RUSSIAN FOLK MUSIC CD "Beyond The Don River RUSSIAN FOLKSONGS"
Russian Folksongs "Beyond The Don River" compact disk by Russian folk duo
"Misha and Natasha from Russia" was released by RUSA Records, Philadelphia, PA.
There are Russian folk lymericks, Cossacks ballads and marching songs, popular
tunes and chastushki with accompaniment of garmoshka, guitar and balalaika.
CD cover by artist Vladimir Nekrasov.
Hello, Mikhail Smirnov! Compact disks and DVD arrived this morning.
Wonderful! Nobody has done anything all day except listen to them.
Dog, sheep, geese, ducks... everybody has to listen to me whistle 'Gori Gori' pretty much non-stop.
This evening my wife and I watched the DVD. We couldn't help but be
impressed with the high level of training and professionalism in your group.
It really was a great show, and I'm glad to see the audience enjoyed it as
much as we did. As a matter of fact, I'm listening to the Natasha & Misha CD right now, and
this email is taking longer than necessary because I stop to admire the
singing and read about the tunes. Thanks again for the great music.
Regards, Christopher
Description: New York based Russian folk duo "Misha and Natasha from Russia" compact disk.
There are over 19 Russian folk songs on this professionally mastered CD.
Runtime: 43 minutes
Rating: Not Rated
Language: Russian
Review and notes: Folk songs of Russia by
folk duo "Misha and Natasha from Russia": Folk Duo performs Russian songs.
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New York based Russian folk song duo "Misha and Natasha from Russia"
are professional Russian entertainers who started performing together in Moscow, Russia.
Duo specialty is traditional Russian folk songs and dances from various regions of Russia.
As student Natasha was performing as a soloist singer/dancer with a few Russian folk music ensembles including BYLINA.
Before graduation Misha was a soloist/choirmaster at vocal semi-professional group "Moskovia" (director Valery Nesterov).
Both are graduated with Master's Degree as Russian folk chorus conductors from
Moscow State University of Culture and Arts (msuc.edu.ru).
After finishing a formal education Natasha (Natalia Smirnov) and Misha (Mikhail Smirnov) have worked at
Russian folk Theatre "Matanya"
and then Moscow State Folk Center "RUSSKAYA PESNYA", director Nadezjda Babkina (www.babkina.ru).
In May of 1991 Natalia Demidova and Mikhail Smirnov have made United States of America their home.
In 1991-1992 they were part of the show in Russian club/restaurant Fyodoroff in Glem Cove, Long Island, NY.
By the end of 1991 they founded Russian folk ensemble "Barynya" with great Russian folk dancer Sasha,
former member of Moiseyev Dance Company.
In the begining of 1992 saxophone virtuoso Igor Butman (www.igorbutman.com)
helped to choose name for Natalia and Mikhail who started to perform as a duet more often.
Rusian folk duo "Misha and Natasha from Russia" was born.
Misha and Natasha were performing with many different group and ensembles
including New York based show "Drago" (Nina Moston), "Neva" Russian Dance Ensemble (Vladimir Riazantsev),
New York Russian-Gypsy folk show "Moscow" (Irina Zagornova),
The Don Cossacks Chorus and Dancers of America (George Margitich),
"Brooklyn Balalaikas" (Leonid Bruk).
The Don Cossacks.mp3, 1324KB
Don Cossack military formation marching song.
The Don Cossacks were famous for their freedom-loving character.
The Tsar freed them from the bond of serfdom, and in return,
the Cossacks guarded the Russian borders from unfriendly neighbors.
Village, Four Yards.mp3, 785KB
A cunning young women is out all night with her lover.
At sunrise her jealous old husband asks the beauty where she was all night. She replies: "I slept on the stove!"
Stenka Razin`s Dream.mp3, 2550KB
A fragment of an ancient ballad about the famous brigand - Russian Robin Hood - who went to war against the Tsar. According to the legend, Stenka had a dream in which a furious wind blew his black hat off his head. Razin`s colonel quickly foretold the ataman`s imminent death.
O, Extreme Cold.mp3, 2038KB
A Russian favorite. In extreme cold weather a man forces his horse to get them home as soon as possible. He sings asking that neither he nor his horse freeze. Because his wife is beautiful and waiting to get him in her arms
Katiusha.mp3, 2412KB
Popular Song from the period of W.W.II.
Blooming Guilder Tree (Kalina).mp3, 3004KB
Young girl fell in love with a man , but her love is not happy. She` afraid to tell him, and more afraid even to thing to explain the sadness of her love.
