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Balakirev and Russian Folksong
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Balakirev and Russian Folksong
BALAKIREV, Mily

Catalogue Number: TOCC0018
EAN: 5060113440181
Release Date: 03 September 2007
Duration: 79:26

30 Songs of the Russian People – bylina
30 Songs of the Russian People – dukhovnaya
30 Songs of the Russian People – khorovodnaya
30 Songs of the Russian People – protyazhnaya
30 Songs of the Russian People – wedding song
Grand Fantasia on Russian Folksongs, Op. 4

Joseph Banowetz, piano
Russian Philharmonic of Moscow
Konstantin Krimets, conductor
Olga Kalugina, soprano
Svetlana Nikolaeva, mezzo soprano
Pavel Kolgatin, tenor
Joseph Banowetz and Alton Chung Ming Chan, piano duo

Mily Balakirev (1837-1910) – the leader of the group of Russian composers known as ‘the Mighty Handful’ – was influenced by folksong from the very start of his career. His expansive Grand Fantasia on Russian Folksongs for piano and orchestra is one of his very first compositions, written when he was seventeen. And the 30 Folksongs of the Russian People for piano duet, folksong-arrangements from the other end of his career, show his deep understanding of the sources, which he endows with dignity and colour. Each of his arrangements is preceded on this CD by the original folksong, illuminating Balakirev’s perceptive approach to this fascinating material.

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Track No. Track Title/Details Duration Sample Download Track
1 Grand Fantasia on Russian Folksongs, Op. 4 (1852)
Mily Balakirev, composer
Joseph Banowetz, piano
Russian Philharmonic of Moscow
Konstantin Krimets, conductor

