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Russian & Ukrainian music
« on: September 25, 2007, 12:38:50 AM »
Singer/Band/Group and page number


Directory A-D
A-studio (А Студио), 5
Alina Safiullina (Алина Сафиуллина), 14
Alla Borisovna Pugachova (Алла Борисовна Пугачёва), 4 
Alexander Malinin, 2
Alexander Novikov (Александр Новиков), 11
Alsou, 15
Anatoly Korzh (Анатолий Корж), 13
Andrei Gubin (Андрей Губин), 10
Ani Lorak (Ані Лорак), 13, 14
Anna Snatkina (Анна  Снаткина), 15
Anton Makarsky (Антон Макарский), 12
Arsen Petrosov (Арсен Петросов), 11
Abraam Rucco & Kristina Orbakaite (Авраам Руссо и Кристина Орбакайте), 10
Ayari (Аыари--Kazakh), 11
Aza Bataeva (Аза Батаева), 4
Balalaika music, 2
Byanka (Бьянка), 8-9
Chaif (Чайф), 13
Diana Tazhetdinova (Диана Тажетдинова), 15
Dima Bilan (Дима Билан), 9
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Дмитрий Хворостовский), 3
Dmitri Malikov (Дмитрий Маликов), 8 & 14
Dolphin (Дельфин), 12



Directory E-I
Elena Terleeva (Елена Терлеева), 13
Eugeniya Vlasova (Євгенія Власова), 12
Fabrika (Фабрика), 1 & 16
Folk songs, 2
Guzel Urazova (Гузель Уразова), 15
Irina Bilyk (Ирина Билык), 5
Irina Bogushevskaya (Ирина Богушевская), 17
Irina Krug (Ирина Круг), 11
Irina Malikova (Инна Маликова), 8
Irina Saltikova (Ирина Салтыкова), 4
Nepara (Непара), 10



Directory J-O
Jasmin (Жасмин), 10
Julia Nachalova (Юлия Началова), 10
Julia Savicheva (Юля Савичева), 6 & 11
Katya Lel (Катя Лель), 10
Lola Akhmedova (Лола Ахмедова), 9
Kristina Orbakaite & Abraam Rucco (Авраам Руссо и Кристина Орбакайте), 10
Lana (Лана--Kazakh), 12
Larisa Dolina (Ларисы Долинa), 4
Leonid Utyosov (Леонид Осипович Утёсов), 3
Lera Masskva (Лера Массква), 10
Lisa Monde (Лиза Монд), 5
Maxim (Максим), 8
Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich (Моде́ст Петро́вич Му́соргский), 9
Muslim Magomayev (Муслим Магомаев), 5
Nadezhda Babkina (Надежда Бабкина), 4
Natali Oblaka (Natali Oblaka (Натали Облака), 4
Natalya Podolskaya (Наталья Подольская), 8
Nepara (Непара), 11
Nikolai Baskov (Николай Басков), 8
Nikolai Myaskovsk (Николай Яковлевич Мясковский), 13
Nikolai Noskov (Николай Носков), 4
Non-Stop, 3
Olga Orlova (Ольга Орлова), 10
Orthodox Church music, 1
Orthodox radio online, 2



Directory P-T
Planka (Планка), 11
Pyotr (Peter) Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Пётр Ильич Чайкoвский), 5
Philip Kirkorov (Филип Киркоров), 3
Propoganda (Пропаганда), 11
Raimond Pauls (Раймонд Паулс), 11
Ranetka (Ранетка), 9
Reflex, 2
Rock Groups, various, 3
Ruslan Sharipov (Руслан Шапиров), 9
Ruslana (Руслана), 14
Russian Romance (as a style), 5
Serebro (Серебро), 8
Sergei Nagovicin (Сергей Наговицын), 4
Sergey Penkin (Сергей Пенкин), 3
Sergey Zhukov (Сергей Жуков), 10
Setora (Сетора), 8
Siddharta, 1
Simply Red (songs about Russia), 1
Slot (Слот), 3 & 9
Sogdiana (Согдиана), 8
Spleen (Сплин), 13
Stas Pekha (Стас Пьеха), 14
Swing/Lindy Hop, 5
Tat'yana Ivanovna Bulanova (Татьяна Ивановна Буланова), 12
Tina Karol, 14
Tuana Altunbashian (Тюана Алтунбашиан), 11



