Viktor Kosenko - 2 Concert Valses, Op.22 [Orlenko]

(THIS IS A REUPLOAD) ___ Viktor Stepanovych Kosenko (Віктор Степанович Косенко; 1896 - 1938) was a Ukrainian composer, pianist, and educator. He was regarded by his contemporaries as a master of lyricism. Kosenko's life is conclusively divided into three distinct phases, in Warsaw, where he studied with renowned teacher Aleksander Michałowski, in Zhytomyr, where he began teaching piano and music theory at the Music Technicum, later becoming director of the Zhytomyr Music School, and finally in Kyiv, where he devoted more time to symphonic compositions such as his Heroic Overture, which brought him due recognition in the world of Soviet music. Kosenko's music combines a post-romantic idiom with intonations of Slavic folk songs and Western European influences. His vocal, chamber, and symphonic works are among the most important pieces of that time in USSR. He was influenced by the musical environment in which he grew up. Because his mother and sister played piano, he was exposed to the piano music of Frédéric Chopin, Ludwig van Beethoven, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and Franz Schubert. His first compositions were markedly influenced by the works of composers such as Alexander Scriabin, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and his compatriot Mykola Lysenko. Composed 1931 0:00 No.1 - Allegro giusto 04:59 No.2 - Presto agitato Pianist: Mariya Orlenko Original recordings: https://youtu.be/Rev-mOcDzdE https://youtu.be/jqZK7Omha6g