Bielow/Nso Ukraine/Sirenko - Myroslav Skoryk:Violin Concertos, Vol. 1, Nos. 1-4

Myroslav Skoryk, a postgraduate student of Dmitry Kabalevsky, is one of Ukraine�s leading composers and teachers. His works range from opera and ballet, a symphonic transcription of Paganini�s 24 Caprices, and his cycle of nine Violin Concertos written over a 45-year span. They draw on elements of Carpathian folklore and are saturated in expressive dialogues, lyricism and elegy while also exuding powerful intensity. Skoryk�s sensual writing is frequently contrasted with syncopated motifs, cadenzas, fugal episodes and march rhythms. This is the first of two volumes.