The Osipov Balalaika Orchestra
conducted by Vitaly Gnutov & Viktor Dubrovsky
with guest soloists Ludmila Zykina (soprano), Valentina Levko (mezzo-soprano), Ivan Petrov (bass)

SIDE ONE (20:13)
JINGLE BELL (Verstovsky, words: trad.) (3:07)
with Valentina Levko
GLORIOUS SEA, THE SACRED BAIKAL (19th century song of an escaped political prisoner, words: Davydov) (5:40)
with Ivan Petrov
OH, SNOW, LIGHT SNOW (Ponomarenko, words: Bokov) (1:39)
with Ludmila Zykina
DANCE OF THE LITTLE SWANS FROM “SWAN LAKE” (Tchaikovsky, arr. A. Y. Aleksandrov) (1:31)
SIBERIAN FLAX (Kutuzov, words: Bukov) (4:49)
with Ludmila Zykina
AH, NASTASYA! (Traditional Russian folk song) (1:51)
with Ivan Petrov
OVER THE FIELDS, OPEN FIELDS (Traditional Russian folk song) (2:26)
with Valentina Levko

SIDE TWO (23:38)
THE COACHMAN’S SONG (Gurilyov, words: Bakhturin) (2:32)
with Ivan Petrov
DARK EYES SPELL DANGER (Ponomarenko, words: Bokov) (1:50)
with Ludmila Zykina
LOST IN THE TALL STAND OF GRAIN (words: Nekrasov) (4:46)
with Valentina Levko
DAYBREAK ON THE MOSKVA RIVER (PRELUDE TO “KHOVANSHCHINA”) (Mussorgsky, arr. Kabanikhin) (5:09)
OH, MY HEART (Ponomarenko, words: Burygin) (2:04)
with Ludmila Zykina
WHY A CLOUD OF DUST IN THE FIELD? (Traditional Russian folk song) (2:38)
with Valentina Levko
AH,VANYA (Traditional Russian folk song) (5:29)
with Ivan Petrov

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THE FABULOUS OSIPOV BALALAIKA ORCHESTRA.
A program of classic and folk favorites including “Festival Overture,” “At Dawn, Sweet Dawn," “Lyric Dance," “Evening Bells,” “The Flight of the Bumble Bee," “Italian Polka,” “Russian Dance" and others. SR-40120
Art Direction and Design: Marvin Schwartz
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 78-752531 applies to this recording.

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