This is a list of recordings made by the Alexandrov Ensemble (under various titles) since 1928. Within each section (CDs, LPs, 78s etc.) they are in alphabetical order of record labels.

Facets

Facets Multi-Media

Facets Multi-Media is a film organization in Chicago, Illinois, formed in 1975. Besides its facilities in Chicago, Facets Multi-Media also runs Facets Video, one of the largest distributors of foreign film in the United States.-Facets Video:...

: Leningrad Cowboys

Leningrad Cowboys

The Leningrad Cowboys is a Finnish rock band famous for humorously making rock and roll covers of popular songs, exaggerated pompadour hairstyles, long, pointy shoes, often featuring a Russian military band, the Alexandrov Ensemble.-Beginnings:...

- Total Balalaika Show

Total Balalaika Show

Total Balalaika Show is a 1994 film by director Aki Kaurismäki featuring a concert with the Leningrad Cowboys and the Alexandrov ensemble.The concert took place on 12 June 1993 on Senate Square in Helsinki, Finland...

• B0007TKHS4 (Region 1 DVD) and B000E8RF24 (Region 2 DVD
  DVD region code
  DVD region codes are a digital-rights management technique designed to allow film distributors to control aspects of a release, including content, release date, and price, according to the region...
  
  )
• (dir: Aki Kaurismaki
  Aki Kaurismäki
  -Career:After studying Media Studies at the University of Tampere, Aki Kaurismäki started his career as a co-director in the films of his elder brother Mika Kaurismäki. His debut as an independent director was Crime and Punishment , Dostoyevsky's famous crime story set in modern-day Helsinki...
  
  . An unusual and humorous rockumentary
  Rockumentary
  The term rockumentary is a neologism denoting a documentary about rock music or its musicians. The term was used by Bill Drake in the 1969 History of Rock & Roll radio broadcast, and by Rob Reiner in the 1984 mockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap....
  
   with the Alexandrov Ensemble and Leningrad Cowboys
  Leningrad Cowboys
  The Leningrad Cowboys is a Finnish rock band famous for humorously making rock and roll covers of popular songs, exaggerated pompadour hairstyles, long, pointy shoes, often featuring a Russian military band, the Alexandrov Ensemble.-Beginnings:...
  
   recorded live on Senate Square Helsinki
  Helsinki
  Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
  
   in 1993, released 10 May 2005, in English, Finnish, French and Russian, 55 mins.)
  • Included are covers of: Happy Together
    Happy Together (song)
    "Happy Together" is a 1967 song from The Turtles' album of the same name. Released in February 1967, the song knocked The Beatles' "Penny Lane" out of the #1 slot for three weeks on the Billboard Hot 100. It was the group's only chart-topper. "Happy Together" reached #12 on the UK Singles Chart in...
    
    , Bob Dylan
    Bob Dylan
    Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
    
    's Knocking on Heaven's Door, Tom Jones
    Tom Jones (singer)
    Sir Thomas John Woodward, OBE , known by his stage name Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer.Since the mid 1960s, Jones has sung many styles of popular music – pop, rock, R&B, show tunes, country, dance, techno, soul and gospel – and sold over 100 million records...
    
    ' Delilah
    Delilah
    Delilah appears only in the Hebrew bible Book of Judges 16, where she is the "woman in the valley of Sorek" whom Samson loved, and who was his downfall...
    
    , ZZ Top
    ZZ Top
    ZZ Top is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "That Little Ol' Band from Texas". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based boogie rock, has come to incorporate elements of arena, southern, and boogie rock. The band, from Houston Texas, formed in 1969...
    
    's Gimme All Your Lovin'
    Gimme All Your Lovin'
    "Gimme All Your Lovin" is a song by ZZ Top from their 1983 album Eliminator. The song was released as the album's first single in 1983 ....
    
     with accordions, Skynyrd's Sweet Home Alabama, Kalinka, Song of the Volga Boatmen, Dark Eyes
    Dark Eyes (song)
    Dark Eyes is a Russian song.The lyrics of the song were written by a Ukrainian poet and writer Yevhen Hrebinka. The first publication of the poem was in Literaturnaya gazeta on 17 January 1843....
    
    , Polyushko Pole
    Polyushko Pole
    Polyushka Polye is a Soviet Russian-language song.Polye means "field" in Russian, "polyushko" is a diminutive/hypocoristic form for "polye".- Soviet arrangements :...
    
    .
  • NB. The cover of Stairway to Heaven
    Stairway to Heaven
    "Stairway to Heaven" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released in late 1971. It was composed by guitarist Jimmy Page and vocalist Robert Plant for the band's untitled fourth studio album . The song, running eight minutes and two seconds, is composed of several sections, which...
    
     is missing from this DVD.

Kultur

Kultur Video

Kultur Video is a video company that specializes mostly in issuing televised performances of the classics, both musical and dramatic. Along with issuing famous television programs by such artists as Leonard Bernstein and Mikhail Baryshnikov, they are also responsible for videocassettes and/or DVDs...

: Soviet Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble

• D1106. ISBN 0-7697-8690-1. B0013N3LIG Region 1 DVD.
• (dir: I. Jugashvili. Musical dir: Boris Alexandrov. Compilation of recordings ca.1960 released 29 April 2008, filmed in Soviet Union, in Russian
  Russian language
  Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
  
  , 71mins. The Russian technique at that time was to make a silent colour film on location, then dub the sound in the studio. However there are some superb soundtracks here, if a little crackly.)

1. Forward, On the Way or Let's Go (Choir rocks or sways as if marching. Filmed on Red Square
   Red Square
   Red Square is a city square in Moscow, Russia. The square separates the Kremlin, the former royal citadel and currently the official residence of the President of Russia, from a historic merchant quarter known as Kitai-gorod...
   
    near St Basil's Cathedral, Moscow.)
2. The Birch Tree (soloist: N.T. Gres
   Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
   This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
   
   . Filmed on location in counryside.)
3. Under the Elm Tree, Under the Oak (soloist A.T. Sergeev
   Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
   This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
   
   . Filmed on location).
4. Kamarinskaya
   Kamarinskaya
   Kamarinskaya is a Russian traditional folk dance, which is mostly known today as the Russian composer Mikhail Glinka's magnum opus....
   
   (arr. M. Glinka
   Mikhail Glinka
   Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka , was the first Russian composer to gain wide recognition within his own country, and is often regarded as the father of Russian classical music...
   
   . Balalaika soloist: B.S. Feoktistov. Filmed in studio.)
5. The Golden Rye (soloist: E.M. Belyaev
   Evgeny Belyaev
   Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
   
   . Filmed on location.)
6. Dance of the Soldiers (music: B. Alexandrov. Soundtrack: Alexandrov Ensemble. Ensemble dance troupe filmed in Moscow.)
7. Listen (soloist N.A. Abramov
   Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
   This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
   
   . Filmed in studio.)
8. Stenka Razin
   Stenka Razin
   Stepan Timofeyevich Razin Тимофеевич Разин, ; 1630 – ) was a Cossack leader who led a major uprising against the nobility and Tsar's bureaucracy in South Russia.-Early life:...
   
   soloist: A.T. Sergeev
   Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
   This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
   
   . Filmed on location.)
9. Meadowland (Polyushko Pole
   Polyushko Pole
   Polyushka Polye is a Soviet Russian-language song.Polye means "field" in Russian, "polyushko" is a diminutive/hypocoristic form for "polye".- Soviet arrangements :...
   
   ) (soundtrack: Alexandrov Ensemble. Filmed on location.)
10. Down the Peterskaya Road (soloist: A.T. Sergeev
    Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
    This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
    
    . Filmed in studio.)
11. The Grey Cuckoo (soloist unknown. Filmed on location.)
12. Dance of the Cossacks (music: B. Alexandrov. Soundtrack: Alexandrov Ensemble. Ensemble dance troupe filmed in Moscow.)
13. Song of the Volga Boatmen (soloist L.M. Kharitonov
    Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
    This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
    
    . Filmed in studio.)
14. The Girl Next Door (Alexandrov Ensemble. Filmed on location.)
15. Kalinka (soloist E.M. Belyaev
    Evgeny Belyaev
    Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
    
    . Filmed on location.)
16. Lovely Moonlit Night (soundtrack: Alexandrov Ensemble with soloist E.M. Belyaev
    Evgeny Belyaev
    Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
    
    . Film of moonlit scene.)
17. Dance of the Zaporozhye Cossacks (soundtrack: Alexandrov Ensemble. Ensemble dance troupe filmed in studio.)
18. Forward, On the Way (reprise. Excerpt from track 1.)

Silva

Mellowdrama records

Mellowdrama Records is a soundtrack record labelCurrently, the label focuses on unusual and niche film scores. A notable entry in their music catalogue is Zbigniew Preisner's “The Beautiful Country”, and, including "Frolic", a soundtrack album from “Curb Your Enthusiasm” that includes the show's...

 America: The Alexandrov Red Army Choir Orchestra - Live in Paris

• (SILDV 7004, B00076ON32 Region 1 DVD. Live performance in Paris 16/17 December 2003. Dir: I. Jugashvili. Released 8 February 2005, in English, 124 mins.)
  • Included are: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco
    Nabucco
    Nabucco is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera, based on the Biblical story and the 1836 play by Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois and Francis Cornue...
    
    , Bandits' Chorus from Ernani
    Ernani
    Ernani is an operatic dramma lirico in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play Hernani by Victor Hugo. The first production took place at La Fenice Theatre, Venice on 9 March 1844...
    
    , Spanish Medley: Amapola
    Amapola (song)
    "Amapola" is a 1924 song by Cádiz-born composer José María Lacalle García , with Spanish lyrics. After the composer died in 1937, English language lyrics were written by Albert Gamse....
    
    y Valencia
    Valencia (song)
    Valencia is a pasodoble song composed by José Padilla for the 1924 Zarzuela La bien amada and included in the 1926 silent film Valencia, with lyrics translated by Lucien Boyer, Jacques Charles, and Clifford Grey...
    
    y Granada
    Granada (song)
    "Granada" is a Mexican song written in 1932 by Agustín Lara. The song is about the Spanish city of Granada and has become a "standard" in music repertoire....
    
    , excerpt from Boris Godunov
    Boris Godunov (opera)
    Boris Godunov is an opera by Modest Mussorgsky . The work was composed between 1868 and 1873 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is Mussorgsky's only completed opera and is considered his masterpiece. Its subjects are the Russian ruler Boris Godunov, who reigned as Tsar during the Time of Troubles,...
    
    , March of the Toreadors from Carmen
    Carmen
    Carmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, itself possibly influenced by the narrative poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin...
    
    , Nessun Dorma
    Nessun dorma
    Nessun dorma is an aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot, and is one of the best-known tenor arias in all opera. It is sung by Calaf, il principe ignoto , who falls in love at first sight with the beautiful but cold Princess Turandot...
    
    from Turandot
    Turandot
    Turandot is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni.Though Puccini's first interest in the subject was based on his reading of Friedrich Schiller's adaptation of the play, his work is most nearly based on the earlier text Turandot...
    
    and Di Quella Pira from Il trovatore
    Il trovatore
    Il trovatore is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on the play El Trovador by Antonio García Gutiérrez. Cammarano died in mid-1852 before completing the libretto...
    
    , Moscow Nights
    Moscow Nights
    "Moscow Nights" or "Midnight in Moscow" is a Russian song, and one of those best known outside its homeland.The song was originally created as "Leningradskie Vechera" by composer Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi and poet Mikhail Matusovsky in 1955 , but at the request of the Soviet Ministry of Culture, the...
    
    , Silent Night, Jingle Bells
    Jingle Bells
    "Jingle Bells" is one of the best-known and commonly sung winter songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont and published under the title "One Horse Open Sleigh" in the autumn of 1857...
    
