The Works of Taras Shevchenko: Read in Ukrainian by Artists of the Ukraine

Originally released in 1961, Readings from the Works of Taras Shevchenko is a tribute to the artist behind the modern poetic culture of Ukraine. Shevchenko (1814 – 1861) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, artist, public and political figure, as well as folklorist and ethnographer. He is regarded as the father of the country’s modern literature. The readers heard on the album are all native Ukrainians. Both English and Ukrainian transcriptions of the poems are included in the liner notes.

Track Listing

101	Teche Voda (The Water Flows)	Natalia Uzhvy	00:45
102	Postavlyu Khatu I Kimnatu (I'll Build a House)	Dmitri Antonovich	00:55
103	Meni Trinadtsyati Minalo (I Was Thirteen)	I. O. (Ivan Oleksandrovych) Mar'ianenko	02:34
104	Yakbi Znali Panichi (If You But Knew)	I. O. (Ivan Oleksandrovych) Mar'ianenko	04:28
105	Yakbi Vi Znali Panichi (If You But Knew)	Victor Dobrovolsky	00:42
106	I Veris Va Na Chuzhyni (And I Grew up in a Strange Land)	Victor Dobrovolsky	02:36
107	I Zolotoyi I Dorohoyi (Golden and Dear)	Victor Dobrovolsky	01:07
108	Minayut Ini, Minayut Nochi (The Days Go By)	Victor Dobrovolsky	03:06
109	Dumi Moyi (Thoughts of Mine)	Victor Dobrovolsky	02:06
110	Meni Odnakovo (It's All the Same to Me)	Victor Dobrovolsky	01:16
111	Meni Zdayetsya (It Seems to Me)	Sokirko	03:16
201	Entr'acte and Excerpt from Act 3 of the Opera	Konstantin Simonenko	19:27