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Masterpieces of Ukrainian Music. Collection. 6 CDs box-set. (387.09UAH, $86.02USD)

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:05:30 +0200

Probably, we should still say: these discs were not intended for sale, initially they were released only for the sake of presentation. But, fortunately, corporate schemes are not absolute yet � that is why various pleasant violations of rules are possible..

Hurt "Expres". Ukrainian Feast Songs. Feast Five. (49.14UAH, $10.92USD)

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:30:16 +0200

As we envisaged, the fourth disc of this series appeared to be not the last one. Well, and speaking about the content � "Express" again does not limit itself only to merry or only to sad songs. As well as before, here song with different moods, tints naturally alternate � therefore, there will be an occasion both to smile, and to think something over.

Anytchka. Dzvony Lemkivshchyny. (Bell Ringing of Lemkivschyna) (49.14UAH, $10.92USD)

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:25:55 +0200

..we do not doubt that this disc will give a lot of positive emotions to all fans of the Ukrainian song. First, because it consists exclusively of Lemkivsky songs � and this, as we have already mentioned, is still extraordinary rare. Second � just because the album appears really good, interesting, saturated.

100 kazok. The Best Ukrainian Folk Tales. Volume 1. /ninth edition/. (100 Fairy-Tales) (134.64UAH, $29.92USD)

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:18:45 +0200

"100 Fairy-Tales" is a collection of the best Ukrainian folk tales. Due to editing by Malkovych even stories familiar from childhood sound fresh. And drawings by the best Ukrainian illustrators � Yerko, Lavro, K.Shtanko et al. transform every book into a work of art. As a result, it is difficult to define which is better � the texts or the design...

Tomato Jaws. No Concept. (49.14UAH, $10.92USD)

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:14:57 +0200

..although the disc has the name "No Concept", a certain concept still looms transparently enough, which in the following works witnessed perceptible development. Namely � Tomato Jaws has started to actively enough use not only music, but also vocal skills of Nata Zhyzhchenko.

Raisa Kyrychenko. Moya podruho myla. (My Dear Friend) (49.14UAH, $10.92USD)

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:09:49 +0200

..if we have already presented the albums "I am Your Cossack" and "Our Destiny is Two Wings" here before, the disk "My Dear Friend" has now appeared here for the first time. We believe that its appearance will be a great present for all fans of Raisa Kyrychenko's art � and there are enough of them both in Ukraine, and beyond its borders.

Swift J. Mandry Gullivera. /third edition/. (Gulliver's Travels) (67.14UAH, $14.92USD)

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:05:42 +0200

In the form of a fantastic story about Gulliver's travels to different fictional countries, Swift harshly ridicules the state system and public order of his contemporary England and appears as an irreconcilable enemy of lie, hypocrisy and tyranny. Unfortunately, the world and people in it almost never change, that is why "Gulliver's Travels" is always topically perceived and in every country, in particular and in our...

Okean Elzy. The Best Of. /digi-pack/. (53.64UAH, $11.92USD)

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:20:58 +0200

The collection includes songs from all the seven studio albums by the group � from the first one, "Where There Are No Us", to the last one, "Dolce Vita". Probably, it is already a tradition that the group compiles it�s the best collection from 21 tracks � at all events, it is not the first time. Actually, this is it � then the content speaks for itself.

Andersen H.Ch. Snihova Koroleva. /seventh edition/. (The Snow Queen) (116.64UAH, $25.92USD)

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:16:54 +0200

This fairy-tale with such a cold name already for almost 200 years has been warming millions of children's hearts in the whole world. "Snow Queen" is a sort of a carte-de-visite of "A-BA-BA-HA-LA-MA-HA" in the international book world. The book was illustrated by the famous Ukrainian master of book graphics Vladyslav Yerko..

Nino Katamadze, Insight. Mp3. (67.14UAH, $14.92USD)

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:12:11 +0200

... if we are not mistaken, for several month already Nino has been living in Ukraine, and work on her new album is taking place exactly here. But the latter is planned for the autumn 2010, well, and now � a collection of albums by Nino Katamadze & Insight in the mp3 format, plus the documentary by Olexander Koridze "Mermaid".

Andersen H.Ch. The Snow Queen. (148.14UAH, $32.92USD)

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:59:42 +0200

�his wintry tale has warmed the hearts of children around the world for almost 200 years. The tale describes the amazing adventures of Gerda, who goes off in search of her friend Kay after the Snow Queen takes him away. The illustrations to the book were created by Vladyslav Yerko, a well-known Ukrainian illustrator and recipient of many awards at prestigious art and book fairs.

Pearls of Classical Music. Volume 2. Ukrainian mp3 Collection. (67.14UAH, $14.92USD)

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:53:45 +0200

The first part is instrumental music: it is world classics collection, as well as a collection of extraordinarily familiar and popular waltzes performed by brass orchestras. The second part is two collections devoted to the vocal art: "Ukrainian Solo Singing" and world classics performed by children choral collectives.

Lama. Trymay. The New and The Best. (Hold It) (53.64UAH, $11.92USD)

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:24:20 +0200

..the basis of this release is made up by songs already well known due to the two first albums by the Lama project. Actually, there are exactly two new songs here � and it is symbolic enough that these are the first and the last songs on the disc. Thus, the circle gets complete � and the key to it is new experience, as it is able to convert a circle into a spiral..

