Russian Folk Music

**Psychonaut** · 04-23-2009, 04:54 AM

I was perusing Youtube today and stumbled upon this fellow, Andrey Vinogradov, who plays Russian folk tunes on his hurdy gurdy:

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What other Russian folk music is out there?

**~~The Journeyman~~** · 11-12-2010, 01:56 AM

One of my favorite singers, Ivan Rebroff. There's some controversy over whether he was really ethnically Russian or whether he was actually German. But with such an amazing voice, does it really matter?

Ochi Chernye (Black Eyes)
[YOUTUBE]N8PvGAegh6o[/YOUTUBE]

Two Guitars (translated from the gypsie version)
[YOUTUBE]0tGGYLEdR9A[/YOUTUBE]

**~~The Journeyman~~** · 12-05-2010, 02:36 PM

[YOUTUBE]GDfukgIvNbM[/YOUTUBE]

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**~~Osweo~~** · 12-05-2010, 08:02 PM

Yevgeniya Smolyaninova is a favourite of mine;

In the Moonlight
[YOUTUBE]17TxVKgMGCc[/YOUTUBE]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17TxV...eature=related

Do Not Leave, Abide With Me
[YOUTUBE]3MRwjTwxdoU[/YOUTUBE]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MRwj...eature=related

It might be fair to say, however, that these romances are relatively 'modern'. If we're going to go back a few centuries, we get a rather different sound, and one quite startling to the western ear;
Of Vanya the Bandit
http://music.orthodoxy.ru/mp3/esmol2...b741217cbd4383
(click link and it you'll get a 'save or open' window.)

Spin, Spin, Well!
http://music.orthodoxy.ru/mp3/esmol3...934f395b17c964

Christ is Risen!
http://music.orthodoxy.ru/mp3/esmol4...a33bd159e78fd7
(This is an Easter Song like that referred to in the following piece)

And one of the 'purest' male singers I've heard so far is Vladimir Skuntsev, singing songs of the Don Cossacks;

Not For Me
[YOUTUBE]FV2ueUKso9E[/YOUTUBE]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV2ue...eature=related
[SPOILER=LIRIKI]Не для меня придёт весна,
Не для меня Дон разольётся,
Там сердце девичье забьётся
С восторгом чувств не для меня.

Не для меня цветут сады,
В долине роща расцветает,
Там соловей весну встречает,
Он будет петь не для меня.

Не для меня журчат ручьи,
Текут алмазными струями,
Там дева с чёрными бровями,
Она растет не для меня.

Не для меня придёт Пасха,
За стол родня вся соберётся,
"Христос воскрес" из уст польётся,
Пасхальный день не для меня.

Не для меня цветут цветы
Распустит роза цвет душистый
Сорвешь цветок, а он завянет
Такая жизнь не для меня

А для меня кусок свинца,
Он в тело белое вопьётся,
И слезы горькие прольются.
Такая жизнь, брат, ждёт меня.

Russian to English translation

Not for me, does spring come,
Not for me, will Don flow,
There a girl's heart is bursting
With feelings of delight, but not for me.

Not for me are the gardens in bloom
In the valley where the groves blossom
There the nightingales meets spring,
He sings, but not for me.

Not for me, the murmuring brooks,
The pure flowing streams,
There a dark browed maiden
Grows into womanhood, but not for me.

Not for me does Easter come,
The table where relatives all gather together,
"Christ is risen" pours from their lips,
Easter day is not for me.

Not for me flowers bloom
The fragrant rose reveals its hue
Pluck the flower, and it will wither
Such a life is not for me

BUT for me - a piece of lead,
cutting through my pale flesh,
Bitter tears will pour.
Such a life, brother, waits for me.[/SPOILER]

Don Ivanovich
[YOUTUBE]5EJWtna3GI0[/YOUTUBE]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EJWt...eature=related
(About the River Don, with hurdy-gurdy!)

**~~Osweo~~** · 12-05-2010, 08:42 PM

Ah, HERE'S some of the really ancient type;

Русичи - Жавронёнок
RUSICHI, singing Zhavronyonok / Skylark
[YOUTUBE]cbgeW8tQaZc[/YOUTUBE]

Kukushechka / 'Dear Cuckoo'
[YOUTUBE]AB-5T2PDRgw[/YOUTUBE]

and a superb one from the same ensamble about the Pugachov Revolt in Ekaterina the Great's reign;
[YOUTUBE]WtiuoyYawUo[/YOUTUBE]

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ANd if anyone liked Evgeniya Smolyaninova in my last post, there's lots of songs to download free here;
http://pesni.voskres.ru/music/esmol.htm
The box on the left is a list of songs, at the end of each line is a grey 'speaker' icon; click on it, and a window opens with another hyperlink to click in the middle of the page. Click that, and you get the 'Open or Save' window...

**Daos** · 01-20-2011, 06:28 AM

http://video.yandex.ru/users/ebolvirus/view/72/

**Radola** · 01-20-2011, 07:45 AM

This isn´t a russian song but a polish-ukrainian one, but I bet not everyone can feel the difference between those languages, so I´ll post it.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3OpylRX53A[/YOUTUBE]