Songs and Dances of the Ukraine

This 1957 release from Monitor Records presents a variety of traditional Ukrainian folk music: joyous and boisterous dance music (“Hutsulka”), moody and contemplative Cossack ballads (“The Cossacks Are Whistling”), and songs reflecting traditional life. The musical ensembles, recorded in Ukraine, play a variety of Ukrainian folk instruments, including Ukraine’s national instrument, the bandura, a zither with 31–68 strings. Liner notes include brief descriptions of the songs and a set of lyrics in Ukrainian.

Track Listing

101	The Cossacks are Whistling (Zasvistali Kozachenki) - Ukrainian Folk Song	The Ukrainian Cappella Bandura Players with Ivan Kozlovsky	03:00
102	Hutsulka (Ukrainian Folk Dance)	The Ukrainian State Orchestra of Folk Instruments	02:16
103	Evening Song (Vechirnia Pisnia)	The Ukrainian State Radio Orchestra of Folk Instruments with Nikolai Fokin	03:36
104	The Fifer (Dudarik) - Ukrainian Folk Song	Ukrainian Dumka Chorus	01:25
105	The Enamored Bandura Player (Vziav Bi Ya Banduru) - Ukrainian Folk Song	The Ukrainian Cappella Bandura Players with Boris Hmirya	04:01
106	Do Not Shine, Bright Moon (Oi, Ne Sviti Misiachenku) - Ukrainian Folk Song	The Ukrainian State Radio Orchestra of Folk Instruments with Halina Sholina	03:25
107	Evening in the Country (Vechir Na Dvori) - Ukrainian Folk Song	Boris Hmirya and Lev Ostrin	02:09
108	Curly-Headed Catherine (Kucheriava Katerina) - Ukrainian Folk Song	The Ukrainian Cappella Bandura Players	01:50
201	The Setting Sun (Sontze Nizenko) - Ukrainian Folk Song	The Ukrainian Cappella Bandura Players with Ivan Kozlovsky	03:59
202	Kozachok (Ukrainian Folk Dance)	The Ukrainian State Orchestra of Folk Instruments	02:35
203	Girls, Do Not Wink (Oi Ne Morhaite Divchata)	Nina Pavlenko, Valentina Tretyakova, and Tamara Polishchuk	02:40
204	About a Young Maiden (Pro Divchinonku)	Boris Hmirya and Lev Ostrin	01:58
205	Handzia (Ukrainian Folk Song)	The Ukrainian State Radio Orchestra of Folk Instruments with Elizaveta Chavdar	02:53
206	Oh, Maiden, the Frost Rustles (Oi, Divchina, Shumit Hai) - Ukrainian Folk Song	The Ukrainian Radio Ensemble of Bandura Players	02:56
207	Once in a Cherry Orchard (Raz V Vishniovom'u Sadochku) - Ukrainian Folk Song	The Ukrainian Radio Ensemble of Bandura Players with Vladlena Yalkut	03:03
208	At the Little Bridge (Na Mistochku)	Children's Chorus and Orchestra of Kaliningrad with Ivan Kozlovsky	02:18