    , Smuglianka (duet: S. Ivanov
    Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
    This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
    
     and P. Bogachev
    Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
    This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
    
    ) and Kalinka.

Amiga: Zur Edition

• (Released 2007. Compilation celebrating Amiga's 60-year anniversary. 4-CD set with 85 tracks, including the folk song Im schönsten Wiesengrunde sung by V. Nikitin recorded at the August 1948 Peace Concert at the Gendarmenmarkt
  Gendarmenmarkt
  The Gendarmenmarkt is a square in Berlin, and the site of the Konzerthaus and the French and German Cathedrals. The centre of the Gendarmenmarkt is crowned by a statue of Germany's poet Friedrich Schiller. The square was created by Johann Arnold Nering at the end of the seventeenth century as the...
  
  , Berlin.)

Analekta: The Red Army Chorus, the Best of the Original Ensemble, AN28800

• (ASIN: B00005UCGV. Released October 2002; re-released February 2008. Soloists include Barseg Tumanyan
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  . 69 mins. Tracks: Riders' March, Troika, Polyushko Pole
  Polyushko Pole
  Polyushka Polye is a Soviet Russian-language song.Polye means "field" in Russian, "polyushko" is a diminutive/hypocoristic form for "polye".- Soviet arrangements :...
  
  , When Soldiers Sing, Nightingales, Dark Eyes
  Dark Eyes (song)
  Dark Eyes is a Russian song.The lyrics of the song were written by a Ukrainian poet and writer Yevhen Hrebinka. The first publication of the poem was in Literaturnaya gazeta on 17 January 1843....
  
  , Brave Don Cossacks, from Ernani
  Ernani
  Ernani is an operatic dramma lirico in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play Hernani by Victor Hugo. The first production took place at La Fenice Theatre, Venice on 9 March 1844...
  
  : Evviva! Beviam! Nel vino cerchiam, The Song of the Volga Boatmen, Russian Song, Kalinka, from Boris Godunov
  Boris Godunov (opera)
  Boris Godunov is an opera by Modest Mussorgsky . The work was composed between 1868 and 1873 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is Mussorgsky's only completed opera and is considered his masterpiece. Its subjects are the Russian ruler Boris Godunov, who reigned as Tsar during the Time of Troubles,...
  
  : Hark, 'tis the knell of death, from Carmen
  Carmen
  Carmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, itself possibly influenced by the narrative poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin...
  
  : Toreador
  Toreador Song
  The Toreador Song is one of the most famous arias from the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet. Sung by the matador Escamillo, it describes various situations in the ring, the cheering of the crowds and the fame that comes with victory.-Text:-In popular culture:* The song is mocked during the "I lost my...
  
  , Dear Soul, Ukrainian Folk Song, Midnight in Moscow, excerpts from May Night
  May Night
  May Night is an opera in three acts, four scenes, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov from a libretto by the composer and is based on Nikolai Gogol's story May Night, or the Drowned Maiden, from his collection Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka....
  
  , I Got Plenty o' Nuttin from Porgy and Bess
  Porgy and Bess
  Porgy and Bess is an opera, first performed in 1935, with music by George Gershwin, libretto by DuBose Heyward, and lyrics by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward. It was based on DuBose Heyward's novel Porgy and subsequent play of the same title, which he co-wrote with his wife Dorothy Heyward...
  
  , Granada
  Granada (song)
  "Granada" is a Mexican song written in 1932 by Agustín Lara. The song is about the Spanish city of Granada and has become a "standard" in music repertoire....
  
  , USSR National Anthem.)

Analekta: The Red Army Chorus, ASIN: B001B5CS7Q

• (Released September 2008. Conductors A. Maltsev, I. Agafonnikov. Soloists include Barseg Tumanyan and Peter Gluboky.)

(Ariola?): The Red Army Ensemble; Royal Albert Hall

• (2-CD set. Probably same content as cassette: "Ariola: The Red Army Ensemble, Royal Albert Hall, 503 278" - see below.)

Bella: Boris Alexandrov Ensemble & Russian State Choir, ASIN: B00000AZLO

• (Released October 1995.)

Bellaphon: Russland, wie es singt und lacht 288.05.017

• (Released 1990. Conductor B. Alexandrov. Included are; Dance Dance, Suliko
  Suliko
  Suliko is a Georgian female and male name meaning 'soul'. It is also the title of a love poem written in 1895 by Akaki Tsereteli, which became widely known throughout the Soviet Union as a song performed with music composed by Varenka Tsereteli. In that form it was often performed on radio during...
  
  , Winter Evening (1951) (soloist V. Nikitin
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  ).)

BMG France: Les Choeurs de L'Armee Rouge 74321423482

• (Released 1996. 2-CD set. Conductor: B. Alexandrov. Included tracks are: Polyushko Pole
  Polyushko Pole
  Polyushka Polye is a Soviet Russian-language song.Polye means "field" in Russian, "polyushko" is a diminutive/hypocoristic form for "polye".- Soviet arrangements :...
  
  , Along the Peterskaya Road, Katyusha
  Katyusha (song)
  Katyusha, Katusha or Katjusha is a Soviet wartime song about a girl longing for her beloved, who is away on military service. The music was composed in 1938 by Matvei Blanter and the lyrics were written by Mikhail Isakovsky. It was first performed by Valentina Batishcheva in the Column Hall of...
  
  , Kalinka, Oh You Rye, The Elm and the Oak, Dark Eyes
  Dark Eyes (song)
  Dark Eyes is a Russian song.The lyrics of the song were written by a Ukrainian poet and writer Yevhen Hrebinka. The first publication of the poem was in Literaturnaya gazeta on 17 January 1843....
  
  , The Birch, In a Sunny Field, Rough Sea Spray (duet E. Belyaev
  Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
  
   and A. Kusleev
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  ), Crane.)

Le Chant du Monde: Les Choeurs de L'Armee Rouge a Paris, LDX274768

• (dir: Boris Alexandrov, recorded Paris 1960, released 1961, re-released 1993):

1. The Birch Tree (1960)
2. Chant des Partisans
   Chant des Partisans
   The Chant des Partisans was the most popular song of the Free French during World War II.The piece was written and put to melody in London in 1943 after Anna Marly heard a Russian song that provided her with inspiration. Joseph Kessel and Maurice Druon wrote the French lyrics. It was performed by...
   
   (1960)
3. Cold Waves Lapping ( (1960)
4. Ukraine Poem (1960)
5. On the Way (1960)
6. Soldiers' Choir from Faust
   Faust (opera)
   Faust is a drame lyrique in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré from Carré's play Faust et Marguerite, in turn loosely based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust, Part 1...
   
   (1960)
7. Leaving Song (1960)
8. Polyushko Pole
   Polyushko Pole
   Polyushka Polye is a Soviet Russian-language song.Polye means "field" in Russian, "polyushko" is a diminutive/hypocoristic form for "polye".- Soviet arrangements :...
   
   (Oh Fields My Fields) (1960)
9. The Grey Cuckoo (1960)
10. Song of Youth (1960)
11. The Neighbour (1960)
12. Along the Peterskaya Road (1960)
13. The Liberation Song (1960)

The Eastern Front: Letters From the Front, Front 003

• (Compilation of original recordings alternating with modern atmospheric artworks, released May 9, 2006 "to celebrate the 61st Anniversary of Great Victory in World War II". Dedicated to Soviet fighters and their allies in World War II. Sold in a thick A3 paper, folded into a triangle to imitate the triangular-folded World War II servicemen's letters from the Soviet front. A facsimile World War II photo of Soviet servicemen is included. The CD contains a bonus video of the Moscow Victory Parade of 1945
  Moscow Victory Parade of 1945
  The Moscow Victory Parade of 1945 was a victory parade held by the Soviet army after the defeat of Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War. It took place in the Soviet capital of Moscow, mostly centering around a military parade through Red Square...
  
  . CD in Russian
  Russian language
  Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
  
  ; paper cover in English.)

1. Invasion: V. Molotov
   Vyacheslav Molotov
   Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov was a Soviet politician and diplomat, an Old Bolshevik and a leading figure in the Soviet government from the 1920s, when he rose to power as a protégé of Joseph Stalin, to 1957, when he was dismissed from the Presidium of the Central Committee by Nikita Khrushchev...
   
   's speech upon Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union (June 22, 1941
   1941 in the Soviet Union
   -Events:*January 1: Soviet Armed Forces reach 4,207,000*February 15-20: 18th Conference of All-Union Communist Party*February 24: Kramatorsk Heavy Machinery Construction Plant was commissioned...
   
   )
2. Svyaschennaya Voyna
   Svyaschennaya Voyna
   Svyashchennaya Voyna was one of the most famous Soviet songs associated with the Second World War. It was written by Vasily Lebedev-Kumach in 1941 upon the beginning of the German invasion of the Soviet Union...
   
   , or Sacred War (music: A. Alexandrov). Alexandrov Ensemble (June 1941)
3. Letter 1 (Westwind
   Westwind (band)
   Westwind is a musical project from the French post-industrial scene, created by Kris G . It mixes influences from musics such as Martial industrial, Post-industrial, Dark ambient, Neofolk and Neoclassical music....
   
   , France, 2005).
4. Call for Defence (Joseph Stalin
   Joseph Stalin
   Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...
   
   's speech, 1941
   1941 in the Soviet Union
   -Events:*January 1: Soviet Armed Forces reach 4,207,000*February 15-20: 18th Conference of All-Union Communist Party*February 24: Kramatorsk Heavy Machinery Construction Plant was commissioned...
   
   ).
5. In a Front Zone Forest (G. Vinogradov
   Georgi Pavlovich Vinogradov
   Georgi Pavlovich Vinogradov , Honoured Artist of Russia, was a Russian tenor: a popular World War II singer on Radio Moscow, recording artist, and soloist with the Alexandrov Ensemble.- Musical training :...
   
   , 1945).
6. Everything is For the Front (Joseph Stalin
   Joseph Stalin
   Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...
   
   's speech, 1941
   1941 in the Soviet Union
   -Events:*January 1: Soviet Armed Forces reach 4,207,000*February 15-20: 18th Conference of All-Union Communist Party*February 24: Kramatorsk Heavy Machinery Construction Plant was commissioned...
   
   ).
7. Letter II (Westwind
   Westwind (band)
   Westwind is a musical project from the French post-industrial scene, created by Kris G . It mixes influences from musics such as Martial industrial, Post-industrial, Dark ambient, Neofolk and Neoclassical music....
   
   , France, 2005).
8. Oh Roads (G. Abramov
   Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
   This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
   
   , 1945).
9. Letter III (Westwind
   Westwind (band)
   Westwind is a musical project from the French post-industrial scene, created by Kris G . It mixes influences from musics such as Martial industrial, Post-industrial, Dark ambient, Neofolk and Neoclassical music....
   
   , France, 2005).
10. Wait for Me (G. Vinogradov
    Georgi Pavlovich Vinogradov
    Georgi Pavlovich Vinogradov , Honoured Artist of Russia, was a Russian tenor: a popular World War II singer on Radio Moscow, recording artist, and soloist with the Alexandrov Ensemble.- Musical training :...
    
    , 1942).
11. Letter IV (Westwind
    Westwind (band)
    Westwind is a musical project from the French post-industrial scene, created by Kris G . It mixes influences from musics such as Martial industrial, Post-industrial, Dark ambient, Neofolk and Neoclassical music....
    
    , France, 2005).
12. This is the Soviet Information Bureau . . . (Yuri Levitan
    Yuri Levitan
    Yuri Borisovich Levitan , was a Soviet radio announcer famous for his wartime reports of the battles, which usually began with "Attention, Moscow is speaking." His voice announced battlefield victories, air raid warnings, and the surrender of Germany to the Soviets on May 9, 1945...
    