Directory U-Z
UMA2RMAH (Уматурман), 13
Valeriya (Валерия), 12, 14
Valeriy Leontev (Валерий Леонтьев), 11
Valeriy Meladze (Валерий Шотаевич Меладзе), 5 
Varvara (Варвара), 12
Victoria/Viktoriya Daineko (Виктория Дайнеко), 8
Vitas (Витас), 6, 7
Vladimir Horowitz (Владимир Самойлович Горовиц), 3
Vera Brezhneva (Вера Брежнева), 13
Vladimir Spivakov (Владимир Спиваков), 12
Wedding songs, 2
Wedding videos, 3
Yeliana, 16
Yulia Nachalova (Юлия Началова), 10
Yulia Savicheva (Юля Савичева), 6 & 11
Yuri Antonov (Юрий Антонов), 2 & 3
Yuri Bashment & the Moscow Solists, 11-12
Zara (зара), 8
Zhanna Friske (Жанна Фриске), 8




Themes
- Chechen Music / Music of Chechnya
- Russian National Anthem
- Marina Tsvetaeva (Мари́на Ива́новна Цвета́ева), Russian poet, 10
- Reggae in Russia, 9
- Songs from the Great Patriotic War, 11
- USA Jazz/Saxaphone in Tatarstan, 14
- Uzbek music, 8


Notes
- Artists with tranliterated first names are generally listed under the English transliteration. For example, Yulia is listed as Julia to conform to the English companion of the Russian alphabet and pronunciation...but for clarity some are listed under both letters.

- Classical composers and performers have been listed by last name first, then the first names as generally they are known by their family names.

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Re: Russian & Ukrainian music
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2007, 02:51:57 AM »
Editors/Moderators note:  We have moved the Jasmin feature to page 10 in order to develop an artist directory on the opening page.



Would it be of interest to our members to post our favourite Russian/Ukrainian/Baltic music artists and performers and provide links to enjoy these performances?

This post will share a little of the music of Жасмин ("Jasmine") a delightful pop artist.  She is very "easy on the eyes" and her voice is lovely also.

Hi Mendeleev,

I thought by having a brief look at Jasmin's hair colour, nose form and butt size such an expert as you would immediately guess that she is as far from being Russian as possible!

Actually Jasmin's real name is Sara Semendueva, and she is from a very specific and closed ethnic group called таты (горские евреи).

You can read about the history of this nation here:

http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B8

Men from this ethnic group always tend to marry girls from the same ethnic group as well; so now as some clans have moved to Moscow, to Izrael and even to USA, men tend to return to a few "non-spoiled" villages on the North Caucasus to get brides from there.

Marriages pre-arranged by parents are a rule there. Parents - before giving their consent to the groom - are studying the story of his family as deep as they can, but min. 3 generations back. The groom is allowed to ask for girl's hand 3 times; if he gets 3 refusals, then he has to look for another bride.

Girls are not allowed to have Uni degrees; and they can go to only 2 types of ПТУ located in the villages where таты live: pedagogical and medical (as the knowledge in those two areas would help them to raise their children...). They live with their parents until marriage; and of course virginity is a must to get married.

Last year all the "yellow press" was full of the stories of Jasmine's divorce; pity very few people know the REAL story of her engagement and marriage, which is worth a book itself...
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Re: Russian & Ukrainian music
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2007, 09:18:11 AM »
Olga, thanks for the info.  I'm far from an expert but do enjoy learning so thank you for the excellent info!

It does not matter to me whether she is ethnic Russian, the fact that she sings in Russian and is popular in the Russian market is enough for me to enjoy her music. 

Olga, who are some of your favourites? 


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Re: Russian & Ukrainian music
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2007, 10:05:02 AM »
Leaving Russia is not an emigration, rather an evacuation.

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Re: Russian & Ukrainian music
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2007, 01:12:41 AM »
Here is some Russian Orthodox music:





One instrument is allowed a part of the church life.  Always located outside the sanctuary inside, are the bells:


<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/B_K2SPWTDAw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/B_K2SPWTDAw</a>

The ringing of Bells has historical significance in Russian churches.  These bells are rung before certain services and at specific times, near the Holy Communion, in the liturgy.


