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Various Artists
Russian Gypsy Soul
Genres: International Music, Pop

Track Listings (19) - Disc #1
1. Loyko - Erdenko, Sergei
2. Bog Nikola Ne Dopustit, Sberezhot
3. Shuryaki
4. Matyshka Rossya - Busilyov, Mitya
5. Martovsky Horovod
6. Yegorushka
7. Bogu Pomolitsya - Busilyov, V.
8. Pavlina Krylya
9. Holodny Veter
10. Gulya
11. Snova Slyshu
12. Ay Romale - Zhemchuzhen, Nikola
13. Solnyshko
14. Marjanja
15. Vengerka
16. Otoydi Ne Glyadi
17. Molyarkitsa
18. Kak Tsvetok Dushisty
19. Poppouri
Track Listings (18) - Disc #2
1. Molyarkitsa
2. Dadoro - Busilyov, Victor
3. Sare Atrya
4. Miteletsa
5. Maestro Menuhin - Erdenko, Sergei
6. Probil Vanyka Lion I Propil
7. Tsiganskaya Ulitsa
8. Ne Uezzhay Ti Moy Golubchik
9. Na Dvore Moroz
10. Ivushki
11. V Aleyah Zaglohshevo Sada
12. Nane Tsoha
13. Zhil Starik Bogatyi - Busilyov, Victor
14. Lumba
15. Ti Dusha Moya Kosolapaya
16. Starushka
17. Ah Na Posledok Ya Skazhu - Akhmadulin, B.
18. Moldova

CD Details

All Artists: Various Artists
Title: Russian Gypsy Soul
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Network Germany
Release Date: 2/13/2001
Album Type: Box set, Import
Genres: International Music, Pop
Styles: Europe, Eastern Europe, Far East & Asia
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 785965103729

Synopsis

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When the Gypsies arrived in Russia in the late 1700s, their wild, extravagantly emotional music created an immediate sensation in the royal court, and from then on Gypsy music has been an integral part of Russian cultural life. The two-CD set, Russian Gypsy Soul, features the wide variety of musical styles played by Russian Gypsies, including the fiddling of Sergei Erdenko of Loyko, the choral singing of the Siberian Gypsies, and the guitar playing of Kolpakov, who uses a traditional Russian seven-string guitar. The Gypsies have a reputation for being a passionate people, and the emotional fire in selections like "Shuryaki," a rousing drinking song by Jelem, or "Yegorushka," a moving farewell lament from Ilo, shows that their reputation is well deserved. Many of the artists here have never been heard outside of Russia, but all of the musicians deliver performances of the highest caliber, and many of the instrumentalists play at the virtuoso level. Russian Gypsy Soul is an excellent introduction to a body of music that has been unheard outside of Russia for too long. --Michael Simmons

CD Reviews

Russian Soul Food

Edward L. Killham | Washington, DC USA | 03/03/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"These two CDs present a sparkling selection of the kind of Gypsy music which has made such a profound impact on Russia's popular music for several centuries. There are eloquent examples here of the four major regional styles of Russian gypsy music, from the Far East though the Siberian nomads to the southern peoples of the Russian Empire. There are also occasional echoes from other countries, principally from Eastern Europe but ranging as far west as Ireland. Most striking to American jazz fans will be the clear genesis of Djanko Reinhardt's Hot Club of France with its characteristic virtuousic guitar and violin solos against a backgroud of insistent guitar rhythm, such as with the Loyko ensemble. Reinhardt, who has been called the first great European jazz musician, was a Belgian but intensely proud of his gypsy heritage. Larger groups of frentic singers and instrumentalists leave the listener with the feeling of taking part in one of the orgiastic scenes of revelry in the Brothers Karamazov. Some listeners may find the irrational exuberence of a few of the singers too much a a good thing but even such soloists convey an authentic oral picture of an enduring aspect of Mother Russia."