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Valentin Silvestrov (1937-), Elegies & Pastorales;* Evgeny Gromov (1973-, piano), live, Kyiv, 8/27/23

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*Three Pastorales, op. 24 (2004) for Iya Sergeevna Tsarevich
1. Larghetto 00:05
2. Andantino 01:56
3. Larghetto 03:27

Five Elegies, op. 35 (2004)
1. Grave 05:04
2. Andante 8:05
3. Allegro 11:08
4. Adagio 12:14
5. Allegretto 15:46

Four Pastorales, op. 156 (2005) for Alexander Knaifel
1. Andante 18:10
2. Moderato 20:54
3. Andante 22:30
4. Animato 25:17

Two Pieces, op. 96 (December 2007) for Virko Baley
1. Elegy 27:20
2. Pastorale 29:48

Three Pieces, op. 102 (May 2007) for Laura Reinila
1. Elegy 32:08
2. Waltz 35:01
3. Elegy 36:52

Two Pieces, op. 115 (February 2008) Boris Arkhimovich in memoriam
1. Pastorale 38:32
2. Elegy 41:32

Three Pastorales, op. 150 (2008)
1. Allegro vivace 44:57
2. Andante 46:58
3. Animato 48:40

Two Elegies, op. 165 (2010) V. M. Vorobyov in memoriam
1. Allegro 50:58
2. Andantino 52:48

Four Pastorales, op. 129 (2009)
1. Moderato 54:35
2. Allegretto 55:53
3. Moderato 57:19
4. Andantino 58:35

Two Elegies, op. 267 (2016)
1. Animato 1:00:01
2. Moderato 1:01:28

Three Pieces, op. 268 (2016)
1. Pastorale 1:04:01
2. Elegy 1:05:12
3. Waltz 1:07:55

Two Pastorales (May 2023, Berlin) for Yaroslav Hodyna
1. Moderato 1:09:04
2. Moderato 1:11:11