<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/tA_irFKFk7A" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/tA_irFKFk7A</a>
Some of the most beautiful bells!  Outside of Moscow lies the former summer home to the Tsars.  Ascension Church at Kolomenskoye has a team of monks who specialize in playing the bells.





Combined womens/mens Orthodox choir sing hymn to the Theotokos (Virgin Mary).

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/8WZJWG7JUjQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/8WZJWG7JUjQ</a>



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Re: Russian & Ukrainian music
« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2007, 02:34:45 AM »
Some great information there mendeleyev and fantastic picture of the river scene.
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Re: Russian & Ukrainian music
« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2007, 03:50:35 PM »
Did you hear "black eyes"?  :chuckle:- черные глаза
I remember we went to the disco in Adler, everybody became crazy when they sang it.
when i saw how a man was dancing ... i was so sorry that I didnt have a camera with me :(

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Re: Russian & Ukrainian music
« Reply #7 on: September 28, 2007, 10:40:55 PM »
Julie, until you mentioned it, I'd not heard it.  However it was easy to find on YouTube and here it is:

Mild version (okay for children)
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/aevK-A_DUJw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/aevK-A_DUJw</a>
Black Eyes-черные глаза


Live version
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/3B67Ri1AqHk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/3B67Ri1AqHk</a>
Black Eyes-черные глаза


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Re: Russian & Ukrainian music
« Reply #8 on: September 29, 2007, 02:20:54 AM »
Just I like to dance, listening to this type of music :innocent:
I also like Bianka ...not how she behaves ... but her music :innocent:

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Re: Russian & Ukrainian music
« Reply #9 on: September 29, 2007, 05:42:37 PM »
I'm certain you've heard of the English band Simply Red.

From Wikipedia:
"Simply Red are an English pop band. Their style draws influences from pop, rock, jazz, lovers rock, and blue-eyed soul. Over time, the name "Simply Red" has come to refer less to a specific group of musicians, and is widely regarded as a name for Mick Hucknall's recordings."

Interestingly, Simply Red has a song about and based in Russia.  It is a love story from the Great Patriotic War (World War II).  It was not widely distributed in the USA and I'm not certainly if it was a hit in the UK either, but here is the link:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/JDI_FGYvLZY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/JDI_FGYvLZY</a>

"Your Eyes"  --set on the road from Kalinin to Moscow, February 1942.


Note: "Kalinin" was the name of Tver before 1990.

Additional note:  The video producers made an apparent translation mistake.  The Russian script clearly says February 1942 but the English translation at the bottom of the screen reads October 1942.

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Re: Russian & Ukrainian music
« Reply #10 on: October 02, 2007, 12:19:09 AM »
The Russian national anthem.


It is my hope to post a series of former broadcasts from previous years of my time in Russia.  It’s a larger task than realized since most of those reports were on radio and scripts were saved on personal computers long placed into storage, or primarily in the archives of the Westwood One Radio Networks in Los Angeles and Radio Mayak in Moscow.  Gaining access to any of those, especially as the years march forward is no simple task. 

This posting didn’t start out to be a re-visit of a past broadcast.  In the culture section of this site I’ve been doing an on-going post of links and background to popular Russian music.  A posting of the Russian national anthem had been planned for the culture/music section today.

However I realized that the national anthem would also fit nicely with the recent discovery of an audio story about New Years in Russia which I had filed from Moscow on December 30, 2004 for broadcast release on Dec 31, 2005 and/or Jan 1 (2005) on New Year’s day.

I decided to combine the two posts and to place them in both the music (culture) section and in the Adventure stories section.  Hopefully this will meet with approval of the Moderators.



(Broadcast Release:  30 December 2004)

Perhaps there is no better time to experience the mood and pulse of the Russian people’s devotion to family, their culture, and to their Motherland than over the New Year’s holiday celebration.  Just to hear the Russian national anthem on this solitary moment can be the experience of a lifetime:  Come to Moscow and spend New Year's Eve in Russia.  Gather with extended family and friends in a compact apartment crowded to the walls with those you love and cherish.  At about 8pm the salads begin to appear on the table, then soon followed by a never-ending stream of food as favourite Russian culinary delights make their way from the kitchen to the living room table over the next several hours. 

