Folk Music Of The USSR - Folk Music of U.S.S.R / Various (2 CD)
This album features music from 15 republics of the former Soviet Union, including selections from Central Asia, Ukraine, and the Caucasus. While regions have absorbed musical influences from neighboring cultures in the south from Persia, in the east from China, for example the music of each people has it's own distinctive characteristics. Liner notes include maps and photo spreads on some of the states of the former Soviet Union featured in the album, as well as song lyrics in English, Russian, Armenian, and other regional languages.
Tracklist:
- Byelorussia S.S.R.: Folksong (Version 1)
- Byelorussia S.S.R.: Folksong (Version 2)
- Byelorussia S.S.R.: Folksong (Version 3)
- Karelia S.S.R.: Beautiful Maiden
- Smolensk Oblast: Psaltery Tune
- Moldavia S.S.R.: Kishinev (Near Rumanian Border) Doyna
- Dagestan S.S.R.: Spring Time A Dargin Song (Folksong)
- Ossetia: 'Tsela' (Humorous Song)
- Ukrainia S.S.R.: There's A Well In The Field (Folk Song)
- Ukrainia S.S.R.: Arkan 'Hutzulski Tanec'
- Georgia S.S.R.: Lezhinska
- Georgia S.S.R.: Western Georgia Humorous Song
- Azerbaijan S.S.R.: Ugam
- Azerbaijan S.S.R.: Kurd Shakhnaz
- Bashkir S.S.R.: Gulnazira
- Armenia S.S.R.: Yerevan Wedding Dance
- Armenia S.S.R.: Khaminer (Folk Song)
- Armenia S.S.R.: Unabi (Folk Dance)
- Armenia S.S.R.: Ekhso Jan (Folk Song)
- Armenia S.S.R.: Machkal
- Armenia S.S.R.: Shirak Folk Dance
- Armenia S.S.R.: Asor Arazy Es Gnatsam (Folk Song)
- Armenia S.S.R.: Maralik (Folk Dance)
- Tadjik S.S.R.: The Dancing Girl
- Uzbekh S.S.R.: Song Of The Cotton Picker
- Kirghiz S.S.R.: Komuz
- Kirghiz S.S.R.: Kubanam (Folk Melody)
- Turkmen S.S.R.: Yandym Leili
- Turkmen S.S.R.: Gosel Son (You, Beauty)
- Turkmen S.S.R.: Pakhtachi Gozel (Beautiful Cotton Picker)
- Tatar S.S.R.: Apipya
- Kazakh S.S.R.: Kalka
- Kazakh S.S.R.: Pan Koylek (Folk Song)
UPC: 093070453524
Label: Folkways Records
Release Date: 5.30.12
Format: CD
Original: $24.99
-65%$24.99
$8.75
Description
This album features music from 15 republics of the former Soviet Union, including selections from Central Asia, Ukraine, and the Caucasus. While regions have absorbed musical influences from neighboring cultures in the south from Persia, in the east from China, for example the music of each people has it's own distinctive characteristics. Liner notes include maps and photo spreads on some of the states of the former Soviet Union featured in the album, as well as song lyrics in English, Russian, Armenian, and other regional languages.
Tracklist:
- Byelorussia S.S.R.: Folksong (Version 1)
- Byelorussia S.S.R.: Folksong (Version 2)
- Byelorussia S.S.R.: Folksong (Version 3)
- Karelia S.S.R.: Beautiful Maiden
- Smolensk Oblast: Psaltery Tune
- Moldavia S.S.R.: Kishinev (Near Rumanian Border) Doyna
- Dagestan S.S.R.: Spring Time A Dargin Song (Folksong)
- Ossetia: 'Tsela' (Humorous Song)
- Ukrainia S.S.R.: There's A Well In The Field (Folk Song)
- Ukrainia S.S.R.: Arkan 'Hutzulski Tanec'
- Georgia S.S.R.: Lezhinska
- Georgia S.S.R.: Western Georgia Humorous Song
- Azerbaijan S.S.R.: Ugam
- Azerbaijan S.S.R.: Kurd Shakhnaz
- Bashkir S.S.R.: Gulnazira
- Armenia S.S.R.: Yerevan Wedding Dance
- Armenia S.S.R.: Khaminer (Folk Song)
- Armenia S.S.R.: Unabi (Folk Dance)
- Armenia S.S.R.: Ekhso Jan (Folk Song)
- Armenia S.S.R.: Machkal
- Armenia S.S.R.: Shirak Folk Dance
- Armenia S.S.R.: Asor Arazy Es Gnatsam (Folk Song)
- Armenia S.S.R.: Maralik (Folk Dance)
- Tadjik S.S.R.: The Dancing Girl
- Uzbekh S.S.R.: Song Of The Cotton Picker
- Kirghiz S.S.R.: Komuz
- Kirghiz S.S.R.: Kubanam (Folk Melody)
- Turkmen S.S.R.: Yandym Leili
- Turkmen S.S.R.: Gosel Son (You, Beauty)
- Turkmen S.S.R.: Pakhtachi Gozel (Beautiful Cotton Picker)
- Tatar S.S.R.: Apipya
- Kazakh S.S.R.: Kalka
- Kazakh S.S.R.: Pan Koylek (Folk Song)
UPC: 093070453524
Label: Folkways Records
Release Date: 5.30.12
Format: CD