Ukrajins�ky kosmos. Kosmichna entsyklopedia. (Ukrainian Space. Space Encyclopedia) (103.14UAH, $22.92USD)

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:19:18 +0200

For millenniums astronomers studied boundless spaces of the Universe observing the sky from the Earth. Astronomy achieved extraordinary successes due to cosmonautics. Among glorified creators of the space and rocket technology, there were also lots of Ukrainian specialists. Having read this book, you will find out the significant contribution of Ukrainians into domestication of the Space...

Ani Lorak. the best. (53.64UAH, $11.92USD)

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:14:04 +0200

Here there are no new songs, instead there are hits tested by time. Both the freshest ones and almost rarities � here you will find songs both from the recent albums, and from the very first ones. And that is why � the collection appeared very representative, because based on it one can form a rather complete picture of the whole creative path of Ani Lorak.

Nestayko V. Toreadory z Vasyukivky. New author's edition with new episodes. /fourteenth edition/. (Toreadors from Vasyukivka) (67.14UAH, $14.92USD)

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:10:27 +0200

It is difficult to discover in our literature anything as merry, talented and witty as this book by Vsevolod Nestayko, who is often named the Gogol of the modern Ukrainian literature for children. It is not for nothing that "Toreadors from Vasyukivka" has been translated into 20 languages and was included into the Special Honored List of Andersen as one of the most prominent works of the world literature for children.

Boombox. Vse vklyucheno. /digi-pack/. (All Inclusive) (49.14UAH, $10.92USD)

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:24:31 +0200

Well, here is finally the long-expected album by the new "Boombox" � new in the aspect of sounding. The trick is that this is material recorded in a rock manner. For this reason the work has the name "All Inclusive" � because everything is done here with the help of "live" instruments, and in particular � at participation of a real rhythm section.

Childhoods. /Enfances/. (DVD). (67.14UAH, $14.92USD)

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:16:53 +0200

...these are six almost real stories from "childhoods" of the best known producers of the past. Alfred Hitchcock, Ingmar Bergman, Fritz Lang, Orson�Welles, Jacques�Tati, Jean Renoir � it is they who created the modern cinematography. But before creating they experienced their childhood...

Medee miracle. (DVD). (67.14UAH, $14.92USD)

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:01:37 +0200

Irene is a singer at a small Parisian cabaret. After betrayal of her husband she stays with two children and desires to take revenge using Medee's principle...

Boombox. The Best Of. /digi-pack/. (49.14UAH, $10.92USD)

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:56:05 +0200

Usually "The Best Of" collections are released in a period of calm, when there is still not enough fresh material. But Boombox did it the other way: this compilation has appeared just before the release of a fresh album � and soon after the release of the collection "Blends, Mixes and other Music Parodies". Why so?

Grades teens choir "Radunytsya", Nataliya Manko. Synovi i doni. /lullabies/. (For the Son and Daughter) (53.64UAH, $11.92USD)

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:58:31 +0200

The fourth album by the "Radunytsya" choir is simultaneously the first album by its artistic leader and inspirer � Natalia Manko. However, probably, it is the other way round: her first album is at the same time the fourth album by the choir � for it is the voice of Natalia Manko that plays the key role in this recording. Plays � that is, sings � beautifully, and this is logical..

DomRa. Kupal�s�ka. (49.14UAH, $10.92USD)

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:54:03 +0200

Victor Solomin is virtually the only jazz domra-player in Ukraine, therefore the both of his ethno-jazz projects � "SolominBand" and "DomRa" � have here no immediate analogues just by definition. Besides, "DomRa" can boast two key instruments at once: those are the domra and the vocal, and it is they that provide the "ethnic component" of the sounding here.

Shakespeare W. Hamlet, prync dans'ky. (Hamlet, Prince of Denmark) (89.64UAH, $19.92USD)

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:50:46 +0200

This is the first Ukrainian translation of the meridian work by Shakespeare in the third millennium, the play that never abandoned the scene since the moment of its creation � up until today. Two significant figures of the modern Ukrainian cultural space � the writer Yuriy Andrukhovych and illustrator Vladyslav Yerko � have carried out our edition of "Hamlet"...

Grades teens choir "Radunytsya". Kachka yde. /children songs/. (Duck walks) (53.64UAH, $11.92USD)

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:45:07 +0200

..the new album represents children's songs. And, we should say, the album pleasantly impresses not only with the amount of material, but also with its diversity: there are counters, patters, fairy-tale songs and dances, spring songs, songs about the native land, about God, about young animals and birds. Second � there is a capela singing, and singing accompanied with a piano, and with folk instruments.

Kotra. Revolt. (67.95UAH, $15.10USD)

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:38:36 +0200

Every new work by Dmytro Fedorenko aka Kotra is something interesting, non-trivial. But this time his new album, probably, will most of all entertain fans of the minimalist discrete noise � if this sort of a definition makes any sense at all. However, it does not describe all compositions on the album � there are rhythmic structures, and structured noise...

