Ep. 62. Mykola Lysenko Prelude from the Suite on Ukrainian Themes op. 2. Anna Shelest, piano

[@ЯнаТорубарова]

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[@dtao12]

Love it! Such a beautiful (if sad) melody. This is a lot faster than the recording on your Ukrainian Rhapsody album, but I think it works well at both tempos. I also liked the additional low octave near the end (on the Eb minor arpeggio) which wasn't on my score, but helps give that line extra power. I just posted my own KZbin video of this Prelude, and the Toccata, yesterday. It was your Ukrainian Rhapsody album that inspired me to learn those pieces. I'm learning the Couranta and Sarabanda next.

[@ShelestatthePiano]

thank you so very much and especially for playing Ukrainian music yourself and doing such a beautiful job with it! I think the whole Suite is absolutely marvelous, it was fun to come back to it after a few years and try something different with the tempo/phrasing. Yes, that octave at the end kind of made its way into my fingers and I thought it worked with this version.