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Musics of the Soviet Union

Various Artists
Musics of the Soviet Union The musical selections on this album represent the styles of musicians who came to Washington, DC, in the summer of 1988 for the 22nd annual Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife, offering a rich sampling from many of the more than 100 ethnic groups within this vast region. The record begins with passionate Lithuanian lullabies and proceeds through ancient seasonal and ceremonial village songs from southern and northern Russia and the asymmetrical dance rhythms performed by Estonian bagpipers. From the Mongolian frontier, the amazing art of Tuvan multiphonic "throat singing" can be heard as well as the richly harmonic male choral singing still practiced in Georgia. "...[A] compelling taste of sounds from a country with a huge amount of indigenous music..." —Option

Track Listing

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Lithuanian Lullaby Veronika Povilioniene 01:16
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Lithuanian Lullaby Veronika Povilioniene 02:56
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Estonian Bagpipe Music Estonian bagpipe music 01:14
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South Russian solo song from Belgorod Province M.K. Mal´tseva leading vocal ensemble from Podserednee 01:56
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South Russian wedding dance song from Belgorod Province M.K. Mal´tseva leading vocal ensemble from Podserednee 01:35
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North Russian wedding greeting song from Arkhangelsk Province Kamenka village ensemble 05:05
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North Russian wedding lament Evdokiia Alexandrovna Oreshkina 01:15
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North Russian lyric song Singers from the village of Shostova Gora in Arkhangelsk province 06:03
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Tuvan folk melody S.B. Manchakai 01:35
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Song from Khomeizhi M.C. Daknai 02:37
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Azerbaijani classical mugam Bayat-i Kurd 07:16
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Georgian song Lile song and dance ensemble of the Lintekhskii House of Culture 03:00
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Georgian song Gugava Dzohkia 02:48
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Georgian wedding song Lile song and dance ensemble of the Lintekhskii House of Culture 02:42