    's broadcast, February 1943, after the end of the Battle of Stalingrad
    Battle of Stalingrad
    The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in southwestern Russia. The battle took place between 23 August 1942 and 2 February 1943...
    
    ).
13. Night Over Leningrad (Klavdiya Shulzhenko
    Klavdiya Shulzhenko
    Klavdiya Ivanovna Shulzhenko was a popular female singer of the Soviet Union.- Professional biography :Shulzhenko started singing with jazz and pop bands in the late 1920s. She rose to fame in the late 1930s with her version of Sebastian Yradier's La Paloma...
    
    , 1942).
14. Two Maxims (G. Vinogradov
    Georgi Pavlovich Vinogradov
    Georgi Pavlovich Vinogradov , Honoured Artist of Russia, was a Russian tenor: a popular World War II singer on Radio Moscow, recording artist, and soloist with the Alexandrov Ensemble.- Musical training :...
    
    , 1942).
15. It was time to forget, inspired by Konstantin Simonov
    Konstantin Simonov
    Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov was a Russian/Soviet author, known especially as a war poet.-Early years:He was born in Petrograd. His mother was born Princess Obolenskaya, of a Rurikid family. His father, an officer in the Tsar's army, left Russia after the Revolution in 1917. He died in Poland...
    
    's poem Wait For Me, 1941 (Storm of Capricorn, 2005/06).
16. Lizaveta (P. Kirichek, 1943).
17. Nothing bad can happen to me, inspired by Dark Night, originally sung by M. Bernes in the Soviet movie Two Soldiers, 1942. (Neon Rain, France 2005/06).
18. Song of a Front Truck Driver (M. Bernes, 1945).
19. Soldier's Father (Silence and Strength, Israel
    Israel
    The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
    
    , 2006).
20. Volchovskaya
    Vologda Oblast
    Vologda Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is Vologda. The largest city is Cherepovets.Vologda Oblast is rich in historic monuments, such as the magnificent Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery, Ferapontov Convent , medieval towns of Velikiy Ustyug and Belozersk, baroque...
    
     Drinking Song (Unknown soloist, 1942).
21. The War Went On . . . (Silence and Strength, Israel
    Israel
    The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
    
     2006).
22. Song of the Soviet Army, or Invincible and Legendary (music: A. Alexandrov) (Alexandrov Ensemble, 1945).
23. Victory (Yuri Levitan
    Yuri Levitan
    Yuri Borisovich Levitan , was a Soviet radio announcer famous for his wartime reports of the battles, which usually began with "Attention, Moscow is speaking." His voice announced battlefield victories, air raid warnings, and the surrender of Germany to the Soviets on May 9, 1945...
    
    's broadcast, May 9, 1945, the day when the Soviet Union marked V-E Day, and the Red Army
    Red Army
    The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army started out as the Soviet Union's revolutionary communist combat groups during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1922. It grew into the national army of the Soviet Union. By the 1930s the Red Army was among the largest armies in history.The "Red Army" name refers to...
    
     entered Prague
    Prague
    Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
    
    .).

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: Volga Boat Song. Soviet Army Chorus and Band, CC30-9078. Out of print

• (Same contents as EMI CDC-7-47833-2)

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: Soviet Army Chorus & Band, CDC-7-47833-2 DIDX-1015

• (dir: Boris Alexandrov, recorded 1956/1963, compiled 1986):

1. Song of Youth (1956)
2. The Birch Tree (1956) (soloist: I. Didenko
   Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
   This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
   
   )
3. Far Away (1956) (soloist: E. Belyaev
   Evgeny Belyaev
   Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
   
   )
4. Song of the Volga Boatmen (1956) (soloist: A. Eisen
   Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
   This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
   
   )
5. You Are Always Beautiful (1956) (soloist: E. Belyaev
   Evgeny Belyaev
   Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
   
   )
6. Along Peterskaya Street (1956) (soloist: A. Sergeev
   Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
   This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
   
   )
7. It's a Long Way to Tipperary
   It's a Long Way to Tipperary
   It's a Long Way to Tipperary is a British music hall and marching song written by Jack Judge and co-credited to, but not co-written by, Henry James "Harry" Williams. It was allegedly written for a 5 shilling bet in Stalybridge on 30 January 1912 and performed the next night at the local music hall...
   
   (1956) (soloist: K. Gerasimov
   Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
   This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
   
   )
8. Ah Lovely Night (1956) (soloist: N. Polozkov
   Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
   This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
   
   )
9. Kamarinskaya
   Kamarinskaya
   Kamarinskaya is a Russian traditional folk dance, which is mostly known today as the Russian composer Mikhail Glinka's magnum opus....
   
   (1963) (Balalaika soloist: B.S. Feoktistov)
10. Annie Laurie
    Annie Laurie
    Annie Laurie is an old Scottish song based on poem by William Douglas of Dumfries and Galloway. The words were modified and the tune was added by Alicia Scott in 1834/5. The song is also known as Maxwelton Braes.-William Douglas:...
    
    (1963) (soloist: E. Belyaev
    Evgeny Belyaev
    Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
    
    )
11. Polyushko Pole
    Polyushko Pole
    Polyushka Polye is a Soviet Russian-language song.Polye means "field" in Russian, "polyushko" is a diminutive/hypocoristic form for "polye".- Soviet arrangements :...
    
    (Song of the Plains/Meadowland) (1956)
12. Kalinka (1956) (soloist: E. Belyaev
    Evgeny Belyaev
    Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
    
    )
13. Bandura (1956) (soloists: I. Savchuk
    Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
    This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
    
    ; V. Fedorov
    Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
    This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
    
    )
14. Oh No John (1956) (soloist is not named on CD packaging)
15. Snowflakes (1956)(soloist: I. Didenko
    Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
    This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
    
    )
16. Ukrainian Poem (1956) (soloist: A. Sergeev
    Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
    This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
    
    )
17. Soldiers' Chorus from The Decembrists
    The Decembrists
    The Decembrists was a planned novel by Leo Tolstoy, who finished three chapters. Its hero was to have been a participant in the abortive Decembrist Uprising of 1825, released from Siberian exile after 1856.-Termination of writing:...
    
    (by Yuri Shaporin) (1956)

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: Red Army Ensemble, 0946-3-92030-2-4

• (dir: Boris Alexandrov. Most tracks recorded London 1956 (The Ensemble's first UK visit); a few in 1963 and 2007. Compiled 2007):

1. Song of Youth (1956)
2. A Birch Tree (1956) (soloist: I. Didenko
   Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
   This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
   
   )
3. Far Away (1956) (soloist: E. Belyaev
   Evgeny Belyaev
   Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
   
   )
4. You Are Always Beautiful (1956) (soloist: E. Belyaev
   Evgeny Belyaev
   Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
   
   )
5. Kalinka (1956) (soloist: E. Belyaev
   Evgeny Belyaev
   Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
   
   )
6. Along Peterskaya Street/Road (1956) (soloist: A. Sergeev
   Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
   This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
   
   )
7. Bandura (1956) (soloists: I. Savchuk
   Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
   This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
   
   ; V. Fedorov
   Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
   This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
   
   )
8. Soldiers' Chorus (1956)
9. Beautiful Moonlit Night (1963) (soloist: E. Belyaev
   Evgeny Belyaev
   Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
   
   )
10. Kamarinskaya
    Kamarinskaya
    Kamarinskaya is a Russian traditional folk dance, which is mostly known today as the Russian composer Mikhail Glinka's magnum opus....
    
    (1963) (Balalaika soloist: B.S. Feoktistov)
11. Annie Laurie
    Annie Laurie
    Annie Laurie is an old Scottish song based on poem by William Douglas of Dumfries and Galloway. The words were modified and the tune was added by Alicia Scott in 1834/5. The song is also known as Maxwelton Braes.-William Douglas:...
    
    (1963) (soloist: E. Belyaev
    Evgeny Belyaev
    Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
    
    )
12. Black Eyebrows (1956) (soloist: I. Savchuk
    Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
    This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
    
    )
13. Ukrainian Poem (1956) (soloist: A. Sergeev
    Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
    This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
    
    )
14. Oh No John (1956) (soloist: A. Eisen
    Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
    This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
    
    )
15. Song of the Plains/Meadowland or Polyushko Pole
    Polyushko Pole
    Polyushka Polye is a Soviet Russian-language song.Polye means "field" in Russian, "polyushko" is a diminutive/hypocoristic form for "polye".- Soviet arrangements :...
    
    (1956)
16. Snowflakes (1956) (soloist: I. Didenko
    Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
    This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
    
    )
17. Song of the Volga Boatmen (1956) (soloist: A. Eisen
    Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
    This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
    
    )
18. Nut-brown Maiden (1956) (soloists: N. Abramov
    Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
    This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
    
    ; I. Savchuk
    Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
    This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
    
    )
19. The Little Bells (1956) (soloist: N. Abramov
    Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
    This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
    
    )
20. If I Had a Hammer
    If I Had a Hammer
    "If I Had a Hammer " is a song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays. It was written in 1949 in support of the progressive movement, and was first recorded by The Weavers, a folk music quartet composed of Seeger, Hays, Ronnie Gilbert and Fred Hellerman, and then by Peter, Paul and Mary.- Early...
    
    (1956) (soloist: A. Sergeev
    Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
    This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
    
    )
21. It's a Long Way to Tipperary
    It's a Long Way to Tipperary
    It's a Long Way to Tipperary is a British music hall and marching song written by Jack Judge and co-credited to, but not co-written by, Henry James "Harry" Williams. It was allegedly written for a 5 shilling bet in Stalybridge on 30 January 1912 and performed the next night at the local music hall...
    
    (1956) (soloist: K. Gerasimov
    Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
    This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
    
    )
22. God Save the Queen
    God Save the Queen
    "God Save the Queen" is an anthem used in a number of Commonwealth realms and British Crown Dependencies. The words of the song, like its title, are adapted to the gender of the current monarch, with "King" replacing "Queen", "he" replacing "she", and so forth, when a king reigns...
    
    (2007)

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 France: Les Choeurs de L'Armee Rouge, 8334342

• (Conductor: Boris Alexandrov. Apparently much of this is re-mastered 1956 tracks from EMI CDC-7-47833-2. . Soloists include: Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
  
   and Ivan A. Didenko).
• Included are: Kalinka, Lovely Moonlit Night, Along the Peterskaya Road, Kamarinskaya
  Kamarinskaya
  Kamarinskaya is a Russian traditional folk dance, which is mostly known today as the Russian composer Mikhail Glinka's magnum opus....
  
  , You Are Always Beautiful, Cossack Dance, Ukrainian Poem, Song of Youth, The Birch Tree, Bandura, Oh No John, Song of the Volga Boatmen, Annie Laurie
  Annie Laurie
  Annie Laurie is an old Scottish song based on poem by William Douglas of Dumfries and Galloway. The words were modified and the tune was added by Alicia Scott in 1834/5. The song is also known as Maxwelton Braes.-William Douglas:...
  
  and the Soldiers' Chorus from The Decembrists
  The Decembrists
  The Decembrists was a planned novel by Leo Tolstoy, who finished three chapters. Its hero was to have been a participant in the abortive Decembrist Uprising of 1825, released from Siberian exile after 1856.-Termination of writing:...
  
  .

Ensemble Independent: 70th Anniversary: The Alexandrov Red Army Chorus, AA980001-2

• (2-CD set. Compilation released 1998, 70yrs after the Ensemble was created in 1928. Conductors: Boris Aleksandrov, Igor Agafonnikov, Victor Fyodorov. Packaging includes information booklet in Russian
  Russian language
  Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
  
  , English, French
  French language
  French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
  
   and German
  German language
  German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
  
  . Included are: The Birch, Katyusha
  Katyusha (song)
  Katyusha, Katusha or Katjusha is a Soviet wartime song about a girl longing for her beloved, who is away on military service. The music was composed in 1938 by Matvei Blanter and the lyrics were written by Mikhail Isakovsky. It was first performed by Valentina Batishcheva in the Column Hall of...
  
