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Anna and Dmitri Shelest

Ukrainian Rhapsody

Sorel Classics

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1 Lysenko: Suite on Ukranian Themes, Op. 2 - Prelude  
2 Courante  
3 Toccata  
4 Sarabande  
5 Gavotte  
6 Scherzo  
7 Taras Bulba Overture  
8 Revutsky: Preludes, Op. 4 - #1  
9 #2  
10 #3  
11 Preludes, Op. 7 - #1  
12 #2  
13 Revutsky Waltz In B Flat  
14 Zhuk: Ukranian Rhapsody  
15 Storyk: Three Extravagant Dances - Entrance & Dance  
16 Blues  
17 Can Can  
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The New-York-based Piano Duo, Anna and Dmitri Shelestreleased their second recording on the Sorel Classics label. The CD features music of their native Ukraine from 19th 20th centuries for piano solo and piano four hands, including world premiere recordings.

Having established themselves as solo artists, while garnering numerous prizes and awards along the way, the Shelest Piano Duo brings to the performance stage inventive programs of not only solo repertoire, but also four hand music. The Duo made their Carnegie Hall debut in 2011 and appeared at the venue annually since. Their debut Duo CD "TUTTI, orchestral arrangements for piano four hands" has been played at over 100 radio stations in North America.

  • Anna and Dmitri Shelest chat about 'Ukraine' with 107.5WRUU
    Posted At: April 19, 2022
    In 2018, The New-York-based Piano Duo, Anna and Dmitri Shelest released their second recording on the Sorel Classics label. The CD features music of their native Ukraine from 19th 20th centuries for piano solo and piano four hands, including world premiere recordings.Having established themselves as solo artists, while garnering numerous prizes and awards along the way, the Shelest Piano Duo brings to the p...

  • NKU to hold benefit concert for Ukrainian refugees featuring The Shelest Piano Duo / THE NORTHERNER
    Posted At: April 19, 2022
    THE NORTHERNER's Mildred Nguyen writes….The Shelest Piano Duo of Anna and Dmitri will be performing at NKU’s benefit concert for Ukrainian refugees.Northern Kentucky University will hold a benefit concert for Ukrainian refugees in the Northern Kentucky-Greater Cincinnati region April 22 in Greaves Concert Hall. Ukrainian alumni Anna Shelest and Dmitri Shelest will perform select works by Ukrainian and Ameri...

  • Anna and Dmitri Shelest speak about music and Ukraine with Nashville Public Radio
    Posted At: April 12, 2022
    The Shelest Piano Duo brings to the performance stage inventive programs of not only solo repertoire, but also four hand music. The husband and wife team of Anna and Dmitri Shelest are rapidly gaining a reputation for offering performances that help to create a greater understanding of the piano in particular, and the performing arts in general. First Prize winners of Bradshaw and Buono International Piano ...

  • Anna and Dmitri Shelest Cannot Be Silent / 91Classical Nashville
    Posted At: April 12, 2022
    The New-York-based Piano Duo, Anna and Dmitri Shelest released their second recording on the Sorel Classics label in 2019. The CD features music of their native Ukraine from 19th 20thcenturies for piano solo and piano four hands, including world premiere recordings.Having established themselves as solo artists, while garnering numerous prizes and awards along the way, the Shelest Piano Duo brings to the per...

  • Anna and Dmitri Shelest discuss the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine with Classical Louisville
    Posted At: March 23, 2022
    Music is visibly at the heart of the Ukrainian people, as can easily be seen during the ongoing Russian invasion of the country. Piano duo Anna and Dmitri Shelest have taken to heart the encouragement to use their talents for their fellow Ukrainian people and re-released their 2018 album Ukrainian Rhapsody.Anna and Dmitri Shelest took some time to discuss the conflict affecting their homeland with Classical...

  • Shelest Piano Duo receive long standing ovation at Washington Group Music Series / The Ukrainian Weekly
    Posted At: April 1, 2019

    Anna and Dmytro Shelest – the Shelest Piano Duo – attracted a full house March 17 at the historic Lyceum in Old Town Alexandria (just south of Washington) in the third concert of The Washington Group Cultural Fund's 2018-2019 Music Series. This was Anna Shelest's second performance in a TWGCF concert (her first performance was in 2011), and she was joined by her pianist husband, Dmytro, in a ...