Sometime during the evening the music starts and lively dancing and toasts begin.  The finest champagne is held in reserve for after the midnight bells toll from the clock at the Kremlin.  Across Russia all eyes and hearts turn toward Moscow.  Just before midnight every television station switches to the Kremlin whose distinct red walls are dressed in a dramatic display of lights bathed in falling snow from Red Square.

President Putin appears on the screen and in his solemn style delivers the traditional greeting to the Russian people.  It is usually a short speech and all across Russia the music has stopped.  Dancing feet become still.  It seems as even the sounds of the streets and the hissing steam from the heat radiators also grow silent.

Traditionally the president offers words of best wishes to the people and afterward comes the announcement for which everyone has been waiting:  The President announces the length of the government holiday.  His pronouncement will affect everyone from government office workers to school children and their teachers to policemen and to many private business workers.  And at the end of his speech the Kremlin clock tolls midnight and the President ends his address with the familiar С Новым годом (sno-vim godom), Happy New Year!

Those sitting in the apartment, especially the elders and war veterans, stand at attention, glasses in hand, waiting for the playing of the Russian national anthem.  Immediately it begins and afterward the glasses are raised heavenward in toasts to health, wealth, and happiness for the coming new years.  Kisses, three times on alternating checks, are offered around the room.

Quickly New Year cakes appear on the table.  And fruit.  And more champagne.  Dancing begins again and now the sound of fireworks can be heard across the land.  The night sky is charged with colours so vivid, so bright, and so promising.  Children are bundled in heavy winter coats and carried outside to watch the dazzling displays as the cascading lights arch across the normally dark and brooding Russian skies.  The celebration of fireworks outside, and parties indoors, will continue until 3 or 4 in the morning. 

For many, sleep will come eventually but usually on a crowded sofa or even a blanket on the floor depending on the number of guests.  Others will wait out the night, often it is the men who sit in the kitchen or in a hallway and chain-smoke away the remaining hours until dawn begins to belatedly peer across the Russian horizon.

For those who managed to sleep even for a little while, morning comes quickly on January first and the winter snows have created a new white landscape across the Motherland.  Oh there is nowhere like Russia for breakfast!  In a land where there are no designated foods for specific mealtimes, any Russian breakfast can be an exciting adventure.  But on New Years morning it is very special:  Leftover New Years cake, champagne, sausage and cabbage from the night before, marinated beet/potatoe salad, and a spoonful of red or black caviar on thick black bread with butter.  Who needs an egg when you're having champagne and caviar for breakfast at 8am!

Most families have a tradition of walking to an important square or park in their city on New Years morning.  Naturally for Muscovites that traditional walk is on or around Red Square.  The tomb of the Unknown Soldier is passed reverently with memories of past conflicts from invading neighbors. 

Once on Red Square, typically teeming with folks dressed up like Eskimos and with the usual aloofness forgotten for just a day, greetings of С Новым годом, even to perfect strangers punctuate the brisk morning air.  Surrounded by churches many step inside briefly to pray before continuing the annual tradition.

Happy New Years!  С Новым годом, from Moscow, Russia.



Played in honour for the Russian women's national Volleyball team:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/Jc-r9U2jOLs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/Jc-r9U2jOLs</a>



Soviet Marshall Zhukov’s speech and national anthem, 1945 Victory parade on Red Square at end of World War II:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/YHVYpdBSojg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/YHVYpdBSojg</a>



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Re: Russian & Ukrainian music
« Reply #11 on: October 02, 2007, 08:51:23 AM »
Readers can find a song and/or artist by looking in the directory on page 1 at the beginning of the thread.

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Re: Russian & Ukrainian music
« Reply #12 on: October 04, 2007, 02:05:52 AM »
Fabrika (Фабрика)

Female groups are very popular on the modern music scene in the FSU.  Combining sexy videos and appealing music, these groups know how to hold an audience.  This post may be long because the girl group being featured has been around for awhile and their popularity keeps growing (as their skirt lengths keep shrinking).  Yep, we’re talking about the hit group of sexy ladies who took their name from the Russian word for "factory:"  Fabrika (Фабрика)

Fabrika took their name from the TV show on which they were first discovered Fabrika Zvezd, a show dedicated to giving the ordinary working person with talent the opportunity to be seen and discovered nationally.  Several popular Russian groups have emerged from this show.

