Genre: Classical Music, New Age
Format: WAV
Commanders: Nikolai Kalinin, Kalinin
Russian folk music, solo performances on various Russian national musical instruments, and solo singing by folk singers.
Russians are known for their singing and dancing. On festive occasions or when friends and family gather, they often play the accordion, sing, and dance. The accordion is their most popular instrument, followed by the violin, guitar, piano, mandolin, and balalaika. The balalaika is a plucked string instrument, also known as a triangle instrument because of its triangular soundbox. It has a wooden body, a thin wooden lid covering the triangular soundbox, a long, slender neck with metal frets, and three metal strings tuned in fourths. Several different versions are available, including high, mid, and low registers. It produces a clear, bright sound and is often played in orchestras or in ensembles with the mandolin, guitar, and accordion.
01. Cranberries in Bloom (Female voice: Lyudmila Nikolayeva) [0:02:21.50]
02. Hawthorn Tree (Female voice: Liu Nikolayeva) [0:04:17.33]
03. Russian Rhapsody [0:05:18.18]
04. Dear Mother, Please Don’t Blame Me (Domra Ensemble with Gusri Accompaniment) [0:04:43.10]
05. Gypsy Rhapsody (Baya: V. Gridin) [0:05:34.35]
06. Nightingale (Domrah: S. Rugin) [0:06:16.43]
07. The Story of the Forest (Gusli: A. Dogadova, M. Volonec) [0:04:50.68]
08. I went to the river (Balalaikachen: A. Kikhonov) [0:03:26.48]
09. Harbor Night (Male voice: V. Kobdev) [0:05:22.61]
10. March of the Motherland (Male: V. Kobdev) [0:04:53.42]
11. Fantasy of “Evening Bells” [0:06:35.05]
12. Krakowiak Dance [0:05:09.63]
13. Shepherd’s Horn of Bryansk Region (Shepherd’s Horn Ensemble led by Sergei Batushin) [0:04:22.43]
14. Autumn Dream [0:05:15.53]
15. The tragic song “Natasha” [0:03:27.36]
16. Morning on the Moscow River [0:05:22.52]
