Anton Pyvovarov. Lemkian Suite. /digi-pack/.

Anton Pyvovarov recorded his first album when working in New York, now he lives and works in Gratz. However, the theme of the new album is the Ukrainian folklore – which may be not much of a surprise: everybody needs roots, one way or another. But the fact that a Kyivite turns to Lemkian songs is unexpected and interesting. The musicians are very caution about the authentic material, they do not shutter the songs’ architecture. Instead, they delicately unwrap and decorate the main lines, having arrived in their arrangements at a certain common denominator for the generally diverse plays. But even if one does not go deep and just listens to intonations of, say, Pyvovarov’s saxophone or the voice of Laura Marti – the softness, dash, weep, flight, divination... and all the rest add their charm... no, not going deep – won’t work. That's why this album is a Suite. A piece unobtrusively motley, but holistic in its own way, a narrative with a colorful introduction, unraveling, a powerful climax, and a transparent denouement. Lyrical in moods, rich in emotions – and, at the same time, very pure and powerful in its central, not superficial flow.

Igor Hnydyn - drums