Hasek J. Pryhody bravoho voyaka Shveyka. /second edition/. (Adventures of the Good Soldier Svejk) (85.14UAH, $18.92USD)

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:31:25 +0200

Oh, but he is really as good a warrior as a devil-may-care story-teller, this clever and naive Svejk... We hope that our edition of "Svejk" in the classic translation by Stepan Maslyak edited by Ivan Malkovych will capture readers' likings.. In the epilogue and the editor's address readers will find quite a lot of thrilling facts about Hasek's / Svejk's stay in Ukraine.

Katyn. (DVD). (76.14UAH, $16.92USD)

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:39:34 +0200

It is a story of Polish officers destroyed by NKVD in Katyn during World War II. This is a film about women who did not see their husbands, parents, sons back. About lie and treachery of the communist regime, which passed the order to forget about those who perished, about the irreconcilable struggle for memory and truth. And about what frightful price one sometimes has to pay for truth.

Abetka. /twelfth edition/. (ABC) (80.64UAH, $17.92USD)

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:32:37 +0200

"Abetka" ("ABC") is one of the most significant books by the publishing house, the history of "A-BA-BA-HA-LA-MA-HA" started exactly with it. This edition of the ABC was in an unsurpassed way illustrated by Kost Lavro � the chief artist of the publishing house; lots of readers sincerely consider this book the best Ukrainian "ABC" since the times of Georgy Narbut.

Ulyubleni virshi. (+ 7 songs). /tenth edition/. (Favorite poems) (98.64UAH, $21.92USD)

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:09:53 +0200

This is one of the most successful books by "A-BA-BA-HA-LA-MA-HA", the book that is constantly updated with new pictures and complemented with new poems � the most valuable examples of the classic and modern Ukrainian poetry, as well as skilful translations of popular poems from foreign classics.

Kaidan. (DVD). (67.14UAH, $14.92USD)

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:42:08 +0200

A cruel samurai kills a minor money-lender and throws his body into the river, for according to a legend the one who falls into this water will never rise to the surface again. 20 years after the killer's son meets the daughter of the money-lender who perished and falls in love with her...

"Dyke pole" group. Long Songs of the Pre-Steppe Ukraine. Project "My Ukraine. Bervy". /digi-pack/ (98.64UAH, $21.92USD)

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:02:55 +0200

...Music stylistics of this land is characterized by the taste of slow singing, lingering melosis and spacious text vocalizing. Singing by the Tereschenkos' family ensemble least of all reminds a studio recording schooled by rehearsals. There are quite a lot of improvisation fragments, performance spontaneity that does not avoid variant attempts. Everything as in domestic singing in twilight...

Kovalchuk M. Unknown War of 1919. Ukraine vs. the White Guard Armed Opposition. (148.14UAH, $32.92USD)

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:49:52 +0200

The book tells us about an unknown page in history of the Ukrainian national liberation struggle of 1917-1921 � the war of the Ukrainian People's Republic (UNR) with the White Guard Military Troops of the South of Russia led by General A.Denikin...

Prylypchans. Project "My Ukraine. Bervy". /digi-pack/ (116.64UAH, $25.92USD)

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:42:03 +0200

The space depth and syncretic specification of this music subconsciously give you an idea that the tradition of Ukrainian Hutsul, Pokutyan and Western Podolyan, enriched with the traditional stylistics of the Baltic States, the Alps, the Tatrs and Carpathian Beskids as well as the orientalisms, bore the astonishing aesthetics of highly developed violin folk professionalism.

Pit. /Zulo/. (DVD). (67.14UAH, $14.92USD)

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:21:27 +0200

Miguel, a man in his forties, once regains consciousness and discovers that he is in a dark well worked up with brick. He is absolutely alone, he cannot get out, and there are no explanations why he is there. And only in the course of time, when physical survival no longer matters for Miguel, it turns out that he knows his "kidnappers" very well...

Collection "Volodymyr Kushpet. Traditions". book + 2CDs. (261.81UAH, $58.18USD)

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:40:06 +0200

Queen, Paul Rodgers. Live in Ukraine. (DVD). (62.64UAH, $13.92USD)

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:38:23 +0200

..Kharkiv was selected as the place for holding the concert, the historical Freedom Square. It is so huge that airplanes landed there during the World War II! More than 350 000 Ukrainians came to the square to see and hear the legendary group. More than 10 million people watched the show broadcasted live...

Strelchenko-Band. My Day. (67.14UAH, $14.92USD)

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:23:24 +0200

..it seems that "My Day" is the first Ukrainian jazz album "spin" round the button accordion... Spin perfectly � Kostyantyn Strelchenko has proved to be a true master. This refers, sure, to the purely technical virtuosity as well � and it does impress. But one would like to separately emphasize another mastery, the internal one...

Tereschenko Yu., Ostashko T. Ukrainian Patriot from the Habsburgs Dynasty. (134.64UAH, $29.92USD)

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:19:36 +0200

The book describes the life and activity of Wilhelm Habsburgs-Lothringen, a representative of one of the most glorious monarchy dynasties in Europe. W.Habsburgs, whom Ukrainian military men named Vasyl Vyshyvany, closely linked his destiny with the Ukrainian liberation movement, for which he paid with his own life...

