The album cover features 'View on the Dnipro River' (1890) by Mykola Murashko, a Ukrainian painter.
Performer Biography
Dimitri Tchesnokov, the pianist on this album, is a French-Ukrainian composer and pianist who directs the 'Masterpieces of Ukraine' collection for BILLAUDOT editions.
Composer Biography
Ihor Shamo, the composer, fought in Europe as a soldier from age 16, reaching Berlin where he was wounded in the leg.
Compositional Technique
Ihor Shamo's piano works use a seemingly classical language, but with narrative accompaniments and counter melodies, often enriched by chromaticism or jazz chords, and folkloric elements.
Composer Biography
Ihor Shamo, the composer, declined an invitation to live in Moscow in the 1950s because of his strong attachment to Kyiv.
Recording & Production
This album includes world premiere recordings of several works, and reconstitutions by Dimitri Tchesnokov of others, such as the 'Three oriental dances'.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Ihor Shamo, the composer, remained faithful to his accessible style throughout his life, never wanting to become a modernist, and considered J. S. Bach his favorite composer.
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