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Yulya Sings Her Favorite Russian Songs

Yulya
Yulya Sings Her Favorite Russian Songs

The Russian genre chanson (шансон) is broad and sometimes ambiguous. Although it often refers to prison songs, here Yulya Zapol’skaya Whitney embodies another aspect of chanson—urban romance and the émigré experience. Imagine Yulya performing these songs on a snowy and quiet winter evening in a quaint apartment, not in Moscow but in the Russian émigré boroughs of New York. Yulya brings a new mood and context to these traditional songs about romance, youth, and war: nostalgia for the Motherland. The musical accompaniment consists of simple, delicate strokes on the piano. Liner notes include song lyrics in English and Russian.

Track Listing

101
Alone in Our Room (Ya V Nashei Komnate Odna)
Yulya
02:58  
102
Let There Always Be Sunshine (Pust Vsyegda Budyet Solntse)
Yulya
02:56  
103
How Good It Is to Sit Beside the Fire (Kak Khorosho Sidyet U Ogonka)
Yulya
02:23  
104
The Girl without Legs (Byeznozhenka)
Yulya
03:00  
105
Incantation (Zaklinaniye)
Yulya
02:55  
106
When Youth Passes (Kogda Prokhodit Molodost)
Yulya
02:40  
107
Yesterday I Saw You by Chance (Vchyera Vas Vidyela Sluchayno)
Yulya
02:10  
201
In the Trenches (Zyemlyanka)
Yulya
02:13  
202
The Second Heart (Vtoroye Syertse)
Yulya
02:35  
203
A Song of Happiness (Pyesyenka O Schastye)
Yulya
03:04  
204
Lyubushka
Yulya
01:48  
205
Where Are You Now? (Gdye Vy Tyeper?)
Yulya
02:21  
206
The Light Blue Balloon Spins And Turns (Krutitsa, Vertitsa Shar Goluboy)
Yulya
01:46  
207
The Old Waltz (Starinyi Vals)
Yulya
02:35