(first recording)
18:20
  30 Songs of the Russian People – dukhovnaya
(spiritual songs associated with particular Orthodox feast-days) (1852)
Mily Balakirev, composer
Olga Kalugina, soprano
Svetlana Nikolaeva, mezzo soprano
Pavel Kolgatin, tenor
Joseph Banowetz and Alton Chung Ming Chan, piano duo
10:40
2 No. 1 (Folksong): ‘Dormition of the Mother of God’ 0:53
3 No. 1 (Arrangement): ‘Dormition of the Mother of God’ 1:12
4 No. 2 (Folksong): ‘Egoriy the Brave’ 1:17
5 No. 2 (Arrangement): ‘Egoriy the Brave’ 1:13
6 No. 3 (Folksong): ‘Lazar’ 0:53
7 No. 3 (Arrangement): ‘Lazar’ 1:03
8 No. 4 (Folksong): ‘The Last Judgement’ 1:33
9 No. 4 (Arrangement): ‘The Last Judgement’ 0:54
10 No. 5 (Folksong): ‘The Book of the Dove’ 0:38
11 No. 5 (Arrangement): ‘The Book of the Dove’ 1:04
  30 Songs of the Russian People – bylina
(epic songs about historical characters) (1852)
Mily Balakirev, composer
Olga Kalugina, soprano
Svetlana Nikolaeva, mezzo soprano
Pavel Kolgatin, tenor
Joseph Banowetz and Alton Chung Ming Chan, piano duo
15:47
12 No. 6 (Folksong): ‘The King's Sons from Kraków’ 1:01
13 No. 6 (Arrangement): ‘The King's Sons from Kraków’ 1:49
14 No. 7 (Folksong): ‘Kostruk’ 0:45
15 No. 7 (Arrangement): ‘Kostruk’ 1:11
16 No. 8 (Folksong): ‘Nikita Romanovich’ 1:02
17 No. 8 (Arrangement): ‘Nikita Romanovich’ 1:57
18 No. 9 (Folksong): ‘Grisha Otrepyev’ 0:59
19 No. 9 (Arrangement): ‘Grisha Otrepyev’ 1:00
20 No. 10 (Folksong): ‘Vasiliy Okulyevic’ 0:44
21 No. 10 (Arrangement): ‘Vasiliy Okulyevic’ 0:56
22 No. 11 (Folksong): ‘The Razvoinik Brothers and their Sister’ 0:55
23 No. 11 (Arrangement): ‘The Razvoinik Brothers and their Sister’ 2:17
24 No. 12 (Folksong): ‘Birds and Animals’ 0:47
25 No. 12 (Arrangement): ‘Birds and Animals’ 0:24
  30 Songs of the Russian People – wedding song (1852)
Mily Balakirev, composer
Olga Kalugina, soprano
Svetlana Nikolaeva, mezzo soprano
Pavel Kolgatin, tenor
Joseph Banowetz and Alton Chung Ming Chan, piano duo
20:15
26 No. 13 (Folksong): ‘They Said: Fedot-Ot doesn't drink beer…’ 0:46
27 No. 13 (Arrangement): ‘They said: Fedot-ot doesn't drink beer…’ 0:50
28 No. 14 (Folksong): ‘There were no winds…’ 1:11
29 No. 14 (Arrangement): ‘There were no winds…’ 0:47
30 No. 15 (Folksong): ‘are you, my river, little river…’ 2:09
31 No. 15 (Arrangement): ‘Are you, my river, little river…’ 0:47
32 No. 16 (Folksong): ‘Oh, drinking berry…’ 0:47
33 No. 16 (Arrangement): ‘Oh, drinking berry…’ 0:36
34 No. 17 (Folksong): ‘Many, many by a damp oak tree…’ 0:45
35 No. 17 (Arrangement): ‘Many, many by a damp oak tree…’ 1:00
36 No. 18 (Folksong): ‘ Mummy wasn't hoping’ 1:21
37 No. 18 (Arrangement): ‘Mummy wasn't hoping’ 2:07
38 No. 19 (Folksong): ‘My girlfriends, dear girlfriends…’ 1:05
39 No. 19 (Arrangement): ‘My girlfriends, dear girlfriends…’ 0:57
40 No. 20 (Folksong): ‘Oh, you geese, you geese…’ 1:02
41 No. 20 (Arrangement): ‘Oh you geese, you geese…’ 0:38
42 No. 21 (Folksong): ‘Grape-harvest’ 1:02
43 No. 21 (Arrangement): ‘Grape-harvest’ 1:04
44 No. 22 (Folksong): ‘There is a tree on a hill’ 0:26
45 No. 22 (Arrangement): ‘There is a tree on a hill’ 0:55
  30 Songs of the Russian People – khorovodnaya
(round-dance songs) (1852)
Mily Balakirev, composer
Olga Kalugina, soprano
Svetlana Nikolaeva, mezzo soprano
Pavel Kolgatin, tenor
Joseph Banowetz and Alton Chung Ming Chan, piano duo
4:50
46 No. 23 (Folksong): ‘I went into the garden’ 0:56
47 No. 23 (Arrangement): ‘I went into the garden’ 0:32
48 No. 24 (Folksong): ‘Our wide street’ 0:45
49 No. 24 (Arrangement): ‘Our wide street’ 0:58
50 No. 25 (Folksong): ‘Utushnaya’ 0:24
51 No. 25 (Arrangement): ‘Utushnaya’ 1:15
  30 Songs of the Russian People – protyazhnaya
(lyric songs) (1852)
Mily Balakirev, composer
Olga Kalugina, soprano
Svetlana Nikolaeva, mezzo soprano
Pavel Kolgatin, tenor
Joseph Banowetz and Alton Chung Ming Chan, piano duo
9:34
52 No. 26 (Folksong): ‘Rowanberry and Raspberry’ 1:16
53 No. 26 (Arrangement): ‘Rowanberry and Raspberry’ 0:43
54 No. 27 (Folksong): ‘What a heart’ 1:04
55 No. 27 (Arrangement): ‘What a heart’ 1:10
56 No. 28 (Folksong): ‘It's enough for you, my dear, to walk in the field’ 1:10
57 No. 28 (Arrangement): ‘It's enough for you, my dear, to walk in the field’ 1:03
58 No. 29 (Folksong): ‘Oh you, winter’ 0:43
59 No. 29 (Arrangement): ‘Oh you, winter’ 0:39
60 No. 30 (Folksong): ‘She became, she became a colonel's wife’ 0:53
61 No. 30 (Arrangement): ‘She became, she became a colonel's wife’ 0:53

Artists

Mily Balakirev

Mily Balakirev, composer

Russian Philharmonic of Moscow, orchestra

Konstantin Krimets

Konstantin Krimets, conductor

Olga Kalugina

Olga Kalugina, soprano

Svetlana Nikolaeva

Svetlana Nikolaeva, mezzo soprano

Pavel Kolgatin

Pavel Kolgatin, tenor

Joseph Banowetz and Alton Chung Ming Chan

Joseph Banowetz and Alton Chung Ming Chan, piano duo

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