Compact disc.

Program notes by the conductor & Vladimir Krupin in English, French & German and text translations in English, French & German inserted in container.

Recorded at the Abbey church of Beinwil, Soleure, Switzerland, Dec. 1995.

Chants traditionells de l'ancienne Russie

Lieder aus dem alten Russland

Polno, vam snejotski = Snow, the time has come

Glukhoï, nevedomoi taigoiu = Through the thick, mysterious Tiaga

Pesn' dvorianskovo polka = Song of the noble regiment

Odnozvuchno gremit kolokolchik = Monotonously rings the little bell

Po dikim stipiam Zabaikalia = On the wild steppes beyond the Baikal

A kak nashi krestiane = See our peasants

Step da step krugom = Nothing but the steppe all around

Gei, slaviane = Hymn of the Slav peoples

Loutsina moya = My little birch torch

Iz-pod tuchuchki veterochki duiut = Behind the clouds the winds have arisen

Nevol'no pomniatsa pokhody = I cannot but think back

Slavnoe more = Spendid sea

Razluka = The separation

Vverkh po Volge = Upstream, on the Volga

Oi, da vy Kubantsy = Glory be to you, Kuban Cossacks

Ekh, huz kak pal tuman = The fog is coming down

Dvenadstat' razboinikov = The twelve brigands

Zhizni tot odin dostoin = He alone deserves to live

Vniz po matushke po Volge = Driving the waves of the Volga.

Folk songs, Russian > Russia.