У HAC OЛEHБKA ДA ЦBETOЧEK

У HAC OЛEHЬKA ДA ЦBETOЧEK
CBAДEБHЫE ПECHИ ЛEHИHГPAДCKOЙ OБЛACTИ

OUR DEAR LITTLE OLGA IS LIKE A FLOWER
WEDDING SONGS FROM THE LENINGRAD OBLAST

Melodiya, 1981, S20 16721-2

This is another LP from the eighties I copied on tape first then from tape onto CD.
Two ensembles from the region of Leningrad  were recorded : the Folk Ensemble from the village of Rudna district of Slantsveskiy (tracks 1-5) and the Folk Ensemble from the village of Zagriv (same district near the Estonian border) (tracks 6-20).They are both  choirs of women with a local repertoire. Some of the melodies are beautiful and they sing as if they were in their villages and not in a studio.
An exceptional production by Melodiya.

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КAЗAKИ-НEKPACOBЦЫ HA KOHЦEPTE B MOCKOBCKOЙ KOHCEPBATOPИИ

 

КAЗAKИ-НEKPACOBЦЫ

HA KOHЦEPTE B MOCKOBCKOЙ KOHCEPBATOPИИ

THE NEKRASOV COSSACKS 

IN CONCERT AT THE MOSCOW CONSERVATOIRE

Melodiya, 1984, S20 20435 009

 

''Real'' Cossack music and singing is rare enough; although this is a ensemble called the Folklore Ensemble of the Stavropol Territory it sounds like authentic tradtional singing. No arrangements or fiddling only straight and lively way of delivering the songs. This ensemble is mainly a choir of women singing in Russian with one solo song (here in Turkish) and some instrumental on harmonica and ''concertina'' (in fact an accordion).
Stavropol is a city north of Caucasus founded as a fortress first by Potemkin to stabilize the conquest of the area over the Ottoman empire in 1774. Don Cossacks were settled there in order to defend the new borders. But that group Nekrasov had been in the region already since 1708 after their rebellion was defeated; they decided to flee toward Kuban under the lead of Ignat Nekrasov hence their name. They were Old Believers and persecuted by the Orthodox Russian Church. In 1737, probably when Nekrasov died, they settled in the Ottoman empire. A number of them choose to fight with the Germans during the Second World War. Then some prefered to go to Turkey, others emigrated to the USA and the rest stayed in the region.
This is a copy I made during the eighties and the cover I have is different from the one we can find on line now.

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An Bhanaltra

 

AN BHANALTRA
Songs in Irish Gaelic
CONAL O DONNELL & others

Folktracks, 1975, FSB-60-003

Folktracks was Peter Kennedy's label to commercialize his own recordings. He worked for the BBC. Here we have the original recordings of the songs selected for the book ''Folksongs of Britain and Ireland.

These singers are traditional singers from Donegal mainly, from the gaeltacht where Irish is spoken daily by everybody. It's a very nice collection with various ways of singing from men and women. Most of the songs are introduced in English. Conal O'Donnell sings ten songs out of nineteen. It's a pity the edition was so poor (just the one sheet of paper); a lack of means I suppose.

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