Quips With Garmoshka.mp3, 2300KB
This is a genre with particular stylistic traits: short and funny quips with garmoshka (Russian button accordion).
Korobushka.mp3, 2338KB
This lyric folk song and dance has been a Russian favorite for 150 years. A countryside peddler has a basket filled with attractive prints and brocades. At first-sight he falls in love with a pleasant girl. He is ready to lay at her feet all his worldly goods for a glance from her dark eyes and a kiss from her ruby-red-lips. Lyrics are by the great poet N. Nekrasov, "Only the dark night knows how they got on together"
Shorty.mp3, 1754KB
The parents wish to marry their daughter to a short fellow with a foul personality. Against the will of her parents, the young maiden picks the one she loves for a husband.
Moscow Nights.mp3, 2730KB
Popular Russian song
Varenka.mp3, 2104KB
This popular Cossack dance and song about a young officer's love for a pretty girl "Varen`ka". The young man can not figure out what to get his beloved for the holiday.
Varenichki.mp3, 1516KB
The hungry husband begs his wife to prepare Varenichki. The lazy wife finds every possible excuse to refuse him.
Natalia.mp3, 2164KB
Tongue twister Siberian song. A young man falls in love with so awesome a beauty Natalia.
In jest he thinks to kill himself, then he rethinks to kill her. Moral is the knife is broken, the pitchfork is bent and Natalia is still alive.
New York based Russian folk duo "Misha and Natasha from Russia"
Compact disk "Beyond The Don River" Russian folksongs, CD cover by artist Vladimir Nekrasov
Barynya Entertainment established in 1991 (on-line since 1998). Cabaret, Vegas, can-can, musicians, singers, masters of ceremonies, folk dancers, wedding bands, disc jockeys, jazz, storytellers, folk dance troupes, traditional music ensembles, Bellydancers, Jewish, Ukrainian, Gypsy, one-man-bands.
Barynya is the biggest Russian dance and music company outside of Russia. Barynya (Ru: Барыня) performs Russian, Gypsy, Cossack, Jewish and Ukrainian traditional dances, songs and music with live accompaniment of
balalaika,
domra,
garmoshka, Gypsy guitar, bayan and contrabass balalaika
Ensemble Barynya 2011. Russian dance and music ensemble Barynya's compact disk. Elina Karokhina (balalaika), Leonid Bruk (balalaika-contrabass), Mikhail Smirnov (guitar, vocals)... MP3 samples, order
Barynya performance at The Van Nostrand Theatre, Brentwood, New York (USA) on Sunday, October 4th, 2009. Barynya presented a program of Russian, Cossack, Ukrainian, Gypsy and Jewish traditional dancing, music and songs. Video recording Alexander Feygin, video editing Leonid Bruk... more info, video samples, order
Legendary Russian Gypsy singer Zhenia Shevchenko and ensemble Barynya DVD. Concert was recorded in New York City on January 26, 2008. Fifteen performers: six dancers, three singers, six musicians. Performers: Sergey Ryabtsev - violin, Mikhail Smirnov - garmoshka, vocal, guitar, Alex Siniavski - Gypsy guitar, balalaika, Alexander Menshikov - Russian Gypsy singer, tambourine, Leonid Bruk - balalaika-contrabass, Gennady Gutkin - bayan, Lev Zabeginsky - balalaika, Andrij Cybyk - dancer, choreographer, Ganna Makarova - dancer, Olga Chpitalnaia - dancer, Vitaliy Verterich - dancer, choreographer, Valentina Kvasova - dancer, singer, Mikhail Nesterenko - dancer, Victoria Pichurova - singer, Gabriel Yakubov - Gypsy dancer. Musical instruments: Balalaika, garmoshka, bayan, violin, balalaika-contrabass, Gypsy guitar, Russian 7 string guitar. Program of Russian Gypsy songs, music, Russian, Gypsy, Cossack and Ukrainian folk dancing... more info, video samples, order
Ethnic Russian Music Album recorded by New York based Russian dance and music ensemble Barynya in December 2006. Album contains favorite Russian melodies and songs performed on garmoshka, balalaika, Gypsy and classic guitars and contrabass... more information, MP3 samples, order
Garmoshka Russian traditional music album recorded by Misha Smirnov, performer, musician, folk singer, founder of New York based Russian dance and music ensemble Barynya in February 2007. Recording was made possible by singers-songwriters, Russian bard musicians Yuriy and Viktor Tenman from New York at their recording studio in Staten Island (Villa Nova Studio). Album contains traditional Russian tunes: "Kalinka", "Moscow nights", "Korobushka" and other Russian favorite songs performed on Russian garmoshka. more info, MP3s, order
Russian folk music, song and dance album. Runtime: 64 minutes. Songs: "The Peddlers", "You stood me up", "Angry mother (bila mene maty)", "Tongue Twister". Dances: "Hopak", "Sailor's Dance", "Barynya", "Kalinka". Balalaika solo: "The Moon is shining", "Chardash". more info, MP3s, order
Russian Christmas Music Balalaika Album. There are 25 favorite Christmas and Holiday selections such as Carol of Bells, Deck The Halls, Father Frost, Jingle Bells, Jolly Old Saint Nicholas, Joy To The World, Folk Carol from Smolensk region of Russia, Snowstorm, Snegoorochka. Runtime: 51 minutes.
