Balalaika Favourites Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra & Vitaly Gnutov

• Budashkin: Fantasy On Two Folk Songs
• 1Fantasy On Two Folk Songs07:07
• At Sunrise (arr. Gorodovskaya)
• 2At Sunrise04:26
• Kulikov: The Linden Tree
• 3The Linden Tree04:20
• Osipov: Kamarinskaya
• 4Kamarinskaya02:44
• Mikhailov-Shalayev: Fantasy On Volga Melodies
• 5Fantasy On Volga Melodies04:47
• Andreyev: In The Moonlight
• 6In The Moonlight03:06
• Soloviev-Sedoy: Midnight In Moscow
• 7Midnight In Moscow02:31
• Andreyev: Under The Apple Tree
• 8Under The Apple Tree02:13
• Tchaikovsky: Dance Of The Comedians
• 9Dance Of The Comedians04:32
• Shishakov: The Living Room
• 10The Living Room01:27
• Evening Bells (arr. Mossolov)
• 11Evening Bells04:18
• My Dear Old Friend, Please Visit Me (arr. Poponov)
• 12My Dear Old Friend, Please Visit Me02:26
• Andreyev: Waltz Of The Faun
• 13Waltz Of The Faun04:21
• Rimsky-Korsakov: The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee
• 14The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee01:16
• Total Runtime49:34

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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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