  , Little Bells, Polyushko Pole
  Polyushko Pole
  Polyushka Polye is a Soviet Russian-language song.Polye means "field" in Russian, "polyushko" is a diminutive/hypocoristic form for "polye".- Soviet arrangements :...
  
  , Sacred War (Svyaschennaya Voyna
  Svyaschennaya Voyna
  Svyashchennaya Voyna was one of the most famous Soviet songs associated with the Second World War. It was written by Vasily Lebedev-Kumach in 1941 upon the beginning of the German invasion of the Soviet Union...
  
  ), Samovars, Along the Road to Peterskaya, Nightingales, Kalinka, Rough Sea Spray (duet E. Belyaev
  Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
  
   and A. Kusleev
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  ), Nut Brown Girl, The Elm and the Oak, Road, Black Eyes
  Black Eyes
  Black Eyes was a post-hardcore band from Washington, D.C. that existed from August 2001 to March 2004, disbanding two months prior to the release of its second album, Cough...
  
  , Let's Go!.)

Forever Gold: The Red Army Choir, FG317

• (Dir: Boris Alexandrov i.e. pre-1987, compiled 2005):

1. Kalinka
2. Beautiful Mum
3. The Birch Tree
4. Kalinouchka
5. Polyushko Pole
   Polyushko Pole
   Polyushka Polye is a Soviet Russian-language song.Polye means "field" in Russian, "polyushko" is a diminutive/hypocoristic form for "polye".- Soviet arrangements :...
   
   (Oh Fields My Fields)
6. Listen
7. Doubinouchka
8. Chant des Partisans
   Chant des Partisans
   The Chant des Partisans was the most popular song of the Free French during World War II.The piece was written and put to melody in London in 1943 after Anna Marly heard a Russian song that provided her with inspiration. Joseph Kessel and Maurice Druon wrote the French lyrics. It was performed by...
   
   
9. Out of the Woods
10. Funeral Song

HMV Classics: Red Army Favourites, HMV5730452

• (Same contents as EMI CDC-7-47833-2).

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: Alexandrov Red Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble 1, Live, ASIN: B00063QKEQ

• (Released January 1992. Tracks: Oh Canada, USSR National Anthem, Sailor Dance, Ukrainian Poem, Festive March, Palekh Box, Cossack Song, Do Russians Want War?, Mon Pays
  Mon Pays
  "Mon pays" is a song composed by Gilles Vigneault in 1964.The song was written for the NFB film La Neige a fondu sur la Manicouagan, directed by Arthur Lamothe...
  
  , Cossack Cavalry Dance.)

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: Alexandrov Red Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble 2, Live, ASIN: B00063QCEO

• (Released January 1992. Tracks: Love Lights the World, Dance of the Cossacks, Sorochinskaya Market, Holiday March, Partisan Song, Song of the Volga Boatmen, Black Eyebrows, Cossack Song, Ukrainian Folk Song.)

Melodiya

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Melodiya is a Russian record label. It was the state-owned major record company/label of the Soviet Union.-History:It was established in 1964 as the "All-Union Gramophone Record Firm of the USSR Ministry of Culture Melodiya"...

: Sacred War (in Russian

Russian language

Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...

), MELCD60-00938/1

• (Compiled and released 2005, for the 60th anniversary of 1945. Military songs. ASIN: B000P3TD5U. Only 5 songs are by the Alexandrov Ensemble: Nos 1,3,11,12,19.)

1. Echelon song: Holy War or Svyaschennaya Voyna
   Svyaschennaya Voyna
   Svyashchennaya Voyna was one of the most famous Soviet songs associated with the Second World War. It was written by Vasily Lebedev-Kumach in 1941 upon the beginning of the German invasion of the Soviet Union...
   
   (Russian
   Russian language
   Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
   
    Священная война) (Alexandrov Ensemble)
2. Two Maxims (soloist G. Vinogradov
   Georgi Pavlovich Vinogradov
   Georgi Pavlovich Vinogradov , Honoured Artist of Russia, was a Russian tenor: a popular World War II singer on Radio Moscow, recording artist, and soloist with the Alexandrov Ensemble.- Musical training :...
   
   )
3. Oh the Road (soloist G. Vinogradov
   Georgi Pavlovich Vinogradov
   Georgi Pavlovich Vinogradov , Honoured Artist of Russia, was a Russian tenor: a popular World War II singer on Radio Moscow, recording artist, and soloist with the Alexandrov Ensemble.- Musical training :...
   
   )
4. Odessa: Love is Shrouded in Mist (soloist K. Lisovsky
   Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
   This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
   
   )
5. In the Dugout or Zemlyanka
   Zemlyanka
   Zemlyanka — is an Eastern Slavic name for a dugout or earth-house which was used to provide shelter for humans or domestic animals. Based on a hole or depression dug into the ground, these structures are one of the most ancient types of housing known...
   
   (soloist Vladimir Troshin)
6. Sinij platochek (soloist Klavdiya Shul'zhenko)
7. Tyomnaya noch (soloist Mark Bernes)
8. Treasured Stone (soloist Yuri Bogatikov)
9. Zhdi menya (soloist Yuri Gulyaev)
10. Rustling Bryansk Forest (soloist G. Abramov
    Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
    This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
    
    )
11. Artillery March (Alexandrov Ensemble)
12. Goodbye City and Hut (Alexandrov Ensemble)
13. Come On (soloist Klavdiya Shul'zhenko)
14. Accidental Waltz (soloist L. Utyosov)
15. Song of the Front Driver (soloist Mark Bernes)
16. My Favourite (soloist S.Lemeshev)
17. Song of a War Correspondent (soloist L.Utyosov)
18. In a Sunny Forest Clearing/Meadow (soloist E.Flaks)
19. Nightingales (Alexandrov Ensemble; soloist E.Belyaev
    Evgeny Belyaev
    Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
    
    )
20. It's a Long Time Since We Were Home (duet: V. Bunchikov
    Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
    This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
    
     and V.Nechaev
    Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
    This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
    
    ).

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Melodiya is a Russian record label. It was the state-owned major record company/label of the Soviet Union.-History:It was established in 1964 as the "All-Union Gramophone Record Firm of the USSR Ministry of Culture Melodiya"...

: Wartime Choruses, in memory of 9th May 1945, MCD207, Out of print

• (Probably released 1985, 40yrs after 1945. Conductor: Boris Aleksandrov. Included are: Sacred War or Svyaschennaya Voyna
  Svyaschennaya Voyna
  Svyashchennaya Voyna was one of the most famous Soviet songs associated with the Second World War. It was written by Vasily Lebedev-Kumach in 1941 upon the beginning of the German invasion of the Soviet Union...
  
  , Song of the Dnieper, In the Sunny Field, Road, Evening on the Roadstead, Nightingales (soloist E. Belyaev
  Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
  
  .)

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Melodiya

Melodiya is a Russian record label. It was the state-owned major record company/label of the Soviet Union.-History:It was established in 1964 as the "All-Union Gramophone Record Firm of the USSR Ministry of Culture Melodiya"...

 Russian: 50th Anniversary of Victory Day 1945, RDCD00434

• (Released 1995. Conductor: B. Aleksandrov. Only 4 songs are by the Alexandrov Ensemble. Included are: Nightingale (soloist E. Belyaev
  Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
  
  ), Evening on the Roadstead, Where Are Your Arms, Take the Mantle.)

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Melodiya

Melodiya is a Russian record label. It was the state-owned major record company/label of the Soviet Union.-History:It was established in 1964 as the "All-Union Gramophone Record Firm of the USSR Ministry of Culture Melodiya"...

 Military Archives Records: Red Army Ensemble Military Music, MAR-RAM1967

• (2-CD set. Recorded 1963/67. Release date possibly 1967. Conductor: B. Aleksandrov. Included are: Sacred War (Svyaschennaya Voyna
  Svyaschennaya Voyna
  Svyashchennaya Voyna was one of the most famous Soviet songs associated with the Second World War. It was written by Vasily Lebedev-Kumach in 1941 upon the beginning of the German invasion of the Soviet Union...
  
  ), Polyushka Pole, Evening in Moscow Suburbs, Song of Youth, USSR National Anthem, Let's Go!, Kalinka, Moonlight, Soldiers' chorus from the opera Faust
  Faust (opera)
  Faust is a drame lyrique in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré from Carré's play Faust et Marguerite, in turn loosely based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust, Part 1...
  
  , You Are Always Beautiful, Nightingales (soloist E. Belyaev
  Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
  
  ), Soldiers' chorus from the opera Decembrists, Along the Peterskaya Road.)

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 Bomba: Best Lyric Songs, BoMB033-204

• (Compilation, released 2006. Conductor B. Aleksandrov. Soloists include V.I. Anisimov
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  . Included are: unknown song (duet L.M. Kharitoniv
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
   and I.S. Bukreev
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  ), I Took You Into the Tundra (soloist I.S. Bukreev
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
   or E.M. Belyaev
  Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
  
  ), unknown song (soloist A.T. Sergeev
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  ), Let's Go!, Sky-Blue Eyes (1978) (soloist I.S. Bukreev
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  ), You Are Always Beautiful (soloist E.M. Belyaev
  Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
  
  ), Our Friends (soloist E.M. Belyaev
  Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
  
  ), Before the Long Journey (soloist E.M. Belyaev
  Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
  
  ), Nightingale (soloist E.M. Belyaev
  Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
  
  ), Nut Brown Girl, Fatherland (soloist B. Shapenko
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  ), Crane (soloist V.L. Ruslanov
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  ).)

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Melodiya is a Russian record label. It was the state-owned major record company/label of the Soviet Union.-History:It was established in 1964 as the "All-Union Gramophone Record Firm of the USSR Ministry of Culture Melodiya"...

: Eh Dorogi, MELCD6000615

• (Compilation released 2006. Recorded 1948-65. In Russian
  Russian language
  Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
  
   75 mins. Not all tracks are by Alexandrov Ensemble. Included are: Track 1. Sacred War or Svyaschennaya Voyna
  Svyaschennaya Voyna
  Svyashchennaya Voyna was one of the most famous Soviet songs associated with the Second World War. It was written by Vasily Lebedev-Kumach in 1941 upon the beginning of the German invasion of the Soviet Union...
  
  , 3. Front Line in the Forest (soloist G. Vinogradov), 5. Friends (soloist E. Belyaev), 7. John Cornflower (soloist L. Kharitonov and I. Bukreev), 9. Treasured Stone (soloist M. Reyes), 12. Rustling Bryansk Forest (soloist G. Abramov), 17. Evening on the Roadstead (soloists B. Bunchikov and V. Nechaev), 19. Katyusha
  Katyusha (song)
  Katyusha, Katusha or Katjusha is a Soviet wartime song about a girl longing for her beloved, who is away on military service. The music was composed in 1938 by Matvei Blanter and the lyrics were written by Mikhail Isakovsky. It was first performed by Valentina Batishcheva in the Column Hall of...
  
  (soloist G. Vinogradov), Oh Roads or Eh Dorogi (soloist G. Vinogradov).)

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Melodiya is a Russian record label. It was the state-owned major record company/label of the Soviet Union.-History:It was established in 1964 as the "All-Union Gramophone Record Firm of the USSR Ministry of Culture Melodiya"...

: Moonlight Over Moscow, ASIN: B000003ETF

• (Released July 1996. Conductor B. Alexandrov with USSR State Russian Choir and other conductors. Soloists: Ivan Petrov
  Petrov (surname)
  Petrov or Petroff or Petrova is one of the most common surnames in Russia and Bulgaria. The surname is derived from the first name Pyotr or Petar...
  