Alexey Krupsky, Janko Lauenberger, Bernd Huber, Anders Grop. Gypsy Django Jazz. (live). /digi-pack/ (134.64UAH, $29.92USD)

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:56:30 +0200

..a disc with the concert recording is released � and even those can get involved into this holiday who now hear about "Gipsy Django Jazz" for the first time. And it is worth involving � well, at least because this is just beautiful, and light, and joyful... It is just a surprising combination of some philosophical, alienated calmness and inflammatory, bright, iridescent energy..

The Diving Bell and Butterfly. /Le Scaphandre et le papillon/. (DVD). (67.14UAH, $14.92USD)

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:50:21 +0200

Jean-Dominique Bauby, the editor-in-chief of a fashion magazine, suffers an unexpected stroke. As a result, he appears in the state of the one "locked inside", deprived of the possibility to talk or move... His current connection with those around is his left eye, which, as though a butterfly with its wings, informs the outside world that the sun-splashing spirit lives in the emaciated body...

Erko. Nostal�hija. (Nostalgia) (49.14UAH, $10.92USD)

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:42:20 +0200

This is some truly surprising combination of simplicity, sincerity and lyricism � plus, sure, the characteristic timbre of the performer's voice. All of that together creates a very warm, soft, transparent atmosphere, and it is the name of the new album � "Nostalgia" � that characterizes it, probably, best of all.

Sokyrko O. Second Sort Knights. Mercenary Army of the Left-Bank Hetmanschina (1669-1726) (134.64UAH, $29.92USD)

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:37:11 +0200

The book is the first research in historical sources and evolution of a hardly known component of Ukrainian military powers of "Cossack times" � the mercenary (ohotnytsky) army. Having used an extensive range of historical sources and literature, the author examines becoming and development of the Ukrainian mercenary tradition in the wide context of European history..

Myron Yusypovych. Overtures, Introductions, Intermezzos. (live). (116.64UAH, $25.92USD)

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:32:08 +0200

Formally � this disc combines recordings made during concert performances of K&K Opernchor and K&K Philarmoniker. But in fact � it combines truly beautiful pieces in truly delicate, light performance..

Thieves. /Ladrones/. (DVD). (67.14UAH, $14.92USD)

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:26:15 +0200

Alex leaves an orphanage and tries to conduct a normal life � he settles down in his old apartment, finds work and simultaneously looks for his mother.On a beautiful day at a shop Alex meets a girl at her hopeless attempt to steal a disc. Alex helps the girl to resolve the situation and sets to teach her stealing correctly..

ShockolaD, Off-Quar-Tet. Jazz:Kolo:Bez. live. (2CD). /digi-pack/ (116.64UAH, $25.92USD)

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:21:23 +0200

..two concerts took place on that evening in actual fact � and those performances were so different that almost no temptation even arises to compare them with each other. But another thing is always the main one: whether the musicians succeed in revealing themselves in music � and, thus, revealing the audience with the music. And here, presumably, there will be no objections: all of that � happened!

Suicides Club. /El club de los suicidas/. (DVD). (67.14UAH, $14.92USD)

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:08:11 +0200

..Never daring to play off old scores with life themselves, they meet in a neutral territory to kill each other � and in this way to resolve the issue. But instead of accomplishing what was planned, the guys decide to earn some money in a very original way: suicide assistance, as it appears, can be transformed into a profitable busine...

Viy. Yshov ja nebom. /digi-pack/. (I Was Walking in the Sky) (58.14UAH, $12.92USD)

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:18:06 +0200

...these musicians have always preferred travels deep inside. This time as well � if one wishes, he/she can discern in the fresh songs by the group political pamphlets and just a poignant evaluation of our historical nowadays. And if one does not � it is quite possible to let it go, because their symbolism is obviously deeper than the waves of our routine..

Oksana Zabuzhko. reading own poems. /digi-pack/ (67.14UAH, $14.92USD)

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:13:16 +0200

It, sure, happens differently to everyone. Oksana Zabuzhko's poetry is what I, for example, have not read till now, but now � I will definitely go on reading it. Why? Because this recording simply and clearly creates a good impression � and causes the desire to meet again, to find out more. Because having listened to the disc, you get, so to say, a complex pleasure...

Mozolevsky B.M. Skifs�kyy step. (Scythian Steppe) (224.64UAH, $49.92USD)

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:00:54 +0200

The book by the famous archaeologist and poet B.Mozolevsky tells us about the Scythian period of the Ukrainian history, about researches in the greatest archaeology sights of those times � the burial mounds Chortomlyk, Soloha, Kul-Oba, Tovsta Mogyla and other. Its author demonstrates by exposing to the reader the distant and to a great extent enigmatic world of Scythia the indissoluble link of the past and present...

Gorgisheli. Rombambar. (49.14UAH, $10.92USD)

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:52:59 +0200

So, the third album. The one who tracks it from the beginning � probably, will notice that the group does not change masks but sticks in its motion with a certain direction. And that is why one can see very well that the sounding becomes more confident and, at the same time, transparent � in other words, quality noticeably increases..

Off-Quar-Tet, ShockolaD. Jazz:Kolo:Bez. Live. (DVD). (89.64UAH, $19.92USD)

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:49:13 +0200

One can already see from the very name: this concert became a joint project of Lviv festival "Jazz Bez" and the Kyiv series of mini-festivals "Jazz-Kolo". However, two concerts took place on that evening in actual fact � and those performances were so different that almost no temptation even arises to compare them with each other.

