Daniel Hope - Born in Ukraine [CD]

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: 4869198 
Barcode: 0028948691982
Release Date: 06 Nov 2026
Genre:  Classical

With Born in Ukraine, Daniel Hope traces a journey through 150 years of Ukrainian musical history — an exploration rooted in his own longstanding connection to the country.

From the pioneering voices of Mykola Lysenko, Yakiv Stepovy and Borys Lyatoshynsky to Sergei Bortkiewicz, Mykola Leontovych and Valentin Silvestrov, as well as composers writing today, the album brings together familiar melodies and rarely heard works. Hope is joined by the Ukrainian pianists Alina Pronina, Roman Fediurko and Vitalii Kyianytsia. Together, they reveal music shaped by memory and displacement, belonging and renewal.

The programme includes the world-premiere recordings of Alexey Shor’s Footprints in the Sand and Kyianytsia’s Adagio from the ballet The Perfect Scent, alongside Leontovych’s Shchedryk, a melody heard around the world, yet unmistakably Ukrainian.

Tracklist
ALEXEY SHOR: FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND*
VALENTIN SILVESTROV: ELEGIE NO. 1 FROM 5 PIECES
BORYS LYATOSHYNSKY: MELODY
MYKOLA LYSENKO: ELEGY
SERGEI BORTKIEWICZ: ALBUMLEAF NO.1 FROM 4 PIECES FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO, OP. 63
MYKOLA LEONTOVYCH: SHCHEDRYK (Arrangement for Violin and Piano: Paul Bateman)
YAKIV STEPOVY: PRELUDE NO.1 FROM 3 PIECES OP. 9 (Arrangement for Violin and Piano: Paul Bateman)
ALEXEY SHOR: VIOLIN SONATA NO. 1 – I. ALLEGRO AGITATO
II. SCHERZO
III. MEDITATION. ANDANTE
VALENTIN SILVESTROV: POSTLUDE NO. 3 FROM THREE POSTLUDES (Performed on Violin and Piano)
VITALII KYIANYTSIA: ADAGIO FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO* from the Ballet The Perfect Scent
*World Premiere Recordings