Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 4:
• 5 Lyatoshynsky: String Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 4: I. Allegro non troppo 08:42
• 6 Lyatoshynsky: String Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 4: II. Intermezzo. Molto lento 08:05
• 7 Lyatoshynsky: String Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 4: III. Allegro vivace e leggiero 03:57
• 8 Lyatoshynsky: String Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 4: IV. Allegro molto 06:25
• Total Runtime 59:39

Info for Lyatoshynsky: Chamber Works, Volume 1

Boris Lyatoshynsky is regarded as one of the leading Ukrainian composers of the twentieth century. He developed and established a distinctive musical style rooted in the traditions of nineteenth-century European romanticism and the modernism of the first third of the twentieth century. He held a number of important positions in the various committees and panels of Soviet composers’ organisations, and also became professor of Music at the Kyiv Conservatoire.

The first String Quartet is a student composition, written whilst he was studying with Reinhold Glière, whose stylistic influence is clearly discernible in the thematic material. The second Quartet dates from 1922, when the composer, aged twenty-seven, had established his own musical voice. Like the first quartet, it introduces traces of Russian and Ukrainian folk music whilst adhering to the established four-movement form of the traditional string quartet. Founded in Kyiv in 2015, the NotaBene Chamber Group is a collective of musicians of the new generation, whose repertoire focuses on classical and contemporary music.

NotaBene Chamber Group

NotaBene Chamber Group Chamber alliance Nota Bene Chamber group (Kyiv, Ukraine) was established in 2015.

Repertoire of the ensemble includes classical and contemporary music. Since 2015 they performed more 500 concerts in the many cities and countries in the world.

During the existence of the ensemble took part in many musical events in Europe, among which the solo recitals, masterclasses and international festivals : International festival of Chamber music (Plovdiv, Bulgaria), 2016; 47th International festival “Sofia Music Weeks”( Sofia, Bulgaria), 2016; Gogolfest (Kyiv, Ukraine), 2016; The Intarnational Festival “Bouquet Kyiv Stage” (Kyiv, Ukraine) 2018, 2019 and Hvide Sande Masterclass (Denmark), 2017; Masterclass Landesmusikakademie (Ochsenhausen, Germany), 2017; Masterclass Schaffhausen (Y.Menuhin, Switzerland) 2020.

In addition, the result of creative activities of the band is the partnership with the leading soloists, composers, teachers of music academies recognized at the international level, among which: Jose Ribera, Sakari Tepponen, Valeriy Sokolov, Julian Milkis, Henrik Brendstrup, Ivan Kucher, Yulian Milkis, Denis Severin, Andriy Belov, Aleksey Shadrin etc.

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