Russian Folk Dances of the Moiseyev Dance Company

The Moiseyev Dance Company, formerly known as the State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble of the USSR, is the most celebrated folk dance company from Russia. The company has toured 60 countries and employs about 200 dancers; it was the first Soviet dance company to perform in the USA (1958). On this 1992 recording, released just after the collapse of the Soviet Union, members of the Soviet Army Band, the Moscow Radio Orchestra of Folk Instruments, and accordion players of the dance company play the dance music associated with the Moiseyev. “Partisans” is a favorite from their repertoire, depicting struggles of the Russian people in World War II.

Track Listing

101	Ural Quadrille	Moscow Radio Orchestra of Folk Instruments	02:07
102	Variations on the Russian Folk Song "Korobeiniki" (The Peddlers)	Instrumental Quintet of the Soviet Army Band	03:00
103	Russian Melodies	Instrumental Quintet of the Soviet Army Band	02:51
104	Trepak No. 1 (Russian Dance)	Accordion Quartet: S. Chernikh, M. Chernikh, I. Chernikh, V. Soldatov	03:13
105	Polka-Kubanka	Vladimir Kuznetsov and Ivan Tikhonov	01:25
106	Russian Folk Melody	Accordion Quartet: S. Chernikh, M. Chernikh, I. Chernikh, V. Soldatov	03:11
107	Ukranian Folk Dance	Anatole Belyaev	01:29
108	Variations on the Russian Folk Song "Kamarinskaya"	Instrumental Quintet of the Soviet Army Band	02:18
109	Dance (Russian Folk Melody)	Instrumental Quintet of the Soviet Army Band	02:39
110	Polka	Moscow Radio Orchestra of Folk Instruments	02:02
111	Play, My Fife	Boris Chegodayev and Rem Maslov	02:13
112	On the Mountain	Accordion Quartet: S. Chernikh, M. Chernikh, I. Chernikh, V. Soldatov	02:56
113	Trepak No. 2 (Russian Dance)	Boris Chegodayev and Rem Maslov	02:38
114	Ural Dance	Eugene Blinov and Gdali Elperin	01:53
115	The Partisans	Peter Eribakov and Vladimir Mokhov	02:21
116	The Challenge	Peter Eribakov and Vladimir Mokhov	02:22
117	Melodies of the Volga	Peter Eribakov and Vladimir Mokhov	03:20
118	The Lark	Peter Eribakov and Vladimir Mokhov	02:30
119	The Peddler's Box	Peter Eribakov and Vladimir Mokhov	03:38
120	Village Quadrille	Peter Eribakov and Vladimir Mokhov	01:58
121	Fantasy on Waltz Themes of Vladimir Andreyev	Ossipov Orchestra of Folk Instruments	06:26