Ukrainian InterMezzo. Igor Kushpler (1949–2012) : Auf dem Berge blüht die Kamille. Borys Ljatoschynskyj (1894–1968) : Kummer nach dem Kummer. Anatoliy Kos-Anatolsky (1909–1983) : Vier Ochsen weide ich. Kostjantyn Dankewitsch (1905–1984) : Arie der Stekha aus der Oper „Nazar Stodolia“. Julij Mejtus (1903–1997) : „Ksenia“ (Ballade). Mykola Lysenko (1842–1912) Arie der Nastia aus der Oper „Taras Bulba“, Ukrainisches Volkslied in Bearbeitung von Oles Tschyshko (1895–1976), Ich will nicht schlafen. Viktor Matyuk (1852–1912) : Geliebte Heimat. Kostjantyn Dankewitsch : Arie der Varvara aus der Oper „Bohdan Khmelnytskyy“. Oleh Kiwa (1947–2007) Kammerkantate - I Der Herbst / II Öffnet die Türe / III Dieser Garten. Zoryana Kushpler mezzo soprano; Luhansk Symphony Orchestra, Ivan Ostapovych, conductor.

Description: Ukrainian mezzo-soprano Zoryana Kushpler was an ensemble member of the Vienna State Opera from 2007 to 2020 and performs regularly on the major international stages and festivals as both an opera and Lied singer. Kushpler pays special attention to music from and around her home country. Less than six months after the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in violation of international law, she gathered the Luhansk Symphony Orchestra, which had fled its home town in its entirety, in Lviv to record opera arias by Ukrainian composers and arrangements of Ukrainian folk songs for this CD production in collaboration with conductor Ivan Ostapovych. The resulting album “Ukrainian InterMezzo” offers an insight into the work of the most important Ukrainian composers such as Mykola Lysenko, Julij Mejtus, Borys Lyatoshynsky, Oles Chyshko, Viktor Matyuk, Anatoliy Kos-Anatolsky or Oleh Kiva, which is characterized by the special local color and themes such as love, longing and homeland.