Borys Lyatoshyns'kyi - Ukrainian Quintet, Op. 42 (1945)

Boris Mykolayovych Lyatoshinsky or Lyatoshynsky (Ukrainian: Бори́с Миколáйович Лятоши́нський, Borys Mykolayovych Lyatoshyns′kyi; January 3, 1895 - April 15, 1968) was a Ukrainian composer, conductor, and teacher. A leading member of the new generation of twentieth-century Ukrainian composers, he was awarded a number of accolades, including the honorary title of People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR and two Stalin State Prizes.
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Ukrainian Quintet in G minor, Op. 42 (1942-45)
1. Allegro e poco agitato (0:00)
2. Lento e tranquillo (12:59)
3. Allegro (24:09)
4. Allegro risoluto (30:44)
Lidia Futorska and Andriy Tchaikovsky, violin; Marta Karapinka, viola; Viktor Rekalo, cello & Ivan Pahota, piano
During the Second World War, Lyatoshinsky created some chamber works, ‘beautiful compositions’ (as observed by Glière ) such as Ukrainian Quintet (for the piano, violin, viola and cello), Shevchenko's Suite for the piano (dedicated to legendary long-suffering Ukrainian poet), Ukrainian Quintet Fourth String Quartet (based on the Ukrainian themes), Suite for the Quartet, Second Trio for the piano and many solo and choir arrangements. Remarkably, Lyatoshinsky chooses themes for his compositions based on the songs with a melancholic character, such as Pechal za Pechaliu (The Sadness is following Sorrow). During these years, Lyatoshinsky carried on his work as an academic and a composer.
Between 1941- 1943 many faculties of the Moscow Conservatoire, including the music department, were relocated to Saratov, a town near the Russian river Volga. Lyatoshinsky expected to work not only as a composer but as a public figure. During this time, Lyatoshinsky established contacts and worked collaboratively with the administrators of the local Concert Hall and Radio Committee; he took charge and led operations to save and transport Ukrainian musical manuscripts to the areas of non- conflict. At this time Lyatoshinsky approached the transitional moment in his music, achieving the necessary compromise between pessimistic decadence and revitalisation. It is characterised by the demands of the renewal in the face of anxiety and despair, reviving a vital driving force by means of modernistic fusion of atonality with the motivic realisation of folk song, encapsulated in the polyphonic writing.
In 1946, Lytoshinsky's Ukrainian Quintet was honoured with the Stalin prize (in 1952 he received another Stalin prize, this time for the music in film about a Ukrainian national poet and a revolutionary hero Taras Shevchenko).

[@Mjunywoldang]

Finally I can understand how Ukraine could fight against Russian invasion. Strong people, strong music.

[@al_gc1703]

If you are here, you had a really good taste for chamber music.

[@SakakiSyndrome]

Listening to these makes me feel like an elegant chap even if i snort doritos in the morning, anyways this piece is very good indeed !

[@danielm5535]

Cool Ranch, I hope.

[@TheodoreServin]

What a haunting quintet this is! I love the lyrical melodies in the first movement, very Slavic in character. The 2nd movement is so tragically beautiful and powerful, what a unique and emotional experience it is to listen to it. The cyclic form is well-used in this piece, the way he quotes the melodies from the first 2 movements throughout the piece is marvelous. A wonderful example of Soviet-Ukrainian chamber music, like his 2nd piano trio!

[@olexandrselyaninoff8881]

this music is purely Ukrainian and has nothing to do with Soviet music

[@mykolabaidiuk1445]

Thank you very much for this video!

[@LucTaMusic]

Oh my god this is gorgeous

[@Barnaldomort]

This took me many places; what a journey of a piece! Wonderful music.

[@lizavetabormotova]

What a pleasure to listen to this wonderful music! Thank you for sharing!

[@ex867gahyunhan6]

Oh wow my favorite piano quintet!!

[@cminor3016]

he gave dignified narrative to the natural and sporatic moments of despair that puncuates our lives

[@fortisanimaukraine3027]

Thank for this comment. Beautifully said... especially today.

[@gavincannon8385]

What an amazing discovery! WOW!

[@narykoone8298]

Thank you very much!! You've popularized great but unknown piece.

[@danielnieves3114]

Starting with nice réminiscences of Zarebski's quintet !

[@fransmeersman2334]

Wonderful quintet and a great performance ! What a discovery. Thanks

[@notaire2]

Es ist meine erste Gelegenheit, dieses Quintett anzuhören. Erstaunlich perfekt komponiert und wunderschön gespielt mit klar artikuliertem Klang des Klaviers sowie seidigen und perfekt entsprechenden Tönen vierer Streichinstrumente. Der zweite Satz klingt besonders schön und echt lyrisch. Die intime und perfekt vereinigte Miteinanderwirkung zwischen den fünf Virtuiosen ist wahrlich ergreifend. Es ist auch erstaunlich, dass solch ein Meisterwerk in Kriegsjahren von 1942 bis 1945 in der UdSSR komponiert wurde. Danke fürs wertvolle Onlinestellen!

[@nathanturczan]

Lush, elegant, sophisticated, stylish

[@redpalmgren]

Great composition, great performance.

[@NareshNaresh-lr9nq]

Emotive masterpiece of its own kind!

[@Shanpanski]

Hi from Ukraine :)

[@steveegallo3384]

Happy Blitz -- This genius...Бори́с Миколáйович Лятоши́нський...amazes by his impetus, innovation and power! Hi from San Agustinillo, Oaxaca !

[@jqbach]

Moving and touching!!

[@camillebouchard6436]

Magnifique !

[@engloute]

Remarkable!

[@peterkrauss6962]

Love it

[@user-gr9vs5hq6y]

Bedankt voor mooie muziek Bartje.

[@bluebassboy22]

Gorgeous

[@kuang-licheng402]

nice

[@ivanpakhota1685]

Hi teere. I'm impressed that you're posted my recording. Where are you find it?

[@bartjebartmans]

my email address is [e-mail]. What is your email so we can go over particulars.

[@user-jb1vb4xy7k]

Hello Bravo for the magnificent playing I would love to play inmy country Korea. I could find the full score but not the parts scores for the strings. Could I have the string scores if you have them? or would you let me know how to get them?

[@JAMESLEVEE]

The key is G minor...sort of.

[@Trombosilbo]

The beggining reminds me a Dark Souls 3 boss theme

[@samaritan29]

wat boss

[@phoebedraper170]

@@samaritan29 gaels theme second phase maybe?

[@samaritan29]

@@phoebedraper170 ehh i don't really hear it

[@phoebedraper170]

@@samaritan29 cool

[@samaritan29]

@@phoebedraper170 ???

[@mysterium364]

27:28 sounds like Leo Ornstein. I wonder if they are both influenced by something similar that I just don't know about. I mean, I know that Ornstein was originally from Ukraine, but I honestly don't know much about the musical environment in Ukraine around the beginning of the 20'th century.

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2:09

[@PushkaryovVsevolod]

Неплохо. Но напрягало пианино безустально долбящее.

[@user-io3pq8vr7l]

а що Ви хотіли, піаніно - ударно-клавішний інструмент, от і довбає

[@NewMusicWeekly]

I like this a lot better than his bombastic and incoherent symphonies.