Balalaika Favourites Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra & Vitaly Gnutov

• Budashkin: Fantasy On Two Folk Songs
• 1 Fantasy On Two Folk Songs 07:07
• At Sunrise (arr. Gorodovskaya)
• 2 At Sunrise 04:26
• Kulikov: The Linden Tree
• 3 The Linden Tree 04:20
• Osipov: Kamarinskaya
• 4 Kamarinskaya 02:44
• Mikhailov-Shalayev: Fantasy On Volga Melodies
• 5 Fantasy On Volga Melodies 04:47
• Andreyev: In The Moonlight
• 6 In The Moonlight 03:06
• Soloviev-Sedoy: Midnight In Moscow
• 7 Midnight In Moscow 02:31
• Andreyev: Under The Apple Tree
• 8 Under The Apple Tree 02:13
• Tchaikovsky: Dance Of The Comedians
• 9 Dance Of The Comedians 04:32
• Shishakov: The Living Room
• 10 The Living Room 01:27
• Evening Bells (arr. Mossolov)
• 11 Evening Bells 04:18
• My Dear Old Friend, Please Visit Me (arr. Poponov)
• 12 My Dear Old Friend, Please Visit Me 02:26
• Andreyev: Waltz Of The Faun
• 13 Waltz Of The Faun 04:21
• Rimsky-Korsakov: The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee
• 14 The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee 01:16
• Total Runtime 49:34

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Balalaika Favorites: Works by Andreyev, Budashkin, Gorodovskaya, Kulikov, Mikhailov-Shalayev, Mossolov, Osipov, Poponov, Rimsky-Korsakov, Shishakov, Soloviev-Sedoy, Tchaikovsky

The balalaika is not a difficult instrument to describe: it has a triangular body, three strings and a fretted neck. It is far more difficult to describe the inherent values of this national instrument, of which there is a whole family with sizes ranging from the piccolo and alto to the bass and double bass. Accordingly a wide variety of timbral colouring can be achieved, which – together with a broad repertoire – is exploited to the full by a traditional ensemble such as the Osipov Orchestra.

With their performances of arrangements of well-known, romantic Russian pieces, popular adaptations and waltzes, this professional orchestra gives us an insight into the spirited and highly entertaining world of a living musical culture. No different from a classical orchestra, the arrangements are rich in soloistic interludes. Alongside the domra, an instrument with three or four strings, we hear a xylophone, ancient wind instruments and the sonorous, rippling bajan (button accordion).

This recording goes back to the roots of Russian music and rightly occupies an important position in our Russian Edition.

Rudolf Belov, domra soloist
Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra
Vitaly Gnutov, conductor

Recorded 13 & 16 June 1962 at Bolshoi Hall, Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Moscow
Engineered by C.R. Fine, Robert Eberenz
Produced by Wilma Cozart

Digitally remastered

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