Various - Various Artists – Folk Album by Radio Russia (2012)
Nearly 200 peoples live in Russia according to the 2010 census data. Radio Russia presents their traditional music in various national and international folk projects. This CD is a compilation of recordings of the Russian and foreign musicians who participated in the European Broadcasting Union folk festivals, the EBU Christmas and Easter Projects and special offers of Radio Russia.
In 2009 Radio Russia won the Svetozár Stračina Grand Prix competition of folk music recordings with the Lullaby from the South Russia region performed by Sergei Starostin, and in 2011 Stepanida Borisova took second place and the Best Performer Special Prize for her Udagan’s Song.
Radio Russia at the EBU folk festivals:
1996 – Boris Bazurov
2006 – Moscow Balalaika Quartet
2007 – Russian Choir Taussen; The Seventh Heaven Trio
2008 – Sergei Starostin & Zhili-Byli Group
2009 – Stepanida Borisova; Trigon Group
2010 – Nerekhtskiye Rozhechniki Ensemble
2011 – the Academic Orchestra of Russian Folk Instruments Trio of the Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company; Natalia Trapeznikova
2012 – Pavel Ukhanov; Hide-Hide Duo
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The Moscow Balalaika Quartet (Moscow, Russia)
Sergey Starostin (Moscow, Russia)
Stepanida Borisova (Russia, Sakha (Yakutia), Yakutsk)
The Trigon Group (Moldova, Kishinev)
The Nerekhtskiye Rozhechniki Ensemble (Russia, Kostroma region, Nerekhta)
The 7 Heaven Trio (Russia, Novosibirsk)
The Family Tradition Folk Ensemble (Moscow, Russia)
The Hide-Hide Group (Japan, Tokyo)
The Yat-Kha Group (Russia, Tuva, Kyzyl)
The Oktay Ensemble (Russia, Tuva, Kyzyl)
Pavel Ukhanov (Moscow, Russia)
The Lada Trio (Moscow, Russia)
The RTR AORFI Trio (Moscow, Russia)
Natalia Trapeznikova (Russia, Sakha (Yakutia), Yakutsk)
The Taussen Ensemble (Russia, Bashkortostan, Ufa)
The Zhili-Byli Group (Moscow, Russia)
1. Kamarinskaya (trad.) - The Moscow Balalaika Quartet
2. Lullaby of Southern Russian Region (trad.) - Sergey Starostin
3. Udagan’s Song (trad.) - Stepanida Borisova
4. Tudoritsa (trad., arrang. by Trigon) - The Trigon Group
5. Under the White Birch (trad.) - The Nerekhtskiye Rozhechniki Ensemble
6. Vanechka, Come to Me (trad., arrang. by E.Skorobogatova) / The Seventh Heaven Trio
7. Holy Night (trad.) - The Family Tradition Folk Ensemble
8. Like a Lion / Podobno Lvu (Onoue Hideki, arrang. by Wakimaru Junichi) - Hide-Hide
9. Oh, Frost, Frost (trad., arrang. by A.Kuvezin) - Yat-Kha
10. The Sea of Life (trad.) - The Oktay Ensemble
11. Orel Tunes (E.Derbenko) - Pavel Ukhanov
12. New Wine in the Pocket (trad.) - The Lada Vocal Trio
13. Cuban Dance (I. Tamarin) - RTR AORFI Trio
14. Suolga (S.Koudrina) - Natalia Trapeznikova and Orchestra by Yury Kononykhin (Russia, Sakha (Yakutia), Yakutsk)
15. Why Beat of the Winter (trad.) - The Taussen Ensemble
16. High (S.Starostin – trad.) - Sergey Starostin
17. Be Wattled, the Fence (trad., arrang. by S.Klevensky, O. & T. Krasnopevtsev) - The Zhyli-Byli Group
