Ukrainian Composers of the 19th Century

[Christopher]

Myhaylo Verbytsky (1815-1870)

I have put in the downloads section 12 of his works which I found on youtube, all recordings of live concerts.  His symphonies are very short and (according to his wikipedia entry) "are more like overtures".  Personally I think they are quite "Schubert-esque" and would love to hear if others think so too.  Highly melodic.

I have put in the downloads section:

Overture
Cantata - The Gathering of My Countrymen in Ukraine (this track includes the National Anthem at the end) (cantata arranged for orchestra by Frantsishok Fridrikh)
Testament ("Zapovit"), after Taras Shevchenko
Orchestral suite (Kolomiyka + mazurka)
Polonaise No.1 in D major
Symphony No.1 (arranged by Stanyslav Lyudkevych)
Symphony No.2 in C major
Symphony No.4 in G major (from 1864)
Symphony No.5
Symphony No.6 (version for solo piano)
Symphony No.7 in A major (my favourite - urgent opening theme, as in Schubert's Unfinished 8th)
Symphony No.10 in D major (dedicated to Orest Sinkevich) ( - I know that the wikipedia says he wrote 9 symphonies so I can't explain this one....)

For the sake of completeness I'm listing here the full Verbytsky symphonies that have been recorded since my last post of a few years ago (mindful that people weren't overly impressed! But I'm a completist so what can I do...?). Plus a few other orchestral works. All performed by the Academic Symphonic Orchestra of the Chernivtsy Oblast "Gnatyuk" Philharmonia, conducted by Iosip Sozansky.


Symphony No.1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqEMp6p3lhc

Symphony No.2 in C major - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZABte_2eNpg

Symphony No.3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fjSmM9BSDU

Symphony No.4 in G major(from 1864) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtQP4DN8FP8

Symphony No.5 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMhfrLTHQSk

Symphony No.6  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TLLeuuSxE4

Symphony No.6 (version for solo piano) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7_nA5_4H1I

Symphony No.7 in A major - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFAdkkLGrEU

Symphony No.8 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHs0_EpcpaQ

Symphony No.9 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y0ImQcsLHc

Symphony No.10 in D major (dedicated to Orest Sinkevich) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3FY1-v8v7k

Orchestral Suite (Kolomyka + Mazurka) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soGjvLqvhNY

Polonaise No.1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnMA_yexFaY

Testament ("Zapovit") cantata - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGu9Gl3Ncm0

Cantata - The Gathering of My Countrymen in Ukraine (plus the National Anthem of Ukraine) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zutFcXzSYPE

Overture - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du8D1yVUORg

Orchestral suite - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKsAbo1U7Zk