"We make songs in our Factory," say the girls. Critics would agree the songs are factory-pressed, but they are a lot of fun and good for a night on the dance floor.”  Okay, let the countdown begin:


"Romantika" is an upbeat pop tune featuring the beautiful ladies of Fabrika.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/OcfeiIHeu1I" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/OcfeiIHeu1I</a>



Okay, more mini’s….er….ah, the girl group Fabrika.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/RvqP6K1whyM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/RvqP6K1whyM</a>



“Loelik” (Лелик  is a guy’s nickname) is my favourite Fabrika song (no, the mini-skirts have nothing to do with it…it’s strictly the beat and those stretched out arm motions the blond bombshell makes when stimulating, ah, er, simulating the airplane.)   It was one of their very early hits and the first public videos in early years featured them in much more conservative clothing.  Sex sells.  And they’ve figured it out…big time.


<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/xlO8MQDzbG4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/xlO8MQDzbG4</a>]



Back to that fast Euro dance beat with “Malina” (Малина):

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/63nvaM546E4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/63nvaM546E4</a>


Russian Reggae?  Nope, we’re not kidding.  Decked out again in mini-skirts (gee, Russian beauties in a mini, what a concept!) and punctuated with Mexican style yells of “Ariba,” here is Fabrika dreaming of a holiday to Acapulco!

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/XgJL3rXAMYI" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/XgJL3rXAMYI</a>


Фабрика - Он
"Он" is a pronoun meaning 'it' or as in this case, 'he.'

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/lK2xAiRoLpU" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/lK2xAiRoLpU</a>


Okay, so Acapulco isn’t exactly Jamaica.  Who cares, it’s all about the mini-skirts. 


My how time changes things!  Continue forward to this summer.  They’ve further refined that Euro dance beat….and somehow have managed for the skirts to get shorter (I didn’t think it possible.)  But it’s a nice sound and of course they dance to perfection. 5 Minut is "5 Mi-nuet" or 5 minutes.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/luBv2G2GA4Y" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/luBv2G2GA4Y</a>


Sorry guys, they may be lovely but each member of Fabrika has taken a vow of celibacy (at least for now).

According to their publicist, “Girls from the group "Fabrika" promised each other not to get married.  The group "Fabrika" is very popular now and marriage might do much harm to musical career. Young "fabrikants" do not want to leave stage too soon, so they are afraid of getting married.

"We won-t let anyone to marry, - says elder girl Ira Toneva, - it is too early now, we don-t want".  "Fabrikants" made celibacy and follow it pronouncedly.

It is to be regretted that the producer of singing beauties Igor Matvienko does not know about it. He complained of his wards recently in an interview for Dni.Ru: "It is very hard to work with girls, - said the producer. - They used to cry all the time at first, and then they tried to marry, have some problems with boyfriends. The girl starts crying just when you say something wrong. Of course it is very hard but it is interesting, too".

"They tried to leave, - said he. - One girl left - Masha Alalykina. Some of them doubted, but now they want to work".

And there you have it.  Fabrika.  No factory I've visited ever looked (or sounded) so good.

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Re: Russian & Ukrainian music
« Reply #13 on: October 04, 2007, 10:31:42 AM »
Siddharta is Ukrainian rock band with very nice Ukrainian rock sounds.  We hope that you will enjoy these samples of the music of Platina.


<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/BvvCqMPNiWQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/BvvCqMPNiWQ</a>


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Re: Russian & Ukrainian music
« Reply #14 on: October 04, 2007, 01:47:46 PM »
 Thanks for the music Jim, I really enjoyed it, especially Fabrika  :P Verrry Nice!

  Seriously, listening to their music is a good way to learn Russian, they enunciate everything and sing very clearly..my Russian is limited, but even I could get the gist of what they were singing about.  Looking at beauties like those makes learning fun!  ;)

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« Reply #15 on: October 04, 2007, 02:20:02 PM »
I really like Alexander Malinin  :)

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Re: Russian & Ukrainian music
« Reply #16 on: October 04, 2007, 02:36:36 PM »
Yuri Antonov is also one of my favorite singers

"Mirror"
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Do not tell me "goodbye"
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« Reply #17 on: October 05, 2007, 12:46:03 AM »
Olga, thanks for the links and sharing some of your favourites!  I had heard Yuri Antonov's voice before and enjoyed his style but didn't know his name or how to search his songs.  Now we can expand his "library" here in the future.

