The Best of the Red Army Choir: The Definitive Collection

~ Release by The Red Army Choir (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

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1Гимн СССР
arranger:
A. Klechtchenko (Russian arranger)
recording of:
Государственный гимн СССР (lyrics version 2, as performed in 1977-1991)
anthem of:
Soviet Union (historical, 1922-1991) (from 1977 until 1991)
lyricist:
Эль-Регистан and Сергей Михалков (Sergey Mikhalkov)
composer:
Александр Александров (Alexander Alexandrov, Soviet composer and choir conductor 1883-1946)
publisher:
Sikorski (German publisher)
version of:
Государственный гимн СССР (lyrics version 1, as performed in 1943-1956)
3:45
2Полюшко-поле
arranger:
Dimitri Oleg Yachinov
recording of:
Полюшко-поле (Oh Fields, My Fields)
lyricist:
Виктор Гусев (Viktor Gusev, Soviet poet and translator)
composer:
Лев Книппер (in 1934)
3:04
3Утёс
conductor:
Борис Александров
arranger:
Дмитрий Ячинов
recording of:
Утёс («Есть на Волге утёс, диким мохом оброс он с вершины до самого края…»)
lyricist:
Александр Навроцкий (Alexander Navrotsky, writer, poet and playwright) (in 1864)
6:32
4Казаки-казаченьки
arranger:
V. G. Samsonenko
recording of:
Казаки-казаченьки («Казаки, да казаки, ай да казаченьки проходили поутру сёла-деревеньки…»)
lyricist:
Евгений Долматовский (Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky) and Владимир Луговской
composer:
Матвей Блантер (Matvey Blanter, Soviet Jewish composer)
2:07
5Степь да степь кругом
solo tenor vocals:
E. Beliaev (Red Army Choir soloist, tenor)
conductor:
E. Misailov (Russian conductor)
arranger:
Y. Petrov (Arranger, choir director, conductor)
recording of:
Степь да степь кругом
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Русские народные песни (Russian traditional songs)
is based on:
В степи
5:52
6Гандзя
solo bass-baritone vocals:
B. Jaivoronok (Red Army Choir soloist, bass)
conductor:
Антон Мальцев (Anton Maltsev)
arranger:
Dimitri Oleg Yachinov
cover recording of:
Гандзя (Gandzia - Ukranian)
composer:
Денис Бонковський (19th Century Ukranian composer)
2:39
7Казачья песня
arranger:
A. Alexandrov (Alexander Alexandrov, Soviet composer and choir conductor 1883-1946)
recording of:
Казачья песня («Шли по степи полки казачьи с Дону, один казак лишь голову склонил…»)
lyricist:
Александр Чуркин (Alexander Churkin)
composer:
Иван Дзержинский
part of:
Поднятая целина (Virgin Soil Upturned)
1:57
8Эх, дороги…
solo tenor vocals:
A. Martinov (tenor)
conductor:
V. Korobko (Russian conductor)
arranger:
V. Samsonenko
recording of:
Эх, дороги… («Эх, дороги, пыль да туман…»)
lyricist:
Лев Ошанин (Lev Oshanin)
composer:
Анатолий Новиков (Anatoly Novikov, Soviet composer and choir conductor) (in 1946)
premiered by:
Иван Шмелёв
5:36
9Эй, ухнем!
solo bass-baritone vocals:
A. Eizen (Arthur Eizen)
conductor:
Борис Александров
arranger:
Дмитрий Ячинов
recording of:
Эй, ухнем! (Song of the Volga Boatmen)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Русские народные песни (Russian traditional songs)
3:48
10Очи чёрные
solo trumpet:
A. Molostov (Russian Trumpet player)
solo bass vocals:
V. Gavva (Russian bass)
conductor:
Антон Мальцев (Anton Maltsev)
live recording of:
Очи чёрные (Dark Eyes, Feodor Chaliapin version)
lyricist:
Фёдор Шаляпин (Feodor Chaliapin, operatic bass)
composer:
Florian Hermann (composer)
version of:
Очи чёрные (Dark Eyes, original version by Y. Hrebinka)
4:36
11В путь!
recording of:
В путь! (from the film "Maxim Perepelitsa")
lyricist:
Михаил Дудин (in 1954)
composer:
Василий Соловьёв-Седой (Vasily Solovyov-Sedoy, Russian composer) (in 1954)
3:21
12Во поле берёза стояла
solo tenor vocals:
K. Lisovski (Konstantin Lisovsky, Russian tenor)
conductor:
Борис Александров
arranger:
Дмитрий Ячинов
recording of:
Во поле берёза стояла
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:08
13Попутная песня
conductor:
Борис Александров
recording of:
Попутная песня (The Road Song, «Дым столбом — кипит, дымится пароход… Пестрота, разгул, волненье, ожиданье, нетерпенье…»)
lyricist:
Нестор Кукольник
composer:
Михаил Глинка (Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer)
2:00
14Самовары-самопалы
solo tenor vocals:
S. Ivanov (Red Army Choir soloist, tenor)
solo vocals:
P. Bogatchev (Red Army Choir solois, bass)
arranger:
V. Samsonenko
recording of:
Самовары-самопалы
lyricist:
Сергей Алымов
composer:
Анатолий Новиков (Anatoly Novikov, Soviet composer and choir conductor)
2:32
15Варшавянка
conductor:
Борис Александров
recording of:
Варшавянка («Вихри враждебные веют над нами, тёмные силы нас злобно гнетут…»)
translator:
Глеб Кржижановский
translated version of:
Warszawianka (1905)
3:42
16Замучен тяжёлой неволей
arranger:
Dimitry Oleg Yachinov
recording of:
Замучен тяжёлой неволей («Замучен тяжёлой неволей, ты славною смертью почил…»)
lyricist:
Григорий Мачтет (in 1876)
composer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
4:17