  , Evgeny Nesterenko, Artur Eisen
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  , Paata Burchuladze. Tracks are: Kalinka, Polyushko Pole
  Polyushko Pole
  Polyushka Polye is a Soviet Russian-language song.Polye means "field" in Russian, "polyushko" is a diminutive/hypocoristic form for "polye".- Soviet arrangements :...
  
  , Monotonously Rings The Bell, Song of the Volga Boatmen (soloist I. Petrov), Twelve Robbers, Warsovienne, Ah Nastasia, A Birch Tree In The Field, Stenka Razin
  Stenka Razin
  Stepan Timofeyevich Razin Тимофеевич Разин, ; 1630 – ) was a Cossack leader who led a major uprising against the nobility and Tsar's bureaucracy in South Russia.-Early life:...
  
  , Steppe Oh Steppe Around, Along Peterskaya Road, Red Sarafan
  Alexander Egorovich Varlamov
  Alexander Egorovich Varlamov was a Russian composer.Varlamov was born in Moscow in 1801. He was a choirboy at the court in St. Petersburg from 1811, and studied under its director, Dmitry Bortniansky...
  
  , Poem Of The Ukraine, Such A Moonlight Night, Farewell My Sweetheart, Suliko
  Suliko
  Suliko is a Georgian female and male name meaning 'soul'. It is also the title of a love poem written in 1895 by Akaki Tsereteli, which became widely known throughout the Soviet Union as a song performed with music composed by Varenka Tsereteli. In that form it was often performed on radio during...
  
  , En Route.)

Olympia: Slavonic Farewell, MKM 85

• (Released 2003. Conductor Igor Agafonnikov. Tracks are: Following song (M. Glinka, N. Kukolnik), Soldier's song from the opera Decembrists (Y. Shaporin), The Sun has Disappeared Behind the Mountain (M. Blanter, A. Kovalenko), Nightingales (V. Soloviev-Sedoi, A. Fatianov), Field (L. Knipper, V. Gusev), Along the Valleys and Mountains (Partisan song, arr. by A. Aleksandrov), Doncy-guys (Traditional song, arr. by B. Aleksandrov), Rock (Traditional song, arr. by B. Aleksandrov), The Cossack Was Riding over Dunai (Traditional song, arr. by V. Ogarkov), My Beloved One Lives (Traditional song, arr. by V. Ogarkov), Dark Eyes
  Dark Eyes (song)
  Dark Eyes is a Russian song.The lyrics of the song were written by a Ukrainian poet and writer Yevhen Hrebinka. The first publication of the poem was in Literaturnaya gazeta on 17 January 1843....
  
  (Traditional song, arr. by V. Ogarkov), Twelve Robbers (Traditional song, words by N. Nekrasov, arr. by V. Ogarkov), The Bell is Ringing Monotonously (Traditional song, arr. by A. Sveshnikov), I Will Harness a Troika of Swift Steeds (Traditional song, words by N. Nekrasov, arr. by V. Ogarkov), Slavyanka Partying (V. Agapkin, V. Fedotov), Masculine Boldness Went on the Spree (From the opera "Boris Godunov" by M. Mussorgsky)

Olympia: Wartime Choruses: Alexandrov Song and Dance Ensemble of the Soviet Army, ASIN: B000Y15TLU

• (Release date unknown. Russian songs from World War II.)

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 Classics: The Best of the Red Army Choir, SILKD6034

• (Compiled 2001/02. Conductors: V. Fedorov; B. Alexandrov; I. Agafonnikov; Y. Petrov; A. Maltsev; K. Vinogradov; E. Misailov; N. Mikhailov; E. Pitianko; V. Korobko; V. Samsonenko)

Disk 1

1. Kalinka (soloist: V. Shtefoutsa
   Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
   This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
   
   )
2. Chant des Partisans
   Chant des Partisans
   The Chant des Partisans was the most popular song of the Free French during World War II.The piece was written and put to melody in London in 1943 after Anna Marly heard a Russian song that provided her with inspiration. Joseph Kessel and Maurice Druon wrote the French lyrics. It was performed by...
   
   
3. Suliko
   Suliko
   Suliko is a Georgian female and male name meaning 'soul'. It is also the title of a love poem written in 1895 by Akaki Tsereteli, which became widely known throughout the Soviet Union as a song performed with music composed by Varenka Tsereteli. In that form it was often performed on radio during...
   
   
4. Korobelniki (soloist: V. Shtefoutsa
   Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
   This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
   
   )
5. On the Road
6. My Country (soloist: L. Pehenitchni
   Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
   This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
   
   )
7. The Red Army is the Strongest
8. Moscow Nights
   Moscow Nights
   "Moscow Nights" or "Midnight in Moscow" is a Russian song, and one of those best known outside its homeland.The song was originally created as "Leningradskie Vechera" by composer Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi and poet Mikhail Matusovsky in 1955 , but at the request of the Soviet Ministry of Culture, the...
   
   (soloist: I. Bukreev
   Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
   This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
   
   )
9. Along Peterskaya Street/Road (soloist: A. Sergeev
   Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
   This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
   
   )
10. Smuglianka (soloists: S. Ivanov
    Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
    This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
    
    ; P. Bogachev
    Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
    This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
    
    )
11. Troika (soloist: B. Jaivoronok
    Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
    This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
    
    )
12. Ah Nastasia (soloist: A. Sergeev
    Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
    This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
    
    )
13. Echelon Song
14. My Army
    My army
    My Army is a Russian marching song performed by the Alexandrov Ensemble-Lyrics:-See also:...
    
    
15. Civil War Songs (The Red Cavalry (soloist: S. Frolov
    Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
    This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
    
    ), Beyond the River, Hello on the Way)
16. Bella Ciao
    Bella ciao
    "Bella ciao" is an Italian partisan song of World War II.-History:The song Bella Ciao was sung by the left-wing anti-fascist resistance movement in Italy, a movement composed of anarchists, communists, socialists and also by militant anti-fascist partisans...
    
    (soloists: I. Bukreev
    Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
    This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
    
    ; P. Slastnoi
    Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
    This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
    
    )

Disk 2

1. National Anthem of the Soviet Union
   National Anthem of the Soviet Union
   The National Anthem of the Soviet Union or the State Anthem of the USSR was introduced during World War II on March 15, 1944, replacing The Internationale as the official national anthem of the Soviet Union as well as the national anthem of the Russian SFSR...
   
   
2. Polyushko Pole
   Polyushko Pole
   Polyushka Polye is a Soviet Russian-language song.Polye means "field" in Russian, "polyushko" is a diminutive/hypocoristic form for "polye".- Soviet arrangements :...
   
   , (Oh Fields My Fields)
3. The Cliff
4. The Cossacks
5. In the Central Steppes (soloist: E. Belyaev
   Evgeny Belyaev
   Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
   
   )
6. Gandzia (soloist: B. Jaivoronok
   Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
   This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
   
   )
7. Cossack Song
8. The Roads (soloist: A. Martinov
   Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
   This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
   
   )
9. Song of the Volga Boatmen (soloist: A. Eisen
   Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
   This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
   
   )
10. Dark Eyes
    Dark Eyes (song)
    Dark Eyes is a Russian song.The lyrics of the song were written by a Ukrainian poet and writer Yevhen Hrebinka. The first publication of the poem was in Literaturnaya gazeta on 17 January 1843....
    
    (soloist: V. Gavva
    Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
    This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
    
    ) (trumpet soloist: A. Molostov)
11. Let's Go (from the film Maxime Perepelitsa. The one in which the choir rocks as if marching.)
12. The Birch Tree (soloist: K. Lisovski
    Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
    This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
    
    )
13. The Road Song
14. The Samovars (soloists: S. Ivanov
    Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
    This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
    
    ; P. Bogachev
    Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
    This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
    
    )
15. Varchavianka
16. Slavery and Suffering

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 Screen: Alexandrov Red Army Choir & Orchestra Live in Paris 0738572603823

• (Released 2005. Live recording, possibly 1960. Tracks: Overture Russian National Anthem, Polyushko Pole
  Polyushko Pole
  Polyushka Polye is a Soviet Russian-language song.Polye means "field" in Russian, "polyushko" is a diminutive/hypocoristic form for "polye".- Soviet arrangements :...
  
  , Sacred War or Svyaschennaya Voyna
  Svyaschennaya Voyna
  Svyashchennaya Voyna was one of the most famous Soviet songs associated with the Second World War. It was written by Vasily Lebedev-Kumach in 1941 upon the beginning of the German invasion of the Soviet Union...
  
  , In the Sunny Clearing, Kalinka, We Sing to Thee, On the Road, Smuglianka, Partisan Song, Along the Peterskaya Road, Dark Eyes
  Dark Eyes (song)
  Dark Eyes is a Russian song.The lyrics of the song were written by a Ukrainian poet and writer Yevhen Hrebinka. The first publication of the poem was in Literaturnaya gazeta on 17 January 1843....
  
  , Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco
  Nabucco
  Nabucco is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera, based on the Biblical story and the 1836 play by Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois and Francis Cornue...
  
  , Bandits Chorus, Spanish medley, excerpt from Boris Godunov
  Boris Godunov (opera)
  Boris Godunov is an opera by Modest Mussorgsky . The work was composed between 1868 and 1873 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is Mussorgsky's only completed opera and is considered his masterpiece. Its subjects are the Russian ruler Boris Godunov, who reigned as Tsar during the Time of Troubles,...
  
  , March of the Toreadors
  Toreador Song
  The Toreador Song is one of the most famous arias from the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet. Sung by the matador Escamillo, it describes various situations in the ring, the cheering of the crowds and the fame that comes with victory.-Text:-In popular culture:* The song is mocked during the "I lost my...
  
  from Carmen
  Carmen
  Carmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, itself possibly influenced by the narrative poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin...
  
  , Nessun Dorma
  Nessun dorma
  Nessun dorma is an aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot, and is one of the best-known tenor arias in all opera. It is sung by Calaf, il principe ignoto , who falls in love at first sight with the beautiful but cold Princess Turandot...
  
  from Turandot
  Turandot
  Turandot is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni.Though Puccini's first interest in the subject was based on his reading of Friedrich Schiller's adaptation of the play, his work is most nearly based on the earlier text Turandot...
  
  , Di quella pira from Il trovatore
  Il trovatore
  Il trovatore is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on the play El Trovador by Antonio García Gutiérrez. Cammarano died in mid-1852 before completing the libretto...
  
  , Katyusha
  Katyusha (song)
  Katyusha, Katusha or Katjusha is a Soviet wartime song about a girl longing for her beloved, who is away on military service. The music was composed in 1938 by Matvei Blanter and the lyrics were written by Mikhail Isakovsky. It was first performed by Valentina Batishcheva in the Column Hall of...
  
  , Moscow Nights
  Moscow Nights
  "Moscow Nights" or "Midnight in Moscow" is a Russian song, and one of those best known outside its homeland.The song was originally created as "Leningradskie Vechera" by composer Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi and poet Mikhail Matusovsky in 1955 , but at the request of the Soviet Ministry of Culture, the...
  
  .)

Soldore: Les Choeurs de L'Armee Rouge, SOL620

• (Released 2003 in France; packaging in French
  French language
  French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
  
  . Re-released 2005 in UK and Germany under different cover, but still in French. Conductor B. Alexandrov, but some songs arr. by A.V. Alxandrov. Soloists include N. Abramov
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
   and A. Sergeev
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  . Included are: The Birch, Kalinka (soloist V. Nikitin
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  ), Polyushko Pole
  Polyushko Pole
  Polyushka Polye is a Soviet Russian-language song.Polye means "field" in Russian, "polyushko" is a diminutive/hypocoristic form for "polye".- Soviet arrangements :...
  
