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Special offer. Balakirev and Russian Folksong

Joseph Banowetz (piano), Alton Chung Ming (pianos), Olga Kalugina (soprano), Svetlana Nikolayeva (mezzo-soprano), Pavel Kolgatin (tenor)

Russian Philharmonic of Moscow, Konstantin Krimets

Balakirev and Russian Folksong
This interestingly-planned and generously-filled disc spans Balakirev's career, and his deep involvement with Russian folksong. Joseph Banowetz, taking the lion's share of the piano playing,...

BBC Music Magazine, October 20074 out of 5 stars

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Special offer. Balakirev and Russian Folksong

Joseph Banowetz (piano), Alton Chung Ming (pianos), Olga Kalugina (soprano), Svetlana Nikolayeva (mezzo-soprano), Pavel Kolgatin (tenor)

Russian Philharmonic of Moscow, Konstantin Krimets

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This interestingly-planned and generously-filled disc spans Balakirev's career, and his deep involvement with Russian folksong. Joseph Banowetz, taking the lion's share of the piano playing,...

BBC Music Magazine, October 20074 out of 5 stars

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Each of Balakirev arrangements on this CD is preceded by the original folksong, illuminating Balakirev’s perceptive approach to this fascinating material.

Contents and tracklist

Balakirev: Grand Fantasia on Russian Folksongs, Op. 4
Work length18:19
Dormition of the Mother of God
Work length0:52
  • Svetlana Nikolayeva
Balakirev: 30 Songs of the Russian People
Work length1:12
  • Joseph Banowetz, Alton Chung Ming Chan
30 Russian Folksongs: No. 1. Dormition of the Mother of God
Track length1:12
trad.: Egority the Brave
Work length1:16
  • Svetlana Nikolayeva
Balakirev: 30 Songs of the Russian People
Work length1:12
  • Joseph Banowetz, Alton Chung Ming Chan
30 Russian Folksongs: No. 2. Egority the Brave
Track length1:12
trad.: Lazar
Work length0:53
  • Svetlana Nikolayeva
Balakirev: 30 Songs of the Russian People
Work length1:02
  • Joseph Banowetz, Alton Chung Ming Chan
30 Russian Folksongs: No. 3. Lazar
Track length1:02
The Last Judgement
Work length1:32
  • Pavel Kolgatin
Balakirev: 30 Songs of the Russian People
Work length0:54
  • Joseph Banowetz, Alton Chung Ming Chan
30 Russian Folksongs: No. 4. The Last Judgement
Track length0:54
trad.: The Book of the Dove
Work length0:37
  • Olga Kalugina
Balakirev: 30 Songs of the Russian People
Work length1:04
  • Joseph Banowetz, Alton Chung Ming Chan
30 Russian Folksongs: No. 5. The Book of the Dove
Track length1:04
trad.: The King's Sons from Krakow
Work length1:00
  • Pavel Kolgatin
Balakirev: 30 Songs of the Russian People
Work length1:49
  • Joseph Banowetz, Alton Chung Ming Chan
30 Russian Folksongs: No. 6. The King's Sons from Krakow
Track length1:49
trad.: Kostruk
Work length0:44
  • Svetlana Nikolayeva
Balakirev: 30 Songs of the Russian People
Work length1:10
  • Joseph Banowetz, Alton Chung Ming Chan
30 Russian Folksongs: No. 7. Kostruk
Track length1:10
trad.: Nikita Romanovich
Work length1:02
  • Olga Kalugina, Svetlana Nikolayeva
Balakirev: 30 Songs of the Russian People
Work length1:57
  • Joseph Banowetz, Alton Chung Ming Chan
30 Russian Folksongs: No. 8. Nikita Romanovich
Track length1:57
trad.: Grisha Otrepyev
Work length0:59
  • Pavel Kolgatin
Balakirev: 30 Songs of the Russian People
Work length1:00
  • Joseph Banowetz, Alton Chung Ming Chan
30 Russian Folksongs: No. 9. Grisha Otrepyev
Track length1:00
trad.: Vasiliy Okulyevic
Work length0:43
  • Svetlana Nikolayeva
Balakirev: 30 Songs of the Russian People
Work length0:56
  • Joseph Banowetz, Alton Chung Ming Chan
30 Russian Folksongs: No. 10. Vasiliy Okulyevic
Track length0:56
trad.: The Razvoinik Brothers and their Sister
Work length0:54
  • Svetlana Nikolayeva
Balakirev: 30 Songs of the Russian People
Work length2:17
  • Joseph Banowetz, Alton Chung Ming Chan
30 Russian Folksongs: No. 11. The Razvoinik Brothers and their Sister
Track length2:17
trad.: Birds and Animals
Work length0:47
  • Svetlana Nikolayeva
Balakirev: 30 Songs of the Russian People
Work length0:23
  • Joseph Banowetz, Alton Chung Ming Chan
30 Russian Folksongs: No. 12. Birds and Animals
Track length0:23
They said: Fedot-ot doesn't drink beer…
Work length0:45
  • Pavel Kolgatin
Balakirev: 30 Songs of the Russian People
Work length0:49
  • Joseph Banowetz, Alton Chung Ming Chan
30 Russian Folksongs: No. 13. They said: Fedot-ot doesn't drink beer…
Track length0:49
trad.: There were no winds…
Work length1:11
  • Olga Kalugina
Balakirev: 30 Songs of the Russian People
Work length0:46
  • Joseph Banowetz, Alton Chung Ming Chan