Olga, perhaps you might help us with something.  If you would be so kind, please tell us some interesting things about the famous Russian Balalaika.  Maybe you can tell us some of the history, styles and traditions behind this most beautiful instrument and share links of some Balalaika songs we can enjoy.

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« Reply #18 on: October 06, 2007, 11:47:11 AM »
Balalaika  :)


Historian-musicologists have not came to an agreement about a direct descent of balalaika. Some historians consider that a balalaika is a Russian musical instrument and other historians think that a Russian balalaika has it's background from Kirghiz - Kaisak  instruments that called komuz or from Kazakh dombra.  Most of historians hold the opinion that a balalaika has came into Russia during the time of Tatar - Mongolian empire. 

komuz


dombra


The first time when a word balalaika was mentioned is historical sources of 1688.



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« Reply #19 on: October 06, 2007, 11:53:47 AM »
Balalaika - Aleksei Arkhipovsky - Manege - Moscow 2006

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« Reply #20 on: October 06, 2007, 10:04:16 PM »
Olga, thank you for your assistance with this project.  For those like myself just learning to appreciate this wonderful instrument, we appreciate your contribution to the knowledge of the Balalaika.

Have you heard of the famous Russian Balalaika player Mikhail Rozhkov?


In folk music the Balalaika is often paired with a guitar and accordian:


Used in dance:


And the Balalaika can go modern also!  Here are superstar singers Alex Panaiotov & Alex Chumakov with their hit "Balalaika."


For many of us the first real memory we have of the hauntingly beautiful sounds of the Balalaika are from the song "Lara's Theme" (also known as "Somewhere My Love") from the movie Dr Zhivago:
(The images here are stunning!)



PS... for those interested in learning more about the man who is perhaps one of the greatest Balalaika players in recent times, here is some additional info about Mikhail Rozhov.  His musical ability has earned him a spot in the famous USA Smithsonian Museum.  Purchase his CD's here:
http://www.musicfayre.com/classical_music/item/RCD16202.html.en

This is a video on YouTube with a visit to the home of Rozhkov in Moscow.  Watch as he puts on his coat with it's many decorations and medals (a tradition among older Russian men) before he speaks to the camera and displays his many newspaper clippings and awards:



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Re: Russian & Ukrainian music
« Reply #21 on: October 06, 2007, 10:57:15 PM »
Russian Folk Songs: Kalinka

Have you ever been at a party where a “songfest” broke out?  Likely not in America or Britain, but in Russia or Ukraine it is very common.  Whether a simple singing of songs with guests after dinner or singing together as part of a wedding, family reunion, birthday party or New Year’s party, Russians love to sing their traditional songs when in the company of other Russians.

And perhaps no single song is more celebrated in Russia than Калинка (“Kalinka.”)  If you’ve not yet heard this song get ready…it combines the best of old world festive moods and tonight is presented in a variety of settings and styles.  But I'm betting that you already know it.  So now let's get to know it even better.  Kalinka is really not that old, written in 1860 by the composer and folklorist Ivan Petrovich Larionov, it has earned a spot at the top of Russian folk songs.

Since most of our members are here for reasons related to marriage, we’ll start with a very contemporary version.  Ladies and Gentlemen, KALINKA!

Калинка is often sung at wedding parties.  At this imaginary wedding party in Moscow, with the lights of the Kremlin softly accenting the background, famous Belgian singer Helmut Lotti performs a rousing version with the wedding party singing along in true Russian fashion.



No version of Kalinka would be complete without being sung by the Russian Red Army Choir…live in concert!



Young people find ways to merge the very old-world and traditional sound of this Russian classic into new styles.   These 3 beautiful young lady musicians have added some new modern styles to Kalinka by combining the sounds of the Balalaika and their violins:



Kalinka as played and sung in a Russian home with their family and friends.  Notice that the singers include everyone—young and old.



We westerners need to understand that Kalinka is not just about the music, it’s also about the dancing.  And that dancing comes in many styles.



