Ukraine - A Piano Portrait
SOMMCD 0701 (Somm Recordings, CD)
DDD
FIRST RELEASE (18 April 2025)
Playing time: 77'35"
Tracks: 17
℗ 2025 Somm Recordings
© 2025 Somm Recordings
Main country of recording: United Kingdom
Country of manufacture: European Union
Received: 7 March 2025
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Margaret Fingerhut, piano (Steinway D)
With Ukraine's defence of its sovereign nation against Russia’s invasion in the news and in our conscience, Somm Recordings releases a timely recording that pays tribute to a rich heritage of Ukrainian music that was long subsumed by the former USSR. Margaret Fingerhut has become increasingly involved in using the power of music to raise money for charitable causes. In 2019, drawing on the stories and music of composers who had to leave their homelands because of war or persecution, she undertook a major recital tour, performing 'Far from the Home I Love' at thirty-two venues across the UK to raise money for refugees. In 2022 she collaborated with a young Ukrainian film-maker on a powerful video in support of Ukraine. For this recording, she has selected works written between 1877 and 2005 for a deeply personal recital featuring composers - Music by Sergei Bortkiewicz, Vasyl Barvinsky, Mykola Lysenko, Levko Revutsky, Viktor Kosenko, Valentin Silvestrov and Boris Lyatoshinsky - from the country of her grandfather’s birth. Royalty sales from this recording will go towards British-Ukrainian Aid, which raises money for emergency vehicles and medical supplies for Ukraine.