Savka M. Kvity tsmynu. (Caraway Flowers) (62.64UAH, $13.92USD)

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:41:41 +0200

...Every poet, consciously or unconsciously, searches for the sense of being. I try... I learn to love and to be grateful. And to be happy with the simplest things. I am infinitely thankful to my destiny for those people who are alongside me. And I think that everybody, even for an instant, can become an angel guardian for someone. Because this might be needed..

Pikkardijska Tertsia. Etudes. Live. (DVD). (71.64UAH, $15.92USD)

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:23:45 +0200

One even find it difficult to believe that we had to wait for it so long � but Pikkardijska Tertsia has finally released its first concert DVD...

DrymbaDaDzyga. OHOooo!!! /digi-pack/. (49.14UAH, $10.92USD)

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:18:21 +0200

...this is the first studio album by DDD � if you remember, the debut in the discography of the group was represented by a concert recording. And in connection with the debut it was interesting then � whether DDD will manage to preserve in the studio variant the reckless drive that distinguishes their live sounding? Well, the answer appears definite: yes!

Masenko Larysa. (U)movna (U)kraina. (58.14UAH, $12.92USD)

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:15:02 +0200

In the book by Larysa Masenko � one of most influential socio-linguists of Ukraine � the reader will find answers to a lot of interesting and poignant questions. Can multiple languages exist and develop in Ukraine and can there be two official languages? What is happening today to the Ukrainian language and what is the experience of other European countries in resolution of linguistic problems?..

Orest Cymbala. Son pro Kokhannya. /digi-pack/. (Dream about Love) (67.14UAH, $14.92USD)

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:02:00 +0200

"Dream about Love" consists of variety songs by the composers Bogdan Vesolovsky and Stepan Guminilovych, who were the creators of the Ukrainian variety art in the 1930-1940s. They created "songs of the easy genre" in the context of their contemporary European variety music, in which the fashionable rhythms of waltz, foxtrot, rumba and, in particular, tango prevailed.

Skryabin. Dance. (49.14UAH, $10.92USD)

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:55:30 +0200

The new disc by the group "Skryabin" is, actually, not that much an album as simply a light present for the summer. Though, there is one new song ("Dzhalambay"), but the key idea of the collection is � take note of the title � dancing. Thus, you will see here familiar songs � but their sounding will differ from the usual one: these are exclusive remixes by Ukrainian deejays.

KYIV by Kulzhenko. Photo album. (193.14UAH, $42.92USD)

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:51:14 +0200

The publication devoted to the family of the known Kyiv printers offers to the reader the opportunity to discover Kyiv at the end of the 19th � beginning of the 20th century, to find out about the history of becoming and development of the printing-house of Kulzhenko, which, by extensively applying the phototype technique was the first to make views of the city available for a wide public.

Kovalevs'ka O. Ivan Mazepa in Questions and Answers. (58.14UAH, $12.92USD)

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:43:14 +0200

In this book, the reader will find short but exhaustive answers to questions related to the figure of the hetman of Ukraine in 1687-1709 Ivan Mazepa, will find out interesting historic facts, sights of history and culture related to him, works of literature, painting and music in which his image was reproduced.

Everything is As Planned. /Frei nach Plan/. (DVD). (67.14UAH, $14.92USD)

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:38:49 +0200

Anna arrives to her native town for her mother's birthday and immediately turns the quiet life of the family topsy turvy. She frustrates celebration of the anniversary, brings her elder sister to a nervous derangement, and then meets the boyfriend of her younger sister and falls in love with him...

Kroky. Enyky-benyky. (49.14UAH, $10.92USD)

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:53:06 +0200

Already from the very name one can see: this disc is released for children. Moreover, it was also released with their help � although the key authors and musicians were, still, adults. And, you know, this children project could possibly never happen. But the girls from the "Kroky" group are now mothers, and the child inspires any mother for creating something... true.

Alice in Wonderland. (DVD). (80.64UAH, $17.92USD)

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:46:53 +0200

Peep into the hole of the White Rabbit and feel together with Alice the stunning flight in the film by the producer Tim Burton. "Alice in Wonderland" is a new interpretation of the worldwide and favorite story of all times!

Monolatiy I. Ukrainian Legionaries. Formation and the battle method of Ukrainian Sich shooters, 1914-1918. (89.64UAH, $19.92USD)

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:17:07 +0200

The book is focused on the first Ukrainian national military formation of the newest era � Ukrainian Sich Shooters. The "Ukrainian legion" of the Austrian-Hungarian army not only actively participated in battles but also became a powerful center of the national movement. For the first time in modern research literature, history of Ususes is represented against the background of rich illustrative material...

Women's Style. French Short Films. (DVD). (67.14UAH, $14.92USD)

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:02:58 +0200

Women's style is five French short films, five women's stories: comical, romantic, touching and sad... about search for ideal love, emotions, aspiration, stunning feelings.

Kazakevych H. Vidhomin karnyksiv. Military traditions of ancient Celts on lands of Ukraine. The 4th-1st centuries B.C. (The Faint Sound of Carnyxes) (89.64UAH, $19.92USD)

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:39:22 +0200

The book is focused on the hardly explored topic of the stay of ancient Celts on lands of the modern Ukraine. On the basis of written, archaeological and linguistic sources, specific features of their military art are described. Against the background of history of the Eastern Europe of the 4th-1st centuries B.C., the ways of Cents' penetration to the land of Ukraine, military and political event...

