SILVESTROV; VALENTIN

Under The Radar: Ukrainian Piano Treasures

Jed Distler

A disclaimer is in order. I heard this disc prior […]

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Silvestrov: Symphony No. 6/Kofman SACD

ClassicsToday

Ukrainian Valentin Silvestrov (b. 1937), in common with some other ex-Soviet composers, is polystylistic. As a means of commentary, he may use older, less radical

Silvestrov’s Requiem for Larissa

David Vernier

Time in Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov’s music is a black lake. So begins Paul Griffiths’ notes to this recording–and it only gets more murky and

Silvestrov: Postludium; Metamusik/Lubimov

David Hurwitz

Hot on the heels of ECM’s previous disc of chamber music by Valentin Silvestrov comes this equally splendid offering of two related orchestral pieces. Alexei

Mykola Suk: Piano recital

Jed Distler

Many pianists treat Liszt’s so-called “Dante” sonata as an arena for strutting their loud and fast octaves. Mykola Suk, however, transforms pyrotechnical issues into an

Kiev Camerata Vol. 2

Victor Carr Jr

This uniquely interesting disc opens with a bright and bouncy Dumbarton Oaks Concerto in which the Kiev Camerata scores by paying scrupulous attention to Stravinsky’s

Silvestrov: Cello sonata, string quartet

David Hurwitz

In the booklet note to this marvelous release of chamber music by Russian composer Valentin Silvestrov, he observes that “the most important lesson of the