Mykola Lysenko: Selections from the opera "Natalka Poltavka"

Audio selections from the opera *Natalka Poltavka* by Mykola Lysenko:

1. Natalka’s song (“The Winds Are Blowing”). Performed by: soprano—Zoya Haidai, accompanied by a symphony orchestra. Recorded in 1958.
2. Natalk’s song (“The Winds Are Blowing”). Performers: soprano—Alina Hrehul, accompanied by the Ukrainian Radio Folk Instruments Orchestra, conducted by Sviatoslav Lytvynenko. Recorded in 2000.
3. Natalky’s song (“Why Is the Water Murky”) from Act II. Performers: soprano—Maria Litvinenko-Volgemut, accompanied by a symphony orchestra. Recording date unknown.
4. Natalky’s song (“Why Is the Water So Murky?”) from Act II. Arranged by Yuriy Yatsenko. Performers: soprano—Lidiya Zabilasta; accompaniment—State Folk Instruments Orchestra of the Ukrainian SSR, conducted by Viktor Hutsal. Recorded in 1988
5. Mykola’s song (“But There Is No One Worse Off in the World”). Performers: baritone—Mykhailo Hryshko, accompaniment by the T. H. Shevchenko State Opera and Ballet Theater, conductor Boris Chistyakov. Recorded in 1958
6. Mykola’s Song (“But There Is No One Worse Off in the World”). Performed by: baritone—Hryhorii Hrytsiuk, accompanied by the Ukrainian Television and Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Vadym Hnedash. Recorded in 1988
7. Peter’s Song (“The Sun Is Low”). Performers: tenor—Konstantin Stolyarchuk, accompaniment—Symphony Orchestra of Ukrainian Television and Radio, conductor Sviatoslav Litvinenko. Recorded in 1975
8. Peter’s Song (“The Sun Is Low”). Performers: tenor—Oleksandr Dyachenko, accompaniment—Honored Symphony Orchestra of the National Radio Company of Ukraine, conductor Volodymyr Sirenko. Recorded in 1999
9. Duet of Natalka and Petro (“You Will Go, Petro, to That One…”) from Act III. Performers: soprano—Zoya Haidai, tenor—Ivan Kozlovsky, accompaniment—Symphony Orchestra of the T. G. Shevchenko Kyiv Opera and Ballet Theater, conductor Boris Chistyakov. Recording date unknown
10. Natalky’s song (“Oh, I Am a Girl from Poltava”) from Act III. Performers: soprano—Yevdokia Kolesnik, accompanied by a chamber orchestra. Recorded in 1975
11. Natalky’s song (“Oh, I Am a Girl from Poltava”) from Act III. Performers: soprano—Zoya Khristych, accompanied by the Symphony Orchestra of Ukrainian Television and Radio, conducted by Gaziz Dugashev. Recorded in 1962
12. A song by Vyborny (“The Red-Haired Grandfather, the Red-Haired Grandmother”). Performers: bass—Vladilen Hrytsyuk; accompaniment—Ukrainian Television and Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ivan Hamkalo. Recorded in 1989
13. Ukrainian folk song “Red-Haired Grandfather, Red-Haired Grandmother” (re-recording from a vinyl record). Performed by Marko Kropyvnytskyi, accompanied by piano. Recorded in 1904.
14. Petro’s Song (“Oh, There Went a Cossack from the Don”) from Act III. Performers: tenor—Oleksandr Dyachenko, accompaniment—the Ukrainian Television and Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Vadym Hnedash. Recorded in 1988.

“Suspilne Mediatheque” and Ukrainian Radio, in partnership with the State Specialized Publishing House “Musical Ukraine,” are releasing unique archival recordings of works by the classic of Ukrainian music, composer Mykola Lysenko, from the Ukrainian Radio archives. This initiative is being carried out as part of the “Mykola Lysenko: Reboot” project by the “Musical Ukraine” publishing house, which aims to promote the creative legacy of this outstanding Ukrainian composer. The project is being implemented with financial support from the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation. You can listen to a selection of musical works on the “Suspilne Mediatheque” website.