  , Partisan Song, Belle Maman, Dubinushka.)

Supraphon: Alexandrovci, The A.S.D.E. in Prague, SU5471-2 301

• (Originally recorded 1946-1951 in Prague
  Prague
  Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
  
  's Domovina studio, ready for the Ensemble's Czech
  Czechoslovakia
  Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
  
   tour 1952 (except tracks 18/22 in unknown studio 1946). After the Czechoslovak coup d'état of 1948
  Czechoslovak coup d'état of 1948
  The Czechoslovak coup d'état of 1948 – in Communist historiography known as "Victorious February" – was an event late that February in which the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, with Soviet backing, assumed undisputed control over the government of Czechoslovakia, ushering in over four decades...
  
  , the music of Russia
  Music of Russia
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   was being brought into Czechoslovakia
  Czechoslovakia
  Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
  
  . This compilation released Jan 2003.)

1. Guard Song (music by A.V. Alexandrov) (duet K.G. Gerasimov; V.V. Puchkov) (1951)
2. Long Live Our Land (music by B.A. Alexandrov) (duet G.I. Babaev; V.V. Puchkov) (1951)
3. I Loved You (soloist V.P. Vinogradov
   Georgi Pavlovich Vinogradov
   Georgi Pavlovich Vinogradov , Honoured Artist of Russia, was a Russian tenor: a popular World War II singer on Radio Moscow, recording artist, and soloist with the Alexandrov Ensemble.- Musical training :...
   
   ) (1951)
4. I Look Up in the Sky (soloist I.I. Savchuk) (1951)
5. A Tiny Village I See (1951)
6. Peace Shield (1951)
7. The Oath (music by V. Alexandrov) (soloist Benjamin Bycheev) (1951)
8. Mary: Romance (soloist V.N. Katerinsky) (1951)
9. Winter Evening (soloist V.I. Nikitin) (1951)
10. Stenka Razin
    Stenka Razin
    Stepan Timofeyevich Razin Тимофеевич Разин, ; 1630 – ) was a Cossack leader who led a major uprising against the nobility and Tsar's bureaucracy in South Russia.-Early life:...
    
    arr. B.A. Alexandrov (soloist A.T. Sergeev) (1951)
11. Far From the Town's Bustle (soloist V.P. Vinogradov
    Georgi Pavlovich Vinogradov
    Georgi Pavlovich Vinogradov , Honoured Artist of Russia, was a Russian tenor: a popular World War II singer on Radio Moscow, recording artist, and soloist with the Alexandrov Ensemble.- Musical training :...
    
    ) (1951)
12. Rolling on to Prague (1951)
13. Green Grass (soloist G.I. Babaev) (1951)
14. Uncle Nitwit (soloist A.T. Sergeev) (1951)
15. Song of the Mayor (from Rimsky-Korsakov's May Night
    May Night
    May Night is an opera in three acts, four scenes, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov from a libretto by the composer and is based on Nikolai Gogol's story May Night, or the Drowned Maiden, from his collection Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka....
    
    ) (soloist V.V. Puchkov) (1951)
16. Song of the Volga Boatmen (1951)
17. Sacred War or Svyaschennaya Voyna
    Svyaschennaya Voyna
    Svyashchennaya Voyna was one of the most famous Soviet songs associated with the Second World War. It was written by Vasily Lebedev-Kumach in 1941 upon the beginning of the German invasion of the Soviet Union...
    
    (music by A.V. Alexandrov) (1948)
18. Resistance Fighters Song (arr. B.A. Alexandrov) (1946)
19. Troika (soloist V.I. Nikitin) (1948)
20. Song of Peace (music by Shostakovich) (1950)
21. Song of my Country (music by Shostakovich) (soloist V.P. Vinogradov
    Georgi Pavlovich Vinogradov
    Georgi Pavlovich Vinogradov , Honoured Artist of Russia, was a Russian tenor: a popular World War II singer on Radio Moscow, recording artist, and soloist with the Alexandrov Ensemble.- Musical training :...
    
    ) (listed as 1952)
22. Polyushko Pole
    Polyushko Pole
    Polyushka Polye is a Soviet Russian-language song.Polye means "field" in Russian, "polyushko" is a diminutive/hypocoristic form for "polye".- Soviet arrangements :...
    
    (1946).

Teldec

Teldec

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 Japan: Moscow Nights, Red Star Red Army Chorus WPCC-5349, Out of print

• (Recorded 1992. Conductor is not B. Alexandrov. Included are: Russian National Anthem, The Birch, Stenka Razin
  Stenka Razin
  Stepan Timofeyevich Razin Тимофеевич Разин, ; 1630 – ) was a Cossack leader who led a major uprising against the nobility and Tsar's bureaucracy in South Russia.-Early life:...
  
  , Suliko
  Suliko
  Suliko is a Georgian female and male name meaning 'soul'. It is also the title of a love poem written in 1895 by Akaki Tsereteli, which became widely known throughout the Soviet Union as a song performed with music composed by Varenka Tsereteli. In that form it was often performed on radio during...
  
  , Oh You Rye (soloist E.M. Belyaev
  Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
  
  ).)

Teldec

Teldec

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: Kalinka, Red Star Red Army Chorus, 090317730721

• (Released Sept 1992. Artists are: Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
  
  , Evgeny Grekhov, Nikolai Nizienko, Sergei Dzhemelinsky, Valery Zazhigin, Vladimir Deshko. 67 mins. Tracks are: Regimental Polka, Kalinka, Symphony no 4 in D major, Op. 41 Poem of the Komsomol Fighter: Polyushko Pole
  Polyushko Pole
  Polyushka Polye is a Soviet Russian-language song.Polye means "field" in Russian, "polyushko" is a diminutive/hypocoristic form for "polye".- Soviet arrangements :...
  
  , Song of the Volga Boatmen, The Sun Set Behind a Mountain, Swallow (Armenian Folksong), Pine Trees are Rustling, Kamarinskaya
  Kamarinskaya
  Kamarinskaya is a Russian traditional folk dance, which is mostly known today as the Russian composer Mikhail Glinka's magnum opus....
  
  , Brave Don Cossacks, Wait For Your Soldier, Dark Eyes
  Dark Eyes (song)
  Dark Eyes is a Russian song.The lyrics of the song were written by a Ukrainian poet and writer Yevhen Hrebinka. The first publication of the poem was in Literaturnaya gazeta on 17 January 1843....
  
  , Someone's Horse is Standing There, In the Sunny Meadow, The Cliff, Tale of Tsar Saltan: Suite, Op. 57 - Flight of the Bumblebee, Dark Eyebrows, Dubinushka, Song of the Volga, On the March.)

Victor Entertainment

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: Russian Folk Songs, VICP-41059-60

• (2-CD set. Released 1998. Only 9 of the tracks are by the Alexandrov Ensemble under conductor B. Alexandrov. The rest are by the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Moscow Military District, led by E. Victor. Tracks by the Alexandrov Ensemble include: Moscow, Ah Natassia, Nut Brown Girl, Death of Varyag, Oh You Rye (soloist E. Belyaev
  Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
  
  ), Little Bells, Rough Sea Spray, Along the Peterskaya Road (soloist S. Frolov
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  ), Song of the Volga Boatmen.)

Victor Entertainment

Victor Entertainment

is a subsidiary of Japan Victor Company that produces and distributes music, movies and other entertainment products such as anime and television shows in Japan. It was formerly known as...

: VICS-60006-10

• (5-CD set of 80 Russian folk songs, in which the Alexandrov Ensemble under conductor B. Alexandrov features on the 2nd and 3rd CDs. Tracks by the Alexandrov Ensemble include: Ah Nastassia, Let's Go, Evening on the Roadstead, Troika, Nut Brown Girl, Rough Sea Spray (duet: E. Belyaev
  Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
  
   and A. Kusleev
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  ), Tanks, Men, Oh You Rye, Cantata Alexander Nevsky from My Homeland (by Alexandrov).)

Unknown label: МК-МУЗЫКА MKM117

• (Recorded 1956/63. Released 2002. In Russian
  Russian language
  Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
  
  . Conductor: B. Aleksandrov. Included are: Song of Youth, Annie Laurie
  Annie Laurie
  Annie Laurie is an old Scottish song based on poem by William Douglas of Dumfries and Galloway. The words were modified and the tune was added by Alicia Scott in 1834/5. The song is also known as Maxwelton Braes.-William Douglas:...
  
  , The Birch, Kalinka, Bandura, You Are Always Beautiful, Oh No John, Road to Peterskaya, Soldiers chorus from the Decembrists, Kamarinskaya
  Kamarinskaya
  Kamarinskaya is a Russian traditional folk dance, which is mostly known today as the Russian composer Mikhail Glinka's magnum opus....
  
  . Soloists include E. Belyaev
  Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
  
  .)

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This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...

page.

Ariola

Ariola Records

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: The Red Army Ensemble, Royal Albert Hall, 503 278

• (Recorded London 24–26 March 1988; released 1988. 2-cassette set. A leaflet is included, with images showing that this is the same performance as in Prism VHS PLATV310. The VHS shows 32-36 in the choir, but the Ariola cassette leaflet lists 50 named choristers.)
  • 1A: British National Anthem, Russian National Anthem, Polyushko Pole
    Polyushko Pole
    Polyushka Polye is a Soviet Russian-language song.Polye means "field" in Russian, "polyushko" is a diminutive/hypocoristic form for "polye".- Soviet arrangements :...
    
    , Song of the Volga Boatmen, Festive Overture, My Motherland (soloist Igor Miroshnichenko), Parade on Red Square (duet V. Liksakov, A. Krush).
  • 1B: Barinya, Live and Don't Be Sad (soloist Galina Chernoba), Above Clear Fields (soloist Galina Chernoba), Yesterday (soloist Alexei Trubochkin), Di quella pira
    Di quella pira
    Di quella pira is a popular tenor aria sung by Manrico in Act 3, Scene 2 of Giuseppe Verdi's opera, Il trovatore.-Setting:...
    
    from Il trovatore
    Il trovatore
    Il trovatore is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on the play El Trovador by Antonio García Gutiérrez. Cammarano died in mid-1852 before completing the libretto...
    
    (soloist Stepan Fitsych), La donna e mobile
    La donna è mobile
    "La donna è mobile" is the cynical Duke of Mantua's canzone from Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto . The inherent irony is that it is the callous playboy Duke himself who is mobile...
    
    from Rigoletto
    Rigoletto
    Rigoletto is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo. It was first performed at La Fenice in Venice on March 11, 1851...
    
    (soloist Stepan Fitsych), No John (soloist V. Liksakov), Brave Soldiers (soloist V. Kuleshov).
  • 2A: Unharness Your Horses Oh Guys, Cossack Dance, Cold Waves Lapping (Varyag), Quiet Quiet from Rigoletto
    Rigoletto
    Rigoletto is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo. It was first performed at La Fenice in Venice on March 11, 1851...
    
    , Korobeiniki
    Korobeiniki
    "Korobeiniki" , also known as the Tetris song is a nineteenth-century Russian folk song that tells of an incident between a peddler and a girl "haggling" over a price, with the details only being said in metaphor...
    
    (duet Tatiyana Tishura, Mikolai Polozkov), Serenade of the Stutterer (K-K-K-Katy
    K-K-K-Katy
    "K-K-K-Katy" was a popular World War I-era song written by Geoffrey O'Hara in 1917 and published in 1918. The sheet music advertised it as "The Sensational Stammering Song Success Sung by the Soldiers and Sailors," reflecting a time when speech impediments could be poked fun at—albeit gentle fun...
    
    ) (actor A. Berezniak).
  • 2B: Cossack Goes to the Danube (soloist A. Solovyanenko), 'O Sole Mio
    'O Sole Mio
    "O sole mio" is a globally known Neapolitan song written in 1898. The lyrics were written by Giovanni Capurro and the melody was composed by Eduardo di Capua. Though there are versions in other languages, "'O sole mio" is usually sung in the original Neapolitan language...
    
