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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