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Rusnė Mataitytė (vln​)​, Rytis Paulius Ju​š​kaitis (pno) - BORIS LYATOSHINSKY - Sonata for Violin and Piano (1926​)​, I

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BORIS LYATOSHINSKY (1895–1968) was a leading member of the new generation of twentieth-century Ukrainian composers, conductor, teacher and a founder of so-called Ukrainian School of New Music. Lyatoshinski was born in Zhytomyr – a town, where several well-known people originated, including the pianist Svyatoslav Richter, philosopher Nikolai Berdiaev and composer Ignacy Jan Paderewski. Lyatoshinsky attended Kiev University and later the newly established Kiev Conservatory where he studied composition with Reinhold Glière. In 1922, Lyatoshinsky, by then professor and lecturer of composition in the Kiev Music Conservatoire, pioneered the development of Associazia Suchasnoi Musiki (The Society of Contemporary Music). From 1935 to 1938 and from 1941 to 1944 Lyatoshinsky taught concurrently at the Moscow Conservatory. Lyatoshinsky, despite receiving a conservative musical education, was determined to raise the standards of contemporary composition; he was not only making innovative changes regarding his own music and carrying on experimenting with various music materials but also leading other young contemporary composers, helping them to establish new methods of writing.
Lyatoshinsky’s earliest compositions (Symphony No. 1) were greatly influenced by the expressionism of Scriabin and Rachmaninov. During the early period of the composer’s development, he drew some inspiration from musical works by Tchaikovsky and Glazunov too. His musical style later developed in a direction favored by Shostakovich, which caused significant problems with Soviet critics of the time, and as a result Lyatoshynsky was accused (together with Prokofiev and Shostakovich) of formalism and creation of degenerative art. Many of his compositions were rarely or never performed during his lifetime.

Sonata for violin and piano, Op. 19 (1926). The idea is based on the conflict between the individual and the surrounding environment. The main theme is melodious, however has a hidden power and energy. It is characterized by the syncopated rhythm, chromatic tension of the melody and constant process of variations. The free improvisation determines the non-periodicity of musical structure.
Sonata was published by Muzgiz (State Publishing House) in 1926 and Universal Edition in 1928.

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