Chorea Kozacky, Huljajhorod. Terra Cosaccorum. Ukrainian traditional and noble music of the 15th-18th century. (71.64UAH, $15.92USD)

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:05:10 +0200

"Terra Cosaccorum" is the Latin name of the Ukrainian land, once known in Europe. In their expeditions, "Hulyaihorod" search for folk singing and dances. "Chorea Kozacky" reproduces antique aristocratic music. Due to their tandem, you can feel and evaluate traditional and noble music cultures."

Golden Age of Ukrainian Music. Ukrainian Romantic Songs. (premium release). /digi-pack/. (98.64UAH, $21.92USD)

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:57:04 +0200

Actually, these compilations will be able, first, to decorate your own collection � for their core is formed by materials from funds of the National Radio Company of Ukraine, and we have repeatedly mentioned the value and depth of this treasury. Second, discs of this mini-series can become a wonderful, truly representative present.

Lvivs'ki Menestreli. Music from the times of the Kingdom of Rus', Polish Kingdom and the Grand Lithuanian Principality in the XIV-XVII cent. (58.14UAH, $12.92USD)

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:44:46 +0200

...this music is characterized by its own, very special, fragile beauty � some indescribable, unbelievable internal harmony, a light flow of internal streams. Even if you till now have not encountered it � it seems to me that a few minutes will be enough in order to plunge just one's head deep into quite a different space. The space in which every sound, every pause is something...

Tereschenko Alla. Anatoliy Solovyanenko. Tvorchyj shlyakh. (Creative Path) (269.64UAH, $59.92USD)

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:30:23 +0200

Anatoliy Solovyanenko... Everyone in Ukraine knows this name, which is associated with a high performance culture, images from favorite operas, with romances and folk songs, with the wonderful voice that sounded in all continents, in countries of the West and the East, America and in Australia, on opera and concert scenes, in stadiums and square...

My zdolajemo chas /posvjata Herojam/. (We Will Defeat the Time /dedication to Heroes/) (49.14UAH, $10.92USD)

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:52:29 +0200

"We Will Defeat the Time" is a dedication to memory of fighters for freedom of Ukraine and the 50^th anniversary of death of Stepan Bandera. A sort of a call � not to forget about those who fought, militated, perished when young. Not to forget that history tends to repetitions � and what the next repetition will be like depends on us only.

Odyn v poli vojin. (DVD). (Even One in the Field is a Warrior) (67.14UAH, $14.92USD)

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:33:57 +0200

1944, the end of the Second World War. A sergeant of the Soviet Army, Roman, who was expelled to Siberia before the war by bolshevists, comes back for three days for a furlough to his native Carpathian settlement to search for his beloved girl Annychka. The path of the hero intersects with a detachment of NKVD, with Ukrainian insurgents, and a group of armed marauder...

Karbido, Yuri Andrukhovych. Cinnamon (with "India" supplement). (CD + miniCD). /digi-pack/ (112.14UAH, $24.92USD)

Thu, 27 May 2010 20:45:59 +0200

Possibly, Andrukhovych did not exaggerate too much when he said that he did not expect any significant external resonance from his work with Karbido � he just had a lot of fun in the process. But sells-out during the whole "cinnamon" tour � are already a fact, and a pleasant one. Because it proves once again that the "underground" in the today's culture is not dust-covered nooks of outsider...

Georgiy Matviyiv. Exit. (62.64UAH, $13.92USD)

Thu, 27 May 2010 20:20:31 +0200

The musical art of Georgiy Matviyiv is a great example of continuation of the kobzar traditions. Informal and innovational in the same time, his attitude to the instrument realized in authors plays for the bandura and in authors performance of these plays, describing ancient kobzars traditions of the attitude to bandura, as to a "loyal wife"...

J. M. Barrie. Peter Pan. (67.14UAH, $14.92USD)

Thu, 27 May 2010 20:10:46 +0200

Wonderful worlds exist alongside us. There are a lot of them, but only the one who is able to fly can find him/herself there. As, say, Peter Pan � the boy who will never get adult. If you meet Peter, he will, probably, want to show his Neverland to you. There you will find so many interesting things that one could not describe them at one go...

Cherkasy Jazz Quintet. We like funky-jazz, and You?.. (49.14UAH, $10.92USD)

Thu, 27 May 2010 20:05:09 +0200

...raising a glass and proposing a toast to health of our Cherkasy musicians, to these surprising, talented and enthusiastic people. To the musicians, who, under the guidance of the tireless Sergey Krasheninnikov, for 15 years already have been playing and making the audience happy with their compositions unique in all respects (for this is improvisation!).

Zirka Menzatyuk. Kazochky-kutsokhvostyky. (Short-Tailed Fairy-Tales) (71.64UAH, $15.92USD)

Thu, 27 May 2010 19:57:18 +0200

These fairy-tales are short-tailed because they are brief... But curious children will discover here quite a lot of interesting stuff: they will find out how many colors a rainbow has, which of fingers is the most important one, how to find a note that got lost, and how days of the week got their name...

