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