30 Russian Folksongs: No. 14. There were no winds…
Track length0:46
trad.: Are you, my river, little river…
Work length2:08
  • Olga Kalugina
Balakirev: 30 Songs of the Russian People
Work length0:47
  • Joseph Banowetz, Alton Chung Ming Chan
30 Russian Folksongs: No. 15. Are you, my river, little river…
Track length0:47
trad.: Oh, drinking berry…
Work length0:47
  • Pavel Kolgatin
Balakirev: 30 Songs of the Russian People
Work length0:36
  • Joseph Banowetz, Alton Chung Ming Chan
30 Russian Folksongs: No. 16. Oh, drinking berry…
Track length0:36
Many, many by a damp oak tree…
Work length0:44
  • Olga Kalugina
Balakirev: 30 Songs of the Russian People
Work length0:59
  • Joseph Banowetz, Alton Chung Ming Chan
30 Russian Folksongs: No. 17. Many, many by a damp oak tree…
Track length0:59
trad.: Mummy wasn't hoping
Work length1:20
  • Olga Kalugina
Balakirev: 30 Songs of the Russian People
Work length2:07
  • Joseph Banowetz, Alton Chung Ming Chan
30 Russian Folksongs: No. 18. Mummy wasn't hoping
Track length2:07
My girlfriends, dear girlfriends…
Work length1:04
  • Svetlana Nikolayeva
Balakirev: 30 Songs of the Russian People
Work length0:57
  • Joseph Banowetz, Alton Chung Ming Chan
30 Russian Folksongs: No. 19. My girlfriends, dear girlfriends…
Track length0:57
Oh you geese, you geese…
Work length1:02
  • Olga Kalugina
Balakirev: 30 Songs of the Russian People
Work length0:38
  • Joseph Banowetz, Alton Chung Ming Chan
30 Russian Folksongs: No. 20. Oh you geese, you geese…
Track length0:38
Grape-harvest
Work length1:01
  • Svetlana Nikolayeva
Balakirev: 30 Songs of the Russian People
Work length1:04
  • Joseph Banowetz, Alton Chung Ming Chan
30 Russian Folksongs: No. 21. Grape-harvest
Track length1:04
trad.: There is a tree on a hill
Work length0:26
  • Pavel Kolgatin
Balakirev: 30 Songs of the Russian People
Work length0:55
  • Joseph Banowetz, Alton Chung Ming Chan
30 Russian Folksongs: No. 22. There is a tree on a hill
Track length0:55
trad.: I went into the garden
Work length0:55
  • Olga Kalugina, Svetlana Nikolayeva
Balakirev: 30 Songs of the Russian People
Work length0:31
  • Joseph Banowetz, Alton Chung Ming Chan
30 Russian Folksongs: No. 23. I went into the garden
Track length0:31
Our wide street
Work length0:45
  • Olga Kalugina
Balakirev: 30 Songs of the Russian People
Work length0:57
  • Joseph Banowetz, Alton Chung Ming Chan
30 Russian Folksongs: No. 24. Our wide street
Track length0:57
Utushnaya
Work length0:24
  • Pavel Kolgatin
Balakirev: 30 Songs of the Russian People
Work length1:14
  • Joseph Banowetz, Alton Chung Ming Chan
30 Russian Folksongs: No. 25. Utushnaya
Track length1:14
trad.: Rowanberry and Raspberry
Work length1:15
  • Olga Kalugina
Balakirev: 30 Songs of the Russian People
Work length0:43
  • Joseph Banowetz, Alton Chung Ming Chan
30 Russian Folksongs: No. 26. Rowanberry and Raspberry
Track length0:43
What a heart
Work length1:03
  • Pavel Kolgatin
Balakirev: 30 Songs of the Russian People
Work length1:09
  • Joseph Banowetz, Alton Chung Ming Chan
30 Russian Folksongs: No. 27. What a heart
Track length1:09
It's enough for you, my dear, to walk in the field
Work length1:09
  • Pavel Kolgatin
Balakirev: 30 Songs of the Russian People
Work length1:03
  • Joseph Banowetz, Alton Chung Ming Chan
30 Russian Folksongs: No. 28. It's enough for you, my dear, to walk in the field
Track length1:03
trad.: Oh you, winter
Work length0:43
  • Pavel Kolgatin
Balakirev: 30 Songs of the Russian People
Work length0:39
  • Joseph Banowetz, Alton Chung Ming Chan
30 Russian Folksongs: No. 29. Oh you, winter
Track length0:39
trad.: She became, she became a colonel's wife
Work length0:53
  • Olga Kalugina
Balakirev: 30 Songs of the Russian People
Work length0:53
  • Joseph Banowetz, Alton Chung Ming Chan
30 Russian Folksongs: No. 30. She became, she became a colonel's wife
Track length0:53

Awards and reviews

October 2007

This interestingly-planned and generously-filled disc spans Balakirev's career, and his deep involvement with Russian folksong. Joseph Banowetz, taking the lion's share of the piano playing, is a sympathetic interpreter both of Balakirev's Romanticism and his proto-modernism, and is ably assisted by orchestra, singers, and duet partner Alton Chung Ming. ...altogether this is a delightful disc.
4 out of 5 stars

May 2008

Here is a very unusual record of the utmost fascination for anyone with a love of Russian music. The 30 folksongs… are first sung in their original raw form, then as set by him for piano duet. The results are gripping… haunting songs and astonishing originality.
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