Kolmanovskij / Carousel St Petersburg Instrumental - Discover Music from Russia with Arc Music - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Skuchnoye Vremya, Proydi Poskorey [Boredom, Leave Me] 2. Naigrysh Na Kaliukakh [Playing the Kaliuki] 3. Sukhotushka-Sukhota [Round Dance Song] 4. Stchastlivaya Put-Dorozhka [The Road of Happiness] 5. Zhil Da Byl Malchonka [There Lived a Boy] 6. Muzhik Pashenku Pakhal [A Man Ploughed the Field] 7. Mozhno LI, Mozhno (Tien Na Vode) [Shadow on the Water] 8. Shol Ya Yarom, Shol Ya Nizom [Walking Down the Valley] 9. Proshai Zhizn, Radost Moya [Farewell, My Life, My Joy] 10. Derevenka [A Village on a Hill] 11. Zavidochka 12. Vdol Po Piterskoy Dorozhke [Down Peterskaya Road] 13. Po Iuzhochku Zelionomu [Along the Green Meadow] 14. Tumanushki [Mist] 15. Pozalyvala, Bratsy, Voda [Hey, the Fields Are Flooded] 16. Zarya [Dawn] 17. Oy, Toy Zliy, Kto Pye Gorilku [Drinking InchMoonshineInch] 18. Po-Nad Lugom Shlyakh-Dorozhenka [The Road By the Meadow] 19. Yablonka [Apple Tree]

Following the huge success of their debut album on Orchid Classics, Yuri Zhislin and Camerata Tchaikovsky return with a sumptuous programme of Russian delights. This boasts richly Romantic works by composers from the different musical schools of thought blossoming in 19th-century and early 20th-century Russia. Borodin was one of the nationalist 'Russian Five', and the 'Nocturne' from his String Quartet No. 2 is one of his most stunning creations. Tchaikovsky was more influenced by German music, but also drew upon folk styles closer to home, as in his moving Andante cantabile from his String Quartet No. 1. Both Rachmaninov and Arensky were deeply influenced by Tchaikovsky. Rachmaninov's famous Vocalise is a beautiful song without words, and Arensky's Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky are a graceful tribute to his hero. All but the Arensky piece have been specially arranged by Yuri Zhislin for this recording. Camerata Tchaikovsky's debut on Orchid met with considerable acclaim InchTheir richly confident playing is startlingly good taut, precise and immaculately phrasedInch - The Guardian.

Album Tracks 1. Oh, Nastassia 2. U Ribalki 3. Gypsy Soul 4. Skoro Den' 5. Barinya 6. Amur's Waves 7. Tumbalalayka 8. About Hope 9. The Troika Is Rushing By 10. Deda 11. Iz Pod Douba (From Under the Oak) 12. Korobeiniki 13. Kolechko 14. Yedinorodny Siniye 15. Russian Shers 16. Djierangkay 17. Waltz 18. Drinking Moonshine 19. Velichit Dusha 20. U Vseh Muzhya Molodie