Whether on land or out on the ice, Kalinka fits in anywhere:



Okay, I know some of you guys want to see the song being performed by young Russian ladies in mini-skirts.  I saved this one just for you:


Footnote:
For those who'd like to know more about the fabulous Belgian tenor Helmut Lotti, here is his website:  http://www.helmutlotti.be/
One of his CDs is entitled, "From Russia with Love."

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Re: Russian & Ukrainian music
« Reply #22 on: October 06, 2007, 11:12:20 PM »
Russian folk song "Korobushka"


Korobushka is a very traditional Russian folk song and we'll serve up several renditions for variety.





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« Reply #23 on: October 09, 2007, 02:53:06 AM »
Wedding songs and dances


My first experience with Russians dancing in public was at an Uzbek wedding.  In past years journalists were often carted off to various spots around what is now the former Soviet Union.  There we'd be expected to photo, write and record what our guides wanted us to photo, write and record.  So via bus, a group of us made the long and dusty ride to Tashkent for the experience.

When it came to dancing, I was astonished.  My first dancing lessons back in the USA had come at the hands of a Bulgarian staff at a popular American dance studio franchise that can be seen in strip-shopping centers in most large USA cities.  Boy was I in for a big surprise!  Men dancing with the men, ladies with the ladies (Tashkent is in Muslim territory you know, we just can't have a man dancing with a woman.)

Well while enjoying that experience, I've come to learn that not everyone who speaks Russian dances like the Uzbeks.    So with that in mind let's enjoy some variety of styles and nationalities within the greater Russian culture and group of nationalities.


A gypsy girl dances at a restaurant:  Get off the main avenues of Moscow, Petrograd and Kiev and this is a scene you'll see repeated time after time after time.  Russia and Ukaine don't have the same kind of liquor licenses and nightclub licenses as in the West so every restaurant can be a bar and have a dance floor if they wish.



Command performance with some of the most beautiful Russian lady dancers in their costumes:


Let's talk about wedding dances.
Don't be shocked if some of the dances at your wedding look like this:


Your wedding dances will have a serious side too.  Likely your bride will expect for the two of you to perform a special dance for your guests:


Or it maybe this is the two of you!


A common wedding tradition all across Europe, you can be certain this couple put in some time to practice!


Every wedding dance needs a belly dancer!  Very common in Russian and Ukrainian weddings. 


Russian Jewish wedding dance:



No matter the occasion, no dance party would be complete without Russian pop music and girls in mini-skirts dancing to the the hit song "Natasha."


Finally, whether it's a silly skit while with friends at the dacha....


.......swing dancing to popular American oldies.....


....or enacting the traditional styles of their history....


.....Russians love to dance!



PS....what does an Uzbek wedding look like? 

Glad you asked:


Belly dancers at an Uzbek wedding?  How many would you like?!


An American couple dance at a wedding in Tashkent.  Notice how people come up and hand them money?  I've seen this done in the handful of Uzbek weddings I've attended.  Likely these two are seen as guests of honour.  More money seems to go to the Belly dancers (duh!) and also to the bride and groom.   Uzbeks like to decorate a "money tree" also, a custom shared by many western cultures as well.  We all need money! 


Spontanteous singing will be a part of your wedding party.  Guests will perform songs or dances.  Your wife will likely dance for you!  And you and your bride will dance for your guests.

And don't be surprised if the entire wedding party breaks out in song once in a while for a traditional song.  As we featured traditional Russian songs on page 3:

"Калинка is often sung at wedding parties.  At this imaginary wedding party in Moscow, with the lights of the Kremlin softly accenting the background, famous Belgian singer Helmut Lotti performs a rousing version with the wedding party singing along in true Russian fashion." 

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« Reply #24 on: October 09, 2007, 10:08:42 AM »
I would like to recommend a few more Russian musicians.

Of course, Fabrika as good as it is doesn't beat out the original girl group Blestyashchie hands down. Their music is upbeat and danceable. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blestyashchie

Oh, and Alsou is my personal favorite honestly with good songs and voice. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsou

Add T.A.T.U. for some edgy more hardcore techno sounding/metallic pop. Very interesting results for sure.

and Smash is awesome too http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smash%21%21

finally Reflex is very cool. The trio is quite a fine dynamic for all of those involved.
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