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Balalaika music album Barynya Russian folk songs from Balalaika virtuoso Alex Siniavski and Mikhail Smirnov (guitar). There are Russian folk tunes, dances and songs including "Evening bells", "Kalinka", "Katyusha", "Moscow Nights" and "Dark Eyes".
Runtime: 35m 09s, Cover Art: Yury Tarler... MP3 samples, order
"Beyond The Don River" Russian folksongs Russian folk duo Misha and Natasha from Russia compact disk. There are Russian folk lymericks, Cossacks ballads and marching songs,
popular tunes and chastushki with accompaniment of garmoshka, guitar and balalaika. Cover Art: Vladimir Nekrasov... MP3 samples, order
Russian Balalaika plays Music Of The World recorded by New York City composer, arranger, jazzman, balalaika virtuoso and domra player Lev Zabeginsky. Lev had made several USA-CANADA tours with the Russian-Gypsy superstars such as Alyosha Dimitrievich of Paris and B.Rubashkin of Vienna, legend of Russian Emegree Zhenia Shevchenko... MP3 samples, order
Russian Gypsy Music Balalaika Albums by Bibs Ekkel. Born in 1946 in England of mixed Polish-English background, Bibs Ekkel is both musician and linguist. His career as one of very few outstanding professional balalaika players outside Russia has brought him much recognition worldwide, including in the balalaika's Motherland, where he has performed on radio and TV as well as at Moscow's prestigious "Hall of Columns" and "Tchaikovsky Hall"... more info, music, order CDs
Russian singer Nikolai Massenkoff compact disk "EVENING BELLS".
Album of the singing star of the internationally acclaimed, Massenkoff Russian Folk Festival. 14 Russian folk songs, violin and guitar virtuoso solos including
"Evening Bells" "Coachman", "Two Guitars", "Those Were The Days" and "I Loved You..." MP3 samples, order
MASSENKOFF RUSSIAN FOLK FESTIVAL CD
Nikolai Massenkoff, in his voice and personality, has been compared by critics to the prominent singers in the classical world as well as the pops, from Fyodor Chaliapin to Frank Sinatra.
11 popular Russian folk songs including "Accordionist", "Dark Eyes", "Kalinka", "Karobushka", "Katusha" and "Volga Boatmen", "Moscow Nights", "Accordionist", "Two Guitars" and "Along Petersburg"... MP3 samples, order
The Balalaika Russe - "Heart On The Snow" Album
Since its inception in the early 1970's, the BALALAIKA RUSSE has grown in popularity and proficiency and is now considered the finest ensemble of its kind in the USA. This colorful sextet has performed from Washington to Maine and Europe, at such venues as society balls and affairs, at local church halls, outdoor concerts and festivals, weddings, club dates, and on the concert stage.... MP3 samples, order
Russian Gypsy singer Zhenia Shevchenko DVD "Zhenya! The Singing Legend". Jenia Shewtchencko's 2006 interviews, video from 2005 and 2006 performances with New York based Russian dance and music ensemble "Barynya". Shevchenko Zhenya (Eugenia Pavlovna) - performer of Russian and Gypsy (Roma) songs and romances from New York City. She was born in Kiev in 1927, in 1942 immigrated with her family to Prague. She has a unique voice - deep contralto... more info, order
Don Cossacks State Academic Song and Dance Ensemble from Rostov Compact Disk 1. The Artistic Director is the National Artist of Russia, Professor Anatoly Kvasov. It is the Don folk song and dance traditions that form the basis of the ensemble's artistic work. The program of the chorus includes small cycles of songs linked by the same thematic material, girlands of songs of military and historical songs and bylinas (epic songs). The Ensemble had a magnificent success on the sold out concerts in Europe, Azia, America and Africa... MP3 samples, order