4:00pm | Kupina folk ens. “Polno Vam (Cossack song)” from Ратная Слава России (Kupina 2005) —and thus begins our show of "music of the Soviet Republics" - not complete, but a lot of varietyBuy it! |
4:04pm | Aleksandr & Gennadi Zovolokin “Triki-Chigiriki” from Narodnaya Shutochnaya Pesnya (Humorous Folk Songs) (RDM 2000)Buy it! |
4:07pm | folk chorus of village Ust'-Tsil'm'i “Pro Pozhar” from Narodnaya Shutochnaya Pesnya (Humorous Folk Songs) (RDM 2000) —here accompanied by a single balalaikaBuy it! |
4:09pm | Karagod folk ens. “Chto t'i, Xhinka, Gub'i Zhmesh'” from Narodnaya Shutochnaya Pesnya (Humorous Folk Songs) (RDM 2000)Buy it! |
4:10pm | Kupina folk ens. “Kazachya ("the Cossack's song")” from Ратная Слава России (Kupina 2005)Buy it! |
4:17pm | Kupina folk ens. “Aleksandr Nevskiy” from Ратная Слава России (Kupina 2005) —this song is accompanied by a group of gusli, a sort of table harp similar to the Finnish kantele, or a large autoharp without buttonsBuy it! |
4:20pm | Pokrovsky Ensemble “Timonya” from Mother Russia (FIVEPRO records 2001) —this is a group of small panpipe-like instruments with a gusle the song has a humorous text, unfortunately not known to meBuy it! |
4:23pm | Различные Исполнители (ens. of Siberian Folk Song, Novosibirsk) “Камаринская (Небывальщина)” from Антология народной музыки. Душа народа (Melodiya 2005)Buy it! |
4:25pm | Различные Исполнители (T. Adolyeva, V. Ryzhkov, & A Kanishev [acc.], A. Podosinnikov [balalaika] “Лимановские страдания (Liman sufferings)” from Антология народной музыки. Душа народа (Melodiya 2005) —this ends the Russian setBuy it! |
4:33pm | Timofei Kanash, balalaika “Полька” from Антология Народной Музыки: Белорусская Музыка (Disc 2) (Melodiya 2010) —these 2 polkas are both from Belarus, east of Russia and west of PolandBuy it! |
4:34pm | Alexander Sviridovich, accordion “Полька” from Антология Народной Музыки: Белорусская Музыка (Disc 2) (Melodiya 2010)Buy it! |
4:38pm | Yegor Kharitonovich Movchan (vocal, kobza) “Thought of 3 Samara Brothers (duma acc. kobza)” from Ukrainian Music (Melodiya 2010) —the Kobza is a sort of vertical table harp, with both fretted and unfretted stringsBuy it! |
4:41pm | Il'gam Shahirov “Kerfekleren sinen nige kara?” from Tatarskaya Narodnaya Pesnya (RDM 2000) —This and the next show the typical pentatonic mode that Tatar tunes are in.Buy it! |
4:43pm | Rashid Vagapov, with F. Sad'ikov [bayan] “Apsu” from Tatarskaya Narodnaya Pesnya (RDM 2000)Buy it! |
4:49pm | F. Bilyalov “Merdane” from Tatarskaya Narodnaya Pesnya (RDM 2000) —this tune in 6/8 has some Caucassian influencesBuy it! |
4:53pm | (Anon. Folk Artists) “Et Erkar Tari” from Armyanskaya Muz'ikal'naya Derevnya (www records 2004) —This begins the Armenian set. This is not the middle-east "bely dance music" that is on a lot of Armenian records, but the music of Armenia in the CaucassusBuy it! |
4:56pm | (Anon. Folk Artists) “Oï, Naze” from Armyanskaya Muz'ikal'naya Derevnya (www records 2004)Buy it! |
5:01pm | Armenia State ensemble “Шолохо (Народный Танец)” from Антология Народной Музыки: Армянская Музыка (Melodiya 2010)Buy it! |
5:04pm | M. Grigorian, V. Shaginian, & Armenian State ens. “Мер Тагворин Инч Ку Питер (What did our bridegroom need a bouquet for?)” from Антология Народной Музыки: Армянская Музыка (Melodiya 2010)Buy it! |
