Balalaika Favourites ! (Two balalaika Orchestras in Russian Folk Tunes)
Osipov State Russian Folk
Orchestra / cond Gnutov
Russian Balalaika Orchestra
V. Grokhovsky
Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra
Rudolf Belov (domra) Vitaly Gnutov (conductor)
1. Fantasy on Two Folksongs (Nikolay Budaschkin) 7:01
2. At Sunrise (Trad. arr. Gorodovskaya ) 4:22
3. The Linden Tree (Pavel Kulikov) 4:17
4. Kamarinskaya (Nikolay Osipov) 2:42
5. Fantasy on Volga Melodies (Mikhailov-Shalayev) 4:45
6. In the Moonlight (Vasily Andreyev) 3:04
7. Midnight in Moscow (Vasily Soloviev-Sedoy) 2:28
8. Under the Apple Tree (Vasily Andreyev) 2:10
9. Snow Maiden, Op. 12 (Tchaikovsky) – Dance of the Buffoons 4:29
10. The Living Room (Yuri N. Shishakov) 1:25
11. Evening Bells (Trad/Koslov/Alyabyev) 4:15
12. My Dear Old Friend, Please Visit me (Trad. arr Poponov) 2:24
13. Waltz of the Faun (Vasily Andreyev) 4:19
14. Tale of Tsar Saltan: Suite, Op. 57 (Rimsky-Korsakov) –
Flight of the Bumblebee 1:11
Rec. June 1962, Moscow, for Mercury Living Presence
The Russian Balalaika Orchestra
15. Stepdastep /Steppe all around 4:03
16. Down Petershaya Street 3:11
17. Blue Duckling 3:20
18. Play My Whistle 3:12
19. Wind Is Blowing 3:58
20. Semyonovna 3:23
21. I Was Walking in the Forest 2:00
22. Kalinka 3:38
Traditional, arranged by Vyacheslav Grokhovsky, licensed from A-Tempo, Prague