    (soloist A. Solovyanenko), Amapola
    Amapola (song)
    "Amapola" is a 1924 song by Cádiz-born composer José María Lacalle García , with Spanish lyrics. After the composer died in 1937, English language lyrics were written by Albert Gamse....
    
    , Kalinka, Soldiers Friendship Dance, Auld Lang Syne
    Auld Lang Syne
    "Auld Lang Syne" is a Scots poem written by Robert Burns in 1788 and set to the tune of a traditional folk song . It is well known in many countries, especially in the English-speaking world; its traditional use being to celebrate the start of the New Year at the stroke of midnight...
    
    (duet Nikolai Ustin, V. Postinikov), Kalinka (reprise).

Kultur

Kultur Video

Kultur Video is a video company that specializes mostly in issuing televised performances of the classics, both musical and dramatic. Along with issuing famous television programs by such artists as Leonard Bernstein and Mikhail Baryshnikov, they are also responsible for videocassettes and/or DVDs...

: Soviet Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble

• V1106 (now available as DVD B000ETRA2S - see above).
• (dir: I. Jugashvili. Compilation of earlier recordings, filmed in Soviet Union, in Russian
  Russian language
  Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
  
  , 78mins. Conductor: Boris Alexandrov. Soloists include Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
  
  .)
  • Included are: On the Way, The Birch Tree, Kamarinskaya
    Kamarinskaya
    Kamarinskaya is a Russian traditional folk dance, which is mostly known today as the Russian composer Mikhail Glinka's magnum opus....
    
    (balalaika soloist: Boris Feoktistov), Oh You Rye (soloist: E. Belyaev
    Evgeny Belyaev
    Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
    
    ), Dance of the Seven Soldiers, Listen (soloist: Abramov), Stenka Razin (soloist: A. Sergeev), Polyushko Pole
    Polyushko Pole
    Polyushka Polye is a Soviet Russian-language song.Polye means "field" in Russian, "polyushko" is a diminutive/hypocoristic form for "polye".- Soviet arrangements :...
    
    , Along the Road to Peterskaya (soloist: A. Sergeev), Song of the Volga Boatmen (soloist: L.M. Kharitonov) The Grey Cuckoo, Dance of the Cossacks, Kalinka, Beautiful Moonlit Night (soloist: E. Belyaev
    Evgeny Belyaev
    Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
    
    ), Cossack Dance.

Prism Leisure Corporation: The Red Army Ensemble, Video Special, PLATV310

• (Released 1990. Recorded London 1988. 60 mins. Dir. Rod Taylor. Principal conductor: Vladimir Gordeev. No information leaflet. Video shows choir of up to 36; orchestra and dance troupe are the usual size, though. When the tour reached Leicester
  Leicester
  Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...
  
  , the small audience talked of rumours of 20-25 defections by Ensemble members, and of V. Kuleshov and his own choristers stepping in to partially fill the gap. Video programme includes a selection of 10 acts, taken from a list of 26 songs and dances listed on the box: 1. Dance (possibly Soldiers Friendship dance); 2. Cossack Goes to the Danube (soloist Anatoly Solovyanenko); 3. Dance (possibly Gopak - Ukrainian); 4. Two-Eskimos-fighting dance; 5. Dance (possibly Kazak); Brave Soldiers (soloist Victor Kuleshov); 7. Sailors' Dance; 8. Serenade of a Stutterer (K-K-K-Katy
  K-K-K-Katy
  "K-K-K-Katy" was a popular World War I-era song written by Geoffrey O'Hara in 1917 and published in 1918. The sheet music advertised it as "The Sensational Stammering Song Success Sung by the Soldiers and Sailors," reflecting a time when speech impediments could be poked fun at—albeit gentle fun...
  
  ) (actor Alexandr Bereznyak) image; 9. Dance (possibly Kamarinskaya
  Kamarinskaya
  Kamarinskaya is a Russian traditional folk dance, which is mostly known today as the Russian composer Mikhail Glinka's magnum opus....
  
  ); 10. Kalinka (soloist Anatoly Solovyanenko).)

Columbia

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: The Soviet Army Ensemble, SEL1605

• (Release date unknown. Cover has photo of B. Alexandrov conducting choir.)

Melodiya

Melodiya

Melodiya is a Russian record label. It was the state-owned major record company/label of the Soviet Union.-History:It was established in 1964 as the "All-Union Gramophone Record Firm of the USSR Ministry of Culture Melodiya"...

: The Alexandrov Song and Dance Ensemble of the Soviet Army, 45C-001211-2

• (Recorded/released ca. 1960. Sleeve notes in |Russian, English and French. B. Alexandrov pictured on sleeve. Tracks are: Stenka Razin
  Stenka Razin
  Stepan Timofeyevich Razin Тимофеевич Разин, ; 1630 – ) was a Cossack leader who led a major uprising against the nobility and Tsar's bureaucracy in South Russia.-Early life:...
  
  , Aye Twas on the Hill, The Oak and the Elm.)

Columbia

Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

: The Red Army Ensemble, SEL1706

• (Conductor B. Alexandrov. Tracks are: Polyushko Pole
  Polyushko Pole
  Polyushka Polye is a Soviet Russian-language song.Polye means "field" in Russian, "polyushko" is a diminutive/hypocoristic form for "polye".- Soviet arrangements :...
  
  , Annie Laurie
  Annie Laurie
  Annie Laurie is an old Scottish song based on poem by William Douglas of Dumfries and Galloway. The words were modified and the tune was added by Alicia Scott in 1834/5. The song is also known as Maxwelton Braes.-William Douglas:...
  
  , Kamarinskaya
  Kamarinskaya
  Kamarinskaya is a Russian traditional folk dance, which is mostly known today as the Russian composer Mikhail Glinka's magnum opus....
  
  , The Courageous Don Cossacks.)

Radio DDR 1

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Radio DDR 1 was a radio channel produced and transmitted by Rundfunk der DDR, the radio broadcasting organization of East Germany . It had a mixed schedule of news and light entertainment, with the emphasis on events in the GDR, and also included regional programming.-History:Radio DDR 1 was...

 (Gesellschaft für DSF): Auf gutem Weg Mit Guten Freunden, 4 30 033 4 30 033

• (Songs recorded Gendarmenmarkt
  Gendarmenmarkt
  The Gendarmenmarkt is a square in Berlin, and the site of the Konzerthaus and the French and German Cathedrals. The centre of the Gendarmenmarkt is crowned by a statue of Germany's poet Friedrich Schiller. The square was created by Johann Arnold Nering at the end of the seventeenth century as the...
  
  , Berlin, August 1948, at the Berlin Peace Concert; speeches recorded 1988. Never released, but "given away as present for some members of the organisation Deutsch-Sowjetische Freundschaft (DSF)" in 1988. Different cat. no. on sleeve: 4 35 033. Conductor: B. Alexandrov. http://209.85.227.132/translate_c?hl=en&langpair=ru|en&u=http://www.discogs.com/viewimages%3Frelease%3D529381&prev=/translate_s%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3D%25D0%2592%25D0%25B8%25D0%25BA%25D1%2582%25D0%25BE%25D1%2580%2B%25D0%259D%25D0%25B8%25D0%25BA%25D0%25B8%25D1%2582%25D0%25B8%25D0%25BD%2B%25D0%2590%25D0%25BB%25D0%25B5%25D0%25BA%25D1%2581%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B4%25D1%2580%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B2%26tq%3D%25D0%2592%25D0%25B8%25D0%25BA%25D1%2582%25D0%25BE%25D1%2580%2B%25D0%259D%25D0%25B8%25D0%25BA%25D0%25B8%25D1%2582%25D0%25B8%25D0%25BD%2B%25D0%2590%25D0%25BB%25D0%25B5%25D0%25BA%25D1%2581%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B4%25D1%2580%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B2%26sl%3Den%26tl%3Dru%26start%3D50&usg=ALkJrhhlOSqLs8ZxkHp1xozJOBfFa54G8wImages of sleeve]. Mückenberger has signed the front, but that is not Nikitin's signature on the back. The photo on the back shows the Alexandrov Ensemble and female dancers among great crowds beneath the facade of a ruined cathedral.).
  • A1: Speech by Erich Mückenberger. Als Präsident Der Gesellschaft Für Deutsch-Sowjetische Freundschaft Überreiche Ich Ihnen In Anerkennung Ihrer Verdienste Um Unsere Herzenssache Diese Schallplatte.Erich Mückenberger was chairman of the German-Soviet Friendship Society 1978-1989, and this is his introduction to the recordings.
  • A2: Im Schönsten Wiesengrunde (soloist V. Nikitin
    Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
    This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
    
    ).
  • B1: Ich Freue Mich, Ihnen Mein Lied Zu Singen (soloist V. Nikitin
    Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
    This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
    
    ): not a song, but a spoken introduction by Nikitin to his performance of Kalinka.
  • B2: Kalinka (soloist V. Nikitin
    Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
    This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
    
    ).

LPs

Columbia

Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

: The Soviet Army Ensemble Volumes 1 & 2, 33C 1049 and 1050

• 10 inch LPs. Volume 1: 8 tracks. Side 1: Song of Youth, A Birch-tree in a field did stand (soloist I. Didenko), Far Away (soloist E. Belyaev), You are always beautiful (soloist E. Belyaev). Side 2: Kalinka (soloist E. Belyaev), Along Peter's Street (soloist A. Sergeyev), Bandura (soloists I. Savchuk and V. Fedorov), Soldier's Chorus (from The Decembrists, an opera by Y. Shaparin). Volume 2: 9 tracks. Side 1: Black Eyebrows (soloist I. Savchuk), Ukrainian Poem (soloist A. Sergeyev), Oh, no! John! (soloist A. Eizen), Over the Fields. Side 2: Volga Boat Song (soloist A. Eizen), Nut-brown Maiden (soloists N. Abramov and I. Savchuk), The Little Bells (soloist N. Abramov), Song of the Hammer (soloist A. Sergeyev), Tipperary (soloist K. Gerasimov).

Columbia

Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

: The Red Army Ensemble, SAX 2487 or 33CX 1844

• (Recorded 1959; released 1963. Conductor B. Alexandrov, choirmaster K. Vinogradov, orchestral conductor V. Alexandrov. 11 tracks. Side 1: The Courageous Don Cossacks, Beautiful Moonlit Night (soloist E. Belyaev
  Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
  
  ), Kamarinskaya
  Kamarinskaya
  Kamarinskaya is a Russian traditional folk dance, which is mostly known today as the Russian composer Mikhail Glinka's magnum opus....
  
  (balalaika soloist B.S. Feoktistov), Ah Lovely Night (soloist N. Polozkov
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  ), You Are Always Beautiful (soloist E. Belyaev
  Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
  
  ), Kalinka (soloist E. Belyaev
  Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
  
  ). Side 2: A Birch Tree Stood in the Meadow, Polyushko Pole
  Polyushko Pole
  Polyushka Polye is a Soviet Russian-language song.Polye means "field" in Russian, "polyushko" is a diminutive/hypocoristic form for "polye".- Soviet arrangements :...
  
  , Poem of Ukraine, Annie Laurie
  Annie Laurie
  Annie Laurie is an old Scottish song based on poem by William Douglas of Dumfries and Galloway. The words were modified and the tune was added by Alicia Scott in 1834/5. The song is also known as Maxwelton Braes.-William Douglas:...
  
  , Zaparozhtsi
  Zaporizhia Oblast
  Zaporizhia Oblast is an oblast of southern Ukraine. Its capital is Zaporizhia.This oblast is an important part of Ukraine's industry and agriculture.-Geography:...
  