Cherkasy Jazz Quintet. Jazz album with a prologue and epilogue. /digi-pack/ (49.14UAH, $10.92USD)

Thu, 27 May 2010 19:51:47 +0200

Jazz music, by definition being in a permanent creative quest, at the same time possesses surprising tolerance and is not afraid to look back... The music represented on this disc suggests that we rewind the tape of history for about 50 (and more) years back and plunge in the times when (wonder!) music instruments were still the key transmitters and sources of music.

Pravdyvi istoriji Charivnoho Lisu. Vol. 1. (mp3). (Truthful Stories of the Magic Forest) (71.64UAH, $15.92USD)

Thu, 27 May 2010 19:37:04 +0200

Although characters of these fairy-tales are beast, the stories that happen to them are very human. And humane. Besides, they are not so simple that it were only interesting for the youngest children to listen to them. No � each fairy-tale has several plot turns, older children should also like them. Definitely � it is even interesting for adults to listen to these stories.

Ende M. Neskinchenna istorija. (Never-Ending Story) (76.14UAH, $16.92USD)

Thu, 27 May 2010 19:23:51 +0200

"Never-Ending Story" by Michael Ende turned into "golden classics" of literature for children, has been reprinted in many languages and successfully filmed. This is a book about the book that catches attention of an ordinary boy Bastian so much that he appears in a different reality, in the magic Fantasy country, to impact the course of events and to rescue the Child Queen...

The Best Ukrainian Ballads. P.3. (49.14UAH, $10.92USD)

Thu, 20 May 2010 18:10:29 +0200

See yourself what a wide styles palette is offered by the collection: pop-rock, reggae, art-rock, hip-hop, folk-rock, heavy blues, post-rock... Nevertheless, the disc looks integral � there is a certain inner line that truly unites, links such, seemingly, different approaches to creativity.

Georgiy Matviyiv. On the Edge. (67.14UAH, $14.92USD)

Thu, 20 May 2010 17:57:49 +0200

So original, a bit unusual, but beautiful patterns created by Georgiy's playing arise � I think that you will not notice as you'll have listened this disc several times in succession. In the end, it is worth remembering that authors' music sounds on the album � and it is able, at least, to extend traditional ideas about sounding and application of bandura.

Meri. Viyny v prjamomu efiri. (Wars On the Air) (49.14UAH, $10.92USD)

Thu, 20 May 2010 17:07:21 +0200

...in songs by "Meri" it is easy to see two main lines. The external � pop-rock entourage: rather light sounding, not too complicated melodies and, overall, the general impression of simplicity. And the internal � if you listen to the texts � these are songs by the people who do not lack irony both in their attitude to the world around and in their attitude to themselves.

Nifontov Valeriy. Jazz. The music of jazz fantasies in the manner of swing for piano. (40.14UAH, $8.92USD)

Thu, 20 May 2010 17:02:56 +0200

Playing these songs you will pass the way were every note is your step towards achieving harmony. The stucture and works' level of complexity trains level of skills, improves techniques of jazz music performance. Music is for beginners, virtuosos and all jazz fans.

Victor Morozov, Batiar-Band Halychyna. Sertse batjara. (A Batiar's Heart) (71.64UAH, $15.92USD)

Fri, 14 May 2010 02:08:15 +0200

..the atmosphere of former times is reflected in an extraordinarily bright, well-aimed, sincere way. Nothing to add, you listen � and you just believe! Moreover: without regard to the romantic haze, you feel some authentic threatening beauty looming through these songs. In the end, batiars were far from angels, and they rhymed love with rove far not only in lyric...

Eurovision Song Contest Oslo 2010. (2CD). (85.14UAH, $18.92USD)

Fri, 14 May 2010 01:50:33 +0200

Maria Morozenko. Ivan Sirko, Velykyj Harakternyk. "Ukrainian Force" series. (Ivan Sirko, the Great Harakternyk) (54.54UAH, $12.12USD)

Fri, 14 May 2010 01:46:04 +0200

Life of Ivan Sirko is wrapped in legends and full of stunning adventures. He was born as an unusual child, with the special gift of harakternytstvo (superhuman abilities), which helped him to celebrate a lot of victories, and above all � over himself. This book is also a victory. The victory of the author Maria Morozenko in the manuscripts competition "Ukrainian Force"...

Cherkasy Jazz Quintet. Remembering the Beatles. (49.14UAH, $10.92USD)

Fri, 14 May 2010 01:38:06 +0200

Thus � thirteen LP albums by "The Beatles" (in the chronological order), one song from each. Something is closer to the original, something is farther: jazz is music that is free in its creative search and discoveries. Let us hope that this new CD by Cherkasy Jazz Quintet will turn to be a nice present both for fans of "The Beatles", and for fans of jazz...

Havrosh O. Pryhody trychi slavnoho rozbiynyka Pynti. "Ukrainian Force" series. (Adventures of the Trice Glorious Bandit Pyntya) (58.14UAH, $12.92USD)

Fri, 14 May 2010 01:18:56 +0200

..this is a story about a Ukrainian Robin Hood. A story written merrily, intelligently indeed � and just very interestingly. A story that can be read literally during one evening � and after the last words of which you immediately regret that the book has already ended. A story that, I think, our children really lacked � because then they would definitely play not that very Robin Hood but � Pyntya...

