Composer(s): Shor, Alexey
Label: Naxos
Genre: Concerto
Catalogue No: 8.579139
Barcode: 747313913978
Release Date: 12/2024

SHOR, A.: Composer's Notebook, Vol. 1 - Travel Notebook / Violin Concerto No. 4 (Bouchkov, Ulaieva, Kyiv Virtuosi, J. Warner, D. Yablonsky)

Travel Notebook, Suite for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 by Ukrainian composer Alexey Shor is cast in a neo-Classical vein. It offers personal impressions of places he has visited, with music that is harmonically traditional and melodic. Violin Concerto No. 4, composed during the Covid pandemic, is a restless, passionate and romantic work, displaying Shor’s trademark lyricism. Both works are heard in the composer’s versions with string orchestra.

Tracklist

Shor, Alexey
Ulaieva, Anna (piano)
Kyiv Virtuosi Orchestra (Orchestra)
Yablonsky, Dmitry (Conductor)
1I. Wayfarer's Prayer05:32
Ulaieva, Anna (piano)
Kyiv Virtuosi Orchestra (Orchestra)
Yablonsky, Dmitry (Conductor)
2II. La Rambla (inspired by visiting Barcelona)05:07
Ulaieva, Anna (piano)
Kyiv Virtuosi Orchestra (Orchestra)
Yablonsky, Dmitry (Conductor)
3III. Addio (inspired by visiting Rome)05:29
Ulaieva, Anna (piano)
Kyiv Virtuosi Orchestra (Orchestra)
Yablonsky, Dmitry (Conductor)
4IV. Luxembourg Garden (inspired by visiting Paris)03:41
Ulaieva, Anna (piano)
Kyiv Virtuosi Orchestra (Orchestra)
Yablonsky, Dmitry (Conductor)
5V. Rubicon (inspired by visiting Ravenna)04:53
Ulaieva, Anna (piano)
Kyiv Virtuosi Orchestra (Orchestra)
Yablonsky, Dmitry (Conductor)
6VI. Sorrow (inspired by visiting Venice)04:07
Ulaieva, Anna (piano)
Kyiv Virtuosi Orchestra (Orchestra)
Yablonsky, Dmitry (Conductor)
7VII. Horseman (inspired by visiting Ascot)03:21
Ulaieva, Anna (piano)
Kyiv Virtuosi Orchestra (Orchestra)
Yablonsky, Dmitry (Conductor)
Bouchkov, Marc (violin)
Kyiv Virtuosi Orchestra (Orchestra)
Warner, John (Conductor)
8I. Allegro agitato13:52
Bouchkov, Marc (violin)
Kyiv Virtuosi Orchestra (Orchestra)
Warner, John (Conductor)
9II. Andante06:32
Bouchkov, Marc (violin)
Kyiv Virtuosi Orchestra (Orchestra)
Warner, John (Conductor)
10III. Presto06:57
Bouchkov, Marc (violin)
Kyiv Virtuosi Orchestra (Orchestra)
Warner, John (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 59:31