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Russian Songwriter $7.98 An album from Russia’s greatest rock musician is long overdue, and this collection is more than worthwhile. Like some American singer/songwriters, Grebenshikov has found himself coming closer and closer to roots music over the years, and these songs are very much the product of that. Whether putting his mark on the traditional song “My Little Loom” or writing an ode to his changing homeland with “Russian Nirvana,” he’s masterful. The songs themselves (with lyrics provided in four languages) are gems, the product of mature thought and frequently poetic, although the images, which seem obscure to Westernerners, probably resonate with Russians. But the beauty is best-illustrated by the settings, usually stripped-down, but with just the right touches to set off the voice and words, even if it takes some strange left turns, like the pseudo-’50s arrangement of “Gertruda.” Accordion is prevalent, of course, but the oboe that courses through “Nikita of Riazan” gives an aching tone to the song. He’s often compared to Dylan and Springsteen, which is unfair; the traditions are utterly different. Only the quality of the writing and performing is comparable — listen to the gentle “Dubrovsky” and you’ll be convinced. Grebenshikov is world class. ~ Chris Nickson, Rovi |
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Russian Waltzes and Romances $15.18 The booklet for this disc, in Russian and English, gives a history of Russian band music dating back to medieval times but has little to say about the music actually included on the disc. The name Leningrad Military District Headquarters Band might suggest a quasi-martial brass ensemble, but in fact the group is comparable to a Western concert band, with winds and even plucked stringed instruments to accompany the “romanses,” which are vocal pieces. The composers are all unknown, and a few are anonymous, but given the predominance of waltzes on the program the music would seem to date from the late nineteenth century. There are no song texts, which is too bad — sample That Is So Boring, track 17, you’ll be overcome (unless already Russophone) with a strong desire to know what it’s all about. There are other humorous numbers, as well, and the pieces are quite distinct from one another, with a variety of approaches in terms of orchestration and structure. The vocalist, operatic baritone Nikolay Kopylov, has a fine feel for the semi-popular melodies of the songs. Not a very enlightening disc for Westerners unfamiliar with the music, but plenty enjoyable to listen to, and a promising offbeat gift for the Russophile or lover of band music. ~ James Manheim, Rovi Performers: Nikolay Kopylov – Baritone (Vocal) |
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Master of the Russian Gypsy Violin $11.98 A masterful album of violin music roving back and forth from classical to jazz to folk. Oleg Ponomare tends to infuse everything he plays with some sensibilities from the gypsy-jazz tradition (he and the bulk of the other performers on Master of the Russian Gypsy Violin were indeed members of the Hot Club of Dublin, a gypsy-jazz outfit). The backing guitars tend to fall into a basic rhythm, which simply lets Ponomare do his thing over the top without any real interference. At times he moves into a slower, more pensive mood, but never quite reaches the mournfulness he seems to be reaching for. Other times, he simply revels in showcasing his speed and virtuosity. The music is a nice collection of old and new, with footholds in the gypsy traditions as well as references to Russian classical masters (as needed). Ponomare is a technical beast, but the emotion he pulls from his violin comes and goes in spurts. Worth a listen, though there are aspects of the album better represented by other artists. ~ Adam Greenberg, Rovi Performers: Lev Atlas – Violin; Nigel Clark – Guitar; Oleg Ponomarev – Viola, Guitar, Drums, Violin |
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Georgy Sviridov: Russian Choral Music $6.38 Alto, a “label of Musical Concepts” with headquarters in suburban New York City, continues to unearth and reissue intriguing musical treasures from the catalogs of various small labels around the world. The music on the present disc was recorded in Moscow in 1994 and composed between 1969 and 1980. Georgy Sviridov, like Khachaturian, was one of the Soviet Union’s approved composers, active in the last decades of the country’s existence. He has been little heard in the West, but he was a favorite of Soviet leader Yuri Andropov, the man who crushed the Prague Spring. By this time, Socialist Realism had begun to seem a caricature of itself, but the use of tonality was still a path to official favor. The four pieces here, for chorus a cappella except for an incidental use of percussion, all draw on Russian traditions without falling into schmaltz, and the music is a nice find for the most part. The Three Choruses from Tsar Feodor Ioannovich, drawn from the incidental music for a play based on the Boris Godunov story, make use of textures clearly derived from, although never simply imitating, Russian Orthodox church music. The other works set texts by poets familiar to Russians, Alexander Pushkin, from the early nineteenth century, and Aleksandr Blok, from the twentieth. Sample “Reveille is Sounded” (track 10), from Pushkin’s Garland, for an idea of Sviridov’s ability to revivify a traditional idea; there are many Russian compositions about bells, but the way they weave in and out of an individual’s thoughts in this one is unique. The rich yet precise sound of the Moscow New Choir under Elena Rastvorova, not a traditional Russian religious style but certainly influenced by that realm, will be for many listeners reason enough to give this release a try; it would make an interesting counterpoint for a collection devoted to contemporary American and British choral singing. Texts are in English only, with no Russian originals for the poetry. ~ James Manheim, Rovi Performers: Moscow New Choir – Choir, Chorus |
