Readings from the Works of Taras Shevchenko: Read in Ukrainian by Artists of the Ukraine
Various Artists

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
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Teche Voda - The Water Flows | Natalia Uzhvy | 0:45 | |
102
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Postavlyu Khatu I Kimnatu - I'll Build a House | Dmitri Antonovich | 0:55 | |
103
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Meni Trinadtsyati Minalo - I Was Thirteen | I. O. (Ivan Oleksandrovych) Mar'ianenko | 2:34 | |
104
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Yakbi Znali Panichi - If You But Knew | I. O. (Ivan Oleksandrovych) Mar'ianenko | 4:28 | |
105
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Yakbi Vi Znali Panichi - If You But Knew | Victor Dobrovolsky | 0:42 | |
106
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I Veris Va Na Chuzhyni - And I Grew Up in a Strange Land | Victor Dobrovolsky | 2:36 | |
107
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I Zolotoyi I Dorohoyi - Golden and Dear | Victor Dobrovolsky | 1:07 | |
108
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Minayut Ini, Minayut Nochi - The Days Go By | Victor Dobrovolsky | 3:06 | |
109
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Dumi Moyi - Thoughts of Mine | Victor Dobrovolsky | 2:06 | |
110
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Meni Odnakovo - It's All the Same to Me | Victor Dobrovolsky | 1:16 | |
111
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Meni Zdayetsya - It Seems to Me | Sokirko | 3:16 | |
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Entr'acte and Excerpt from Act 3 of the Opera: Katerina Music by Arkas - Based on the Poem by Taras Shevchenko | Konstantin Simonenko | 19:27 |