Balalaika Favourites ! (Two balalaika Orchestras in Russian Folk Tunes)

Description

“virtuosity & splendid musicianship is the keynote…other instruments too between them they provide some very attractive sounds….(including) tremendously exciting Flight of the bumblebee, Dance of the Comedians and the charming Waltz of the Faun… Recording very natural-sounding with wide dynamic range” (Gramophone)

Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra
Rudolf Belov (domra) Vitaly Gnutov (conductor)
• 1. Fantasy on Two Folksongs (Nikolay Budaschkin) 7:01
• 2. At Sunrise (Trad. arr. Gorodovskaya ) 4:22
• 3. The Linden Tree (Pavel Kulikov) 4:17
• 4. Kamarinskaya (Nikolay Osipov) 2:42
• 5. Fantasy on Volga Melodies (Mikhailov-Shalayev) 4:45
• 6. In the Moonlight (Vasily Andreyev) 3:04
• 7. Midnight in Moscow (Vasily Soloviev-Sedoy) 2:28
• 8. Under the Apple Tree (Vasily Andreyev) 2:10
• 9. Snow Maiden, Op. 12 (Tchaikovsky) – Dance of the Buffoons 4:29
• 10. The Living Room (Yuri N. Shishakov) 1:25
• 11. Evening Bells (Trad/Koslov/Alyabyev) 4:15
• 12. My Dear Old Friend, Please Visit me (Trad. arr Poponov) 2:24
• 13. Waltz of the Faun (Vasily Andreyev) 4:19
• 14. Tale of Tsar Saltan: Suite, Op. 57 (Rimsky-Korsakov) –
  Flight of the Bumblebee 1:11

Rec. June 1962, Moscow, for Mercury Living Presence
The Russian Balalaika Orchestra

• 15. Stepdastep /Steppe all around 4:03
• 16. Down Petershaya Street 3:11
• 17. Blue Duckling 3:20
• 18. Play My Whistle 3:12
• 19. Wind Is Blowing 3:58
• 20. Semyonovna 3:23
• 21. I Was Walking in the Forest 2:00
• 22. Kalinka 3:38

Traditional, arranged by Vyacheslav Grokhovsky, licensed from A-Tempo, Prague