Songs and Dances of the Ukraine, Vol. 1 (LP edition)

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