  • Shelest duo chats 'Ukrainian Rhapsody' with KEDT: Corpus Christi
    Posted At: March 14, 2019

    In 2017 the New-York-based Piano Duo, Anna and Dmitri Shelest released their second recording on the Sorel Classics label featuring music of their native Ukraine from the 19th 20th centuries. With both piano solo and piano four hands, including world premiere recordings, the Shelest Duo, having established themselves as solo artists, while garnering numerous prizes and awards along the way, are "effectiv...

  • Articulate and soulful, Shelest duo is dynamic on Ukrainian Rhapsody / STAGE AND CINEMA
    Posted At: September 17, 2018

    On Ukrainian Rhapsody, an intriguing collection of piano solos and duets from four Ukrainian composers, Lysenko is well-represented with his Suite on Ukrainian Themes, Op.2. While not as intensely folk-sounding as his works I've heard for violin and piano, the six movements are beautiful, emotive, and strangely familiar given I'd never heard them before (the "Toccata" has a truly Bachian flair). The real...

  • Shelest duo's Ukrainian Rhapsody is 91.7Mana'o Radio: catch of the day
    Posted At: August 24, 2018

    Catch of the Day presents tracks from new and imminent audio releases in many genres, with off-the-cuff intros plus on-the-spot evaluations. We air at 12:00 noon Hawaiian-Aleutian Standard Time under the umbrella of The Alpha and Omega Show, hosted by the redoubtable Paul Janes-Brown, actor, critic, and chorister. Officially, we compare notes for 60 minutes, but overtime is always a possibility. ...

  • Anna & Dmitri Shelest - Ukrainian Rhapsody is WCRB: CD of the Week
    Posted At: August 13, 2018

    Ukrainian pianists Anna and Dmitri Shelest were both twelve years old when they met at the Kharkiv Special Music School in Ukraine. Now they're married, and they join forces for a tour of Ukrainian music for WCRB's CD of the Week! Anna Shelest admits that playing one piano with another person can feel like an invasion of a very private space. There's a lot involved in finding the right choreography w...

  • Anna & Dmitri Shelest - Ukrainian Rhapsody is KDFC: Album of the Week
    Posted At: August 12, 2018

    This week's Album of the Week takes us on a musical odyssey to Ukraine. The husband and wife team of Anna and Dmitri Shelest is featured in selections from four important Ukrainian composers. Anna Shelest solos in the Suite on Ukrainian Themes from the "father" of Ukrainian music, Mykola Lysenko, and is joined by husband Dmitri in works for piano-four-hands, including Three Extravagant Dances of Myroslav...

  • Anna & Dmitri Shelest - Ukrainian Rhapsody is KUSC: Album of the Week
    Posted At: August 12, 2018

    This week's Album of the Week takes us on a musical odyssey to Ukraine. The husband and wife team of Anna and Dmitri Shelest is featured in selections from four important Ukrainian composers. Anna Shelest solos in the Suite on Ukrainian Themes from the "father" of Ukrainian music, Mykola Lysenko, and is joined by husband Dmitri in works for piano-four-hands, including Three Extravagant Dances of Myro...

  • Anna & Dmitri Shelest - Ukrainian Rhapsody is WFMT: Featured New Release
    Posted At: August 12, 2018

    This release from the Shelest Piano Duo presents pieces for piano solo and piano four hands by Ukrainian composers from the 19th and 20th centuries. Having established themselves as solo artists, while garnering prizes and awards along the way, the Ukrainian-born husband and wife Shelest Piano Duo brings to the performance stage inventive programs of not only solo repertoire, but four hand music. First P...

  • On Ukrainian Rhapsody, Anna and Dmitri Shelest set a remarkable standard for 4 hand piano repertoire / Farfare
    Posted At: August 6, 2018

    The New-York-based Piano Duo, Anna and Dmitri Shelest release their second recording on the Sorel Classics label. Featuring music of their native Ukraine from 19th 20th centuries for piano solo and piano four hands, these pieces are also world premiere recordings. Having established themselves as solo artists, while garnering numerous prizes and awards along the way, the Shelest Piano Duo brings to t...
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