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Tokyo Dating $31.19 Japanese only 24-bit digital remastering pressing. Warner. 2009. |
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Russian Christmas $15.98 In the Russian Orthodox Church, only human voices are allowed to take part in the worship of the Lord. Directed by Lawrence Havriliak, the St. John’s Russian Orthodox Choir of Spring Valley, New York sings a capella Ukrainian Christmas carols. |
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Six Russian Folk Songs $4.6 By Anatoly Liadov. For SSAA choir. Russian Title: Shest’ russkih narodnih pesen. Language: Russian. Published by Musica Russica |
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Internet Dating Superstuds $11.18 The Vandals were on a roll from The Quickening to Look What I Almost Stepped In, and Christmas With the Vandals is a yuletide classic of sorts. Next came Internet Dating Superstuds, which includes a couple of tunes worth a chuckle. ~ Adam Bregman, Rovi Performers: Dave Quackenbush – Vocals; Joe Escalante – Trumpet, Bass; Josh Freese – Drums; Warren Fitzgerald – Guitar |
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To Life: Russian Party $12.78 Everything you need for a complete Russian party, from traditional to contemporary songs: Tango, Waltz and Russian rock. |
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Mussorgsky: A Night on Bare Mountain; Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture; etc. $14.38 Cala’s Stokowski Conducts a Russian Spectacular is not to be confused with an earlier Dutton Labs issue of the same name with a very similar program issued in 1994. The recordings that Dutton used were taken from Philadelphia Orchestra recordings ranging from the 1920s through 1940; this issue is drawn from recordings Stokowski made for RCA-Victor with “his” symphony orchestra from 1950 and 1953, mostly consisting of players recruited from the New York Philharmonic. Of these seven selections, only one — the Glière Russian Sailors Dance — has appeared on CD before. Stokowski’s tenure of principal guest conductor with the New York Philharmonic had ended with the conclusion of the 1949-1950 season, so the bulk of these recordings fall into a grey area of his career where Stokowski held no regular conducting post; however, his name was of such value to RCA Victor that they recorded him anyway. It was a good time, too — Stokowski was at the height of his power both as a conductor and in the popular imagination, despite being “seventy-ish” and technically unemployed.Stokowski identified strongly with Russian orchestral literature and, in his time, truly was one of the greatest interpreters of such music. Stokowski must have regarded it in an almost proprietary fashion, as his approach to this same literature was highly interventionist; all but the short Glière, Tchaikovsky works, and In the Steppes of Central Asia of Borodin demonstrate the telltale signs of Stokowski’s added creativity. Although Stokowski once announced he was to resurrect Mussorgsky’s original 1869 score of A Night on Bald Mountain in the end he simply touched up the familiar Rimsky-Korsakov version, which became the basis of the music he used in Disney’s Fantasia (1940). Stokowski added a bass to intone the Church Slavonic melody found on a trombone in the middle of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Russian Easter Overture, and his selection of “Polovetsian Dances” from Borodin’s Prince Igor is different from that used by any other conductor. The Khovantschina Suite presented here is a montage of two movements orchestrated by Rimsky-Korsakov and one by Stokowski, and the difference is not so much like “night and day” as it is like the difference between night and a much darker, more ominous night.In spite of his tweaking, Stokowski’s so-styled Dances of the Polovetski Maidens is one of the real highlights here; they are vibrant, exciting, and even at points, breathtaking. Though Stokowski played the role of conductor-as-musical-middleman a little more aggressively than most of his stick-waving brethren, the results are usually very musical, even if they sometimes take us to places we are not so sure the composer would have wanted us to go. The main barrier here is the quality of the recordings, dating from the early days of hi-fi and at the tail end of a long period where the sound of RCA-Victor’s classical recording was simply in the crapper. In 1954, RCA would resume its long dormant experimen |