Nice Wings, Icarus!. Nice Wings, Icarus! (49.14UAH, $10.92USD)

Fri, 14 May 2010 01:02:18 +0200

..the group creates its compositions on the verge of post-rock, post-metal, but � this music is performed without a vocal. Moreover, the group has an extended instrumental composition due to the violin � and this is a very substantial bonus. Because as a result the compositions have not only additional volume � their sounding acquires features of a real epic and, at the same time, some transparent intimacy.

Cherkasy Jazz Quintet. Homage to Freddie Hubbard. (49.14UAH, $10.92USD)

Fri, 14 May 2010 00:49:13 +0200

The album is devoted to work by Freddie Hubbard � maybe, the most skillful and multi-style trumpeter in the history of jazz. For two decades, Hubbard, according to data of a questionnaire poll by "DownBeat" magazine competed for the title of the leading jazz trumpeter with Miles Davis..

Zirka Menzatyuk. Tajemnytsja kozats�koji shabli. "Ukrainian Force" series. (The Secret of the Cossack Saber) (54.54UAH, $12.12USD)

Fri, 14 May 2010 00:37:52 +0200

Everything started when the family of the Rusnaks acquired Mashka � a shabby but still quite a decent small car. And then... a ghost informed them that an age-old relict was in danger � and reckless races, a dangerous trip through castles of Ukraine full of mysticism and thrill in search of the Cossack saber started...

Tartak. Opir materialiv. (Resistance of Materials) (49.14UAH, $10.92USD)

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:44:57 +0200

He, sure, matures � but this for some reason does not prevent him from looking and seeing, noticing and being engaged, understanding and � speaking. Loudly, brightly, sometimes recklessly. It is not known whether "Tartak" is afraid of being not heard � but it definitely is not afraid of expressing the truth. Thus, with a noticeable shade of irony and even sarcasm � however, without cynicism..

Ol'ha Bohomolec'. For Lina Kostenko Con Amore. /Hyacinth Sun/. (2CD). (116.64UAH, $25.92USD)

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:41:31 +0200

..the whole album is devoted to writings by Lina Kostenko. And one does not even want to say how much beauty, love, pain, intelligence, passion, contemplation are there in her poems.. Yes, all of this is there. But the main thing is that they are � extremely honest. And it is honesty that is able to make these beauty, pain, love, understanding � significant, deep, perceptible and important for others. For us.

Voytovych Valery. Anthology of the Ukrainian Myth (in 3 volumes). Vol. 2: Totemic Myths. (328.14UAH, $72.92USD)

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:33:08 +0200

The anthology includes totemic myths represented in folk beliefs, fairy-tales, carols, schedrivkas, vesnyankas, Kupala and other calendar ceremonial songs collected from academic, literary, archive and field sources. The book follows the thematic principle.

The Princess and the Frog. (DVD). (80.64UAH, $17.92USD)

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:24:00 +0200

From the creators of "The Little Mermaid" and "Aladdin" comes a modern twist on a classic tale, featuring a beautiful girl named Tiana (ANIKA NONI ROSE), a frog prince who desperately wants to be human again, and a fateful kiss that leads them both on a hilarious adventure through the mystical bayous of Louisiana.

Song Wreath. Ukrainian Folk Songs with Music Notes. 3rd release, amplified. Compiler: Myhalko A.Y. (179.64UAH, $39.92USD)

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:17:30 +0200

"Song Wreath" � because the songs in this book are interlinked as if flowers in a wreath, with the natural diversity of the spring, summer and autumn of human life. "Song Wreath" includes the key, best, most melodious notation records and song lyrics, which in modern popular collections often appear in different interpretations.

SEX u nashomu seli. Complete MP3 Collection. (SEX In Our Village) (62.64UAH, $13.92USD)

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:09:52 +0200

If you have already seen collections of this series in our store � probably, you remember them. If not � let us explain: the closest definition for these recordings, probably, would be "scabrous kolomiykas". The definition is not quite exact � besides, modern lyrics mainly sound there. But in respect of directness � really, you'd better not play such songs for kids.

NeDilya. Fortissimo. (49.14UAH, $10.92USD)

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 01:09:12 +0200

..the impression is that Dilya has finally discovered and realized what he aspires to in actual fact. The impression is that "Fortissimo" is currently not only the best of his albums, but also one of the best pop-rock albums of the recent time in general. It resembles a picture drawn with wide strokes, skillfully and freely, with passion � but also a lot of attention to nuances.

AbaNDa SHAKE. Shake. (49.14UAH, $10.92USD)

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 01:04:35 +0200

Their songs already long ago started being interesting for Europeans, they feel well in the USA, resonate in the Internet community � one could only be jealous. Look: on MySpace portal, this project took the 2nd rate in the world song competition conducted there, and Natalie Dali also won in a competition for the title of Miss MySpace USA in December 2009.

Herman Safonov. Tatyana Orlova. Violin / Organ. (49.14UAH, $10.92USD)

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 01:01:23 +0200

History of the violin and the organ � a brilliant page of the European baroque. The new parade and decorative style, which deservingly competed with luxurious royal castles and fashionable opera plays, was aroused in genius improvisations by Corelli, Leclair, Daquin, Charpentier, Handel, Pachelbel. Interest to baroque music preserved in the subsequent epochs..