Russian Music and
Dance -
Nearby Regions and Former USSR States |
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As Russia and the other
former USSR states rushed to modernize themselves, regional traditional music
is becoming an endangered species. Richka maintains a tiny sample of a vast musical richness. E-mail
comments and corrections are always welcome.
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Jim Duncan, Ostenta Fine Arts
(photo
- me in Russia)
Music all plays as AAC.
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The 11 tunes below are from a CD
entitled "Caravay"
(19 tunes on the CD). I'm told by a Russian music fan that you can
sometimes find this CD at Amazon, EBay, and other places by
searching "caravay petersburg ensemble". He successfully
bought the CD this way.
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Klänge Der Taiga
"Sounds of the
Taiga" -
Balalaika
Ensemble "Wolga"
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Instrumentals
Russian Dance from Swan Lake
- Tamara Volskaya, domra soloist in live performance. The orchestral
version is further down the page under "Other Forms".
Vladimirskii Rojok -
St. Petersburg ensemble
The little reed flute instrument is a "zhelyeka"
Stop
It, Fellows
- Russian balalaika ensemble
Prjaitsa
Solo
Gousli
Beryozka
Buffoonery
Kalinka
Troika
Down The
Volga
Kamarinskaya
Caprice
The Moon
Is Shining
Cossack
Patrol - Russian Balalaika Orch./A.
Bochesky
I Sit on a
Stone - B. Feoktistov,
balalaika//Melodiya WGS-8263
Fair at
Sarochensk -
Mussorgsky
Kazakh Music
-
Kazakhstan 2:20
Bublitschki -
Russian Balalaika Orch./A. Bochesky
Lezginka
Kamarinskaya
- Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra
Midnight in
Moscow
- Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra
Un Petit Fruit
Rouge Sur Un Glacon
Pray That The
Rye Grows
Mon Mari M’a
Obligée A Chauffer Le Bain
Vocals
Our Katja
Oi S Wetschora-S Polunotschi
Kasimowskiye
Tschastuschki
Bielolitza Kruglolitza
Song of the Volga Boatman
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Red Star Army Chorus
Home page wouldn't be complete without this one.
Painting of the toiling
burlaki
Oh,
Frost, Frost
- "Moroz, Moroz"
Oh,
You Gypsies
Katjuscha
- likely Scandanavian accents in these performers
Beautiful
Maiden
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Karelian (NW Russia) folk tune sung in hard voice style
Sasedka -
Soviet Army Chorus/B. Alexandrov
V Tyomnom Lyesye
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Kaval Orch. and Chorus
"In the Dark Forest"
Ah, Nastasia
-
Red Army Chorus
Pesenka Frontogovo
Shofera -
Russian//male vocal
"The Military Driver's Song" - thanks to Alain
Fournier
Oj
Xodlya
-
Ukraine//male vocal
The Magic
Flute- Byelorussian folk tune by female singer in an
operatic style
Ural Mountain Folk
Song
-
female ensemble/hard voice style
When Flowers Bloom In
May - Russian by male singer with chorus
Down The
River - Russia
Sochors -
Russia
Unknown
Vocalist
Chebotukha
- Karagod
Dunya The
Weaver
I’m Sitting On A Stove
-
Karagod
Strawberry -
Karagod
I’ll Saddle The Horse -
Karagod
Enjoy this great music by the Soviet Red Army
Chorus
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Russian Folk Music used in Other
Forms -
examples
Overture on
Russian Themes -
Rimsky-Korsakoff 3:55
This is my favorite theme from this 13 minute composition.
Hopak
- from Rimsky-Korsakoff's opera
May Night 2:00
Kolo -
dance around a
bonfire from Rimsky-Korsakoff's opera Mlada 1:29
Tale of the
Birds -
from Liadov's Eight Russian Folk Songs 1:33
Russian
Dance
- my favorite tune
from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake 4:25
Moscow
Nights
- blues singer Ketty
Lester 1966 2:20
Oh, Mne
Nevmogotu - from Kovanschina by Mussorgsky
Apotheosis
2:22
This is an orchestral fusion of 19th century Russian nationalism
with a French anthem from the late-1500s titled "Vive le Roi Henri"
(Henry IV of France) that was also later used in the French Restoration
with "Henri" changed to "Louis". This brief piece closes the
Tchaikovsky "Sleeping Beauty" ballet. It's a clear example of
prior-centuries Russians looking Westward for learning and the arts.
Soviet National
Anthem
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used 1944-1991; complete; with revised 1977 lyrics
You've all frequently heard this theme in earlier Olympic
telecasts as Soviet athletes swept up the gold medals, so for old time's sake here it is
complete with singing. This is the "clean" version from which references to
Stalin were removed in 1977. Its original
lyrics
embody a nationalistic style now very
out of step with the march of time. For one look at why Stalin was erased from the anthem,
go to the mines of
Kolyma
in Siberia.
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Some
tunes on Richka.com in the
Finland collection:
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Last but not least...
Kacharpari
- no, this isn't Russian nor Slavic at all but is a sample
of the music on my Andean music website
BOLEADORA.COM.
Check it out!
Romanian
National Anthem - most national anthems are
terrible - surely chosen by commitees. However, the Romanians have
managed to choose a nice anthem - one of the world's best - for
their country.
Orchestra only version.
Links
of Interest and Richka Supporters
+Worldwide National Anthems - cool site
+Music of the
Renaissance Period
+Music from the Andes
Boleadora.Com
+Best Internet Poetry 1987-2000
+Hong Kong Real Estate
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