Folk Music of the U.S.S.R.

This album features music from 15 republics of the former Soviet Union, including selections from Central Asia, Ukraine, and the Caucasus. While regions have absorbed musical influences from neighboring cultures―in the south from Persia, in the east from China, for example―the music of each people has its own distinctive characteristics. Liner notes include maps and photo spreads on some of the states of the former Soviet Union featured in the album, as well as song lyrics in English, Russian, Armenian, and other regional languages.

Track Listing

101	Byelorussia: Folksong (1)	Two women with balalaika accompaniment, Belarus	03:37
102	Byelorussia: Folksong (2)	Women's chorus, Belarus	03:10
103	Byelorussia: Folksong from the Village of Aziorchina	Women's chorus with accordion accompaniment, Belarus	01:55
104	Karelia: Beautiful Maiden	Women's chorus with accordion accompaniment	01:45
105	Smolensk Oblast: Psaltery Tune	Balalaika duo	01:15
106	Moldavia: Kishinev (near Rumanian Border) Doyna	Moldavian instrumental ensemble	02:08
107	Dagestan: Folksong - Spring Time (Dargin Song)	Female singer accompanied by balalaika	02:38
108	Ossetia: Tsola (Humorous Song)	Mixed chorus, unaccompanied	02:07
201	Ukrainia: Folksong (There's a Well in the Field)	Women's chorus, Ukraine	02:48
202	Ukrainia: Arkan (Hutzulski Tanec)	Ukrainska Siczowa Orchestra Surma	03:09
203	Georgia: Lezhinska	Tar player, solo	02:05
204	Georgia: Western Georgia Humorous Song	Mixed chorus with tar accompaniment	02:09
205	Azerbaijan: Ugam	Solo balaban player	03:31
206	Azerbaijan: Kurd Shakhnaz	Male singer with zurna, gaval, duduk	02:14
207	Bashkir: Gulnazira	Women's Choir of the Bashkir State Philharmonic conducted by A. Tikhomirov	01:04
301	Armenia: Yerevan Wedding Dance	Armenian folk orchestra	02:18
302	Armenia: Folksong (Khaminer)	Tamara Khanumadova	03:09
303	Armenia: Folk Dance (Unabi)	Armenian folk trio	02:21
304	Armenia: Folksong (Ekhso Jan)	Tatoul Altunyan and State Ensemble of Armenian Folk Song and Dance	02:24
305	Armenia: Machkal	Vatche Hovsepyan	02:56
306	Armenia: Shirak Folk Dance	Armenian Radio Orchestra of Folk Instruments	02:59
307	Armenia: Folksong (Asor Arazy Es Gnatsam)	Ophelia Hambartsumian and Armenian Radio Orchestra of Folk Instruments	02:53
308	Armenia: Folk Dance (Maralik)	Levon Madoyan and Hachik Hachatryan	03:47
401	Tadjik: The Dancing Girl	Women's chorus with dutar	02:13
402	Uzbekh: Song of the Cotton Picker	Male singer with orchestra	02:13
403	Kirghiz: Komuz	Male singer with komuz	03:03
404	Kirghiz: Folk Melody "Kubanam" (Komuz)	Komuz player	01:29
405	Turkmen: Yandym Leili	Jepbar Hansähedow	02:35
406	Turkmen: Gosel Son (You, Beauty)	Male singer accompanied by dutar and gydzhak	03:16
407	Turkmen: Pakhtachi Gozel (Beautiful Cotton Picker)	Male singer accompanied by dutar and gydzhak	02:27
408	Tatar: Apipya	Zemfira Akhmetova, Hamid Bakirov	02:17
409	Kazakh: Kalka	Garifulla Kurmangaliev	02:02
410	Kazakh: Folksong (Pan Koylek)	Garifulla Kurmangaliev	02:40