5:06pm | Armenia State ensemble “Сардарапат (Народный Танец)” from Антология Народной Музыки: Армянская Музыка (Melodiya 2010)Buy it! |
5:10pm | Сирушо “чампед Кспасем” from Созвездие Хитов - Армянские песни (Megalainer 2009) —a sort of Armenian pop with traditional elements, as are the next 2 selectionsBuy it! |
5:15pm | Арман Гондрчян “Хентацеп эс” from Созвездие Хитов - Армянские песни (Megalainer 2009)Buy it! |
5:17pm | Арман Оганесян “Джеиран Бала” from Созвездие Хитов - Армянские песни (Megalainer 2009) —the melodic line here is very Turkish, but the language is Armenian (not at all a Turkic language)Buy it! |
5:24pm | L. Tataraïdze, voice and garmon “Шави мимино (Черный сокол)(black falcon)” from Антология народной музыки (Melodiya 2010) —This begins the Georgian set. This singer has a number of recordings out in her own right, and heads an ensemble for women's music. Her work has been featured on this show before.Buy it! |
5:26pm | I. Zakaïdze, N. Kurukhalia and their vocal ens. “Алило (Alilo)” from Антология народной музыки (Melodiya 2010) —this is a sort of carol sung traditionally by singers walking through the streets at Christmas time.Buy it! |
5:29pm | Instr. group of "Rustavi" State Folk Music ens. “Мтилури (мужской танец)(mtiuluri)” from Антология народной музыки (Melodiya 2010)Buy it! |
5:34pm | Государственный Ансамбль Народной Песни Абхазии, Художественный Руководитель В. Царгуш “Самахьхуаа Ращва (Песня О Самахуа) [Версия 1]” from Антология Народной Музыки: Абхазская Музыка (Melodiya 2010) —this begins a set of music from Abkhazia, now independent, and just east of Georgia, on the Black Sea coastBuy it! |
5:35pm | Ансамбль песни и танца "Афыртын", художественный руководитель Б. Багателиа “Аураашьа (Народный Перепляс)” from Антология Народной Музыки: Абхазская Музыка (Melodiya 2010)Buy it! |
5:37pm | Девичий Ансамбль "Гунда" “Азамат” from Антология Народной Музыки: Абхазская Музыка (Melodiya 2010)Buy it! |
5:41pm | F. Guseinov (clarinet) & Folk instruments orch. “Dostlug ragsi (friendship dance)” from Антология Народной Музыки: Azerbaijan Music (Melodiya 2009) —this begins a set of Azeri music. Azerbaijan has a culture much like its neighbors, Armenia and Georgia, but they are Moslem and speak a Turkic language.Buy it! |
5:45pm | S. Ismailova (voc.) & Folk instruments orch. "Araz" “Nazlana, nazlana (coquettishly)” from Антология Народной Музыки: Azerbaijan Music (Melodiya 2009)Buy it! |
5:48pm | M. Agaev (accordion), V. Aliev (nagara) “Gaitagy (Lezginka)” from Антология Народной Музыки: Azerbaijan Music (Melodiya 2009) —"Lezginka" is more of a literary term for a men's solo dance in fast 6/8 done all over the Caucassus.Buy it! |
5:55pm | Mekes Tureshev, voice & dombra “Aha'u, kumgan-ai” from Антология Народной Музыки: Kazakh Music (Melodiya 2011) N Buy it! |
12:00am | Salamat Sadïkova “Agu-Güy” from The Voice of Kyrgyzstan (Frequency Glide Enterprises www.kyrgyzmusic.com 2001) —Salamat Sadikova is aften called "the voice of Kyrgyz". Here she is with a large radio orchestra; her usual style is to just accompany herself on kobuz, a fressless string instrumentBuy it! |
Like everything else, times are approximate.
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