   Dance.)

Columbia

Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

: The Red Army Ensemble Vol 2, 33C1066

• (Released 1964. Conductor B. Alexandrov.)

EMI Angel

EMI Records

EMI Records is the flagship record label founded by the EMI company in 1972 and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia label. The EMI label was launched worldwide...

: The Red Army Ensemble Vol.2, S36143. Out of print

• (ASIN: B001OOKHCM. Most tracks recorded live in London 1963. Much information on back of sleeve. Release date unknown. Conductor: B. Aleksandrov. Included are: Moscow Thunder, Moonlight, Polyushko Pole
  Polyushko Pole
  Polyushka Polye is a Soviet Russian-language song.Polye means "field" in Russian, "polyushko" is a diminutive/hypocoristic form for "polye".- Soviet arrangements :...
  
  , Kamarinskaya
  Kamarinskaya
  Kamarinskaya is a Russian traditional folk dance, which is mostly known today as the Russian composer Mikhail Glinka's magnum opus....
  
  , Ukrainian Poem (1956), That Night, Annie Laurie
  Annie Laurie
  Annie Laurie is an old Scottish song based on poem by William Douglas of Dumfries and Galloway. The words were modified and the tune was added by Alicia Scott in 1834/5. The song is also known as Maxwelton Braes.-William Douglas:...
  
  , You Are Always Beautiful, Cossack dance, Kalinka. Soloists include E. Belyaev
  Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
  
  .)

EMI Angel

EMI Records

EMI Records is the flagship record label founded by the EMI company in 1972 and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia label. The EMI label was launched worldwide...

 HMV: The Soviet Army Ensemble, SXLP30062

• (Recorded and/or released 1956. Conductor: V. Alexandrov; choirmaster K. Vinogradov; musical director V. Alexandrov. Tracks include: Song of Youth, A Birch Tree In A Field Did Stand (soloist I. Didenko
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  ), Far Away (soloist E. Belyaev
  Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
  
  ), Song of the Volga Boatmen (soloist A. Eisen
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  ), You Are Always Beautiful (soloist E. Belyaev
  Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
  
  ), Along Peterskaya Street (soloist A. Sergeev
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  ), It's a Long Way to Tipperary
  It's a Long Way to Tipperary
  It's a Long Way to Tipperary is a British music hall and marching song written by Jack Judge and co-credited to, but not co-written by, Henry James "Harry" Williams. It was allegedly written for a 5 shilling bet in Stalybridge on 30 January 1912 and performed the next night at the local music hall...
  
  (soloist K. Gerasimov
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  ), Kalinka, Bandura, Oh No John, Snow Flakes, Ukrainian Poem, Soldiers' Chorus.)

Melodiya

Melodiya

Melodiya is a Russian record label. It was the state-owned major record company/label of the Soviet Union.-History:It was established in 1964 as the "All-Union Gramophone Record Firm of the USSR Ministry of Culture Melodiya"...

: The Ensemble's 50th Anniversary set of 2 LPs, 33C60-11207-10. Out of print

• (Recorded 1978. Soloists include Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
  
  , Stanislav I. Frolov and Alexei T. Sergeev. Included are: Nightingale, Kalinka).

Melodiya

Melodiya

Melodiya is a Russian record label. It was the state-owned major record company/label of the Soviet Union.-History:It was established in 1964 as the "All-Union Gramophone Record Firm of the USSR Ministry of Culture Melodiya"...

: 50th Anniversary set of 2 LPs, 33C20-08027-30, Out of print

• (Recorded 1978. Conductor B. Aleksandrov. Soloists include I.S. Bukreev
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  . Tank, Oh You Rye, Let's Go!, Soldier's chorus from the opera Faust
  Faust (opera)
  Faust is a drame lyrique in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré from Carré's play Faust et Marguerite, in turn loosely based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust, Part 1...
  
  , Nightingale (soloist E. Belyaev
  Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
  
  ), Kalinka, Song of Youth, Crane, extract from Dubinushka (soloist A.T. Sergeev
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  ), Along the Peterskaya Road.)

Melodiya

Melodiya

Melodiya is a Russian record label. It was the state-owned major record company/label of the Soviet Union.-History:It was established in 1964 as the "All-Union Gramophone Record Firm of the USSR Ministry of Culture Melodiya"...

: 60th Anniversary 2-LP set, C60-08163-6, Out of print

• (Released ca.1977, 60yrs after 1917. Conductor B. Alexandrov. Included are: Polyushko Pole
  Polyushko Pole
  Polyushka Polye is a Soviet Russian-language song.Polye means "field" in Russian, "polyushko" is a diminutive/hypocoristic form for "polye".- Soviet arrangements :...
  
  , Sacred War (Svyaschennaya Voyna
  Svyaschennaya Voyna
  Svyashchennaya Voyna was one of the most famous Soviet songs associated with the Second World War. It was written by Vasily Lebedev-Kumach in 1941 upon the beginning of the German invasion of the Soviet Union...
  
  ), Nightingale (soloist E. Belyaev
  Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
  
  ), Victory (soloist V.L. Ruslanov
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  ), Kalinka, Road of the Soldiers (duet I.S. Bukreev
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
   and E.M. Labkovsky
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  ), Dark Eyes
  Dark Eyes (song)
  Dark Eyes is a Russian song.The lyrics of the song were written by a Ukrainian poet and writer Yevhen Hrebinka. The first publication of the poem was in Literaturnaya gazeta on 17 January 1843....
  
  (soloist L.M. Kharitonov
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  ), Heart of the Sailor (soloist V.I. Anisimov
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  ), Song of Russia (soloist B. Shapenko
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  ), Crane, Catalina (soloist E.M. Belyaev
  Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
  
  ), Dance Dance (soloist V.L. Ruslanov
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  ), Let's Join the Army (duet I.S. Bukreev
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
   and P.D. Bogachev
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  ).)

Melodiya

Melodiya

Melodiya is a Russian record label. It was the state-owned major record company/label of the Soviet Union.-History:It was established in 1964 as the "All-Union Gramophone Record Firm of the USSR Ministry of Culture Melodiya"...

: The Alexandrov Song and Dance Ensemble C-01235-6, Out of print

• (Conductor B. Aleksandrov. Soloists include I.I. Savchuk
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
   and G.P. Vinogradov
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  . Included are: Stenka Razin
  Stenka Razin
  Stepan Timofeyevich Razin Тимофеевич Разин, ; 1630 – ) was a Cossack leader who led a major uprising against the nobility and Tsar's bureaucracy in South Russia.-Early life:...
  
  , Kalinka, Bandura, The Birch, Moonlight, The Elm and the Oak, Hey Girl (soloist E.M. Belyaev
  Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
  
  ).)

Melodiya

Melodiya

Melodiya is a Russian record label. It was the state-owned major record company/label of the Soviet Union.-History:It was established in 1964 as the "All-Union Gramophone Record Firm of the USSR Ministry of Culture Melodiya"...

: Red Banner, the Soviet Army, Apeksans Androva

• (In Polish
  Polish language
  Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
  
  . Release date unknown. ASIN: B001RH5N2K. Ten songs; five on each side.)

Melodiya

Melodiya

Melodiya is a Russian record label. It was the state-owned major record company/label of the Soviet Union.-History:It was established in 1964 as the "All-Union Gramophone Record Firm of the USSR Ministry of Culture Melodiya"...

: The Alexandrov Ensemble, Stenka Razin and other famous Russian folk songs, OS 2140

• (Release date unknown.)

Melodiya

Melodiya

Melodiya is a Russian record label. It was the state-owned major record company/label of the Soviet Union.-History:It was established in 1964 as the "All-Union Gramophone Record Firm of the USSR Ministry of Culture Melodiya"...

: Alexandrov Song and Dance Ensemble of the Soviet Army, CM 02873-4

• (Release date unknown. Conductor B. Alexandrov.)

Saga: The Alexandrov Ensemble, EROS8066

• (Soloists include Ivan Skobtsov, Baritone. Included are: I see a Village, Uncle Nimra, Little Onion.)

Sounds Superb/Music For Pleasure: Cossack Patrol, SPR 90022

• (12 tracks including: Cossack Patrol, The Cliff, Evening On The Roadstead, The Sun Has Set Behind The Hill, You Are Ever Lovely and John Reed Walks In Petrograd.)

Sounds Superb/Music For Pleasure: The Red Army Choir Conducted by Alexandrov, MFP 2089

• (Release date unknown)

Supraphon: Alexandrov Song and Dance Ensemble, SUA-ST51182 or SUA 11182, Out of print

• (Recorded ca.1960. Conductor B. Aleksandrov. Czech
  Czech Republic
  The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
  
   label. Included are: Moonlight, Song of Youth, Song of Russia, Sing Soldier! (soloist E.M. Belyaev
  Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
  
  ), Let's Go!.)

Vox: Red Army Ensemble, STPL 515.090

• (Released 1960s, conductor B. Alexandrov. Stereo. Included are: Song of the Volga Boatmen, Troika, Polyushko Pole
  Polyushko Pole
  Polyushka Polye is a Soviet Russian-language song.Polye means "field" in Russian, "polyushko" is a diminutive/hypocoristic form for "polye".- Soviet arrangements :...
  
  , Doubinouchka, They are Valiant, Seven Sons-in-Law, Soviet National Anthem, Song of the Prisoner, Under the Oak Tree, Nightingales, Sing Soldier.)

78s

ASCH-Stinson: From Border to Border and The Young Birch Tree, ASCH3011

• (Release date unknown. Soloist is Pankov. 10-inch Stinson.)

Melodiya

Melodiya

Melodiya is a Russian record label. It was the state-owned major record company/label of the Soviet Union.-History:It was established in 1964 as the "All-Union Gramophone Record Firm of the USSR Ministry of Culture Melodiya"...

: Soldier Always a Soldier, 0-30

• (Release date unknown. A-side has Soldier Always a Soldier; B-side has unknown song. 10-inch. Conductor A.V. Alexandrov. Soloist E. Belyaev
  Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
  
  .)

Le Chant du Monde: Choeurs de L'Armee Rouge: Bandoura, 614

• (Release date unknown. The song Bandura: half on each side. Conducted by A. Alexandrov. The soloist is G. Vinogradov
  Georgi Pavlovich Vinogradov
  Georgi Pavlovich Vinogradov , Honoured Artist of Russia, was a Russian tenor: a popular World War II singer on Radio Moscow, recording artist, and soloist with the Alexandrov Ensemble.- Musical training :...
  
  .)

Le Chant du Monde: Polyushko Pole

Polyushko Pole

Polyushka Polye is a Soviet Russian-language song.Polye means "field" in Russian, "polyushko" is a diminutive/hypocoristic form for "polye".- Soviet arrangements :...

and Les Partisans, 620

• (Release date unknown. 10-inch. Conducted by Professeur Alexandrov.)

Columbia: Song of the plains or Polyushko Pole

Polyushko Pole

Polyushka Polye is a Soviet Russian-language song.Polye means "field" in Russian, "polyushko" is a diminutive/hypocoristic form for "polye".- Soviet arrangements :...

Cornet solo: M.K.Lemechko, CL 6335. Disk C-10002

• (Release date thought to be 1937, Paris World Fair
  Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937)
  The Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne was held from May 25 to November 25, 1937 in Paris, France...
  
  . Canadian pressing, recorded in France, with the Choir of the Red Army of the U.S.S.R. The B side is: The White Whirlwind, a folk song, tenor
  Tenor
  The tenor is a type of male singing voice and is the highest male voice within the modal register. The typical tenor voice lies between C3, the C one octave below middle C, to the A above middle C in choral music, and up to high C in solo work. The low extreme for tenors is roughly B2...
  
   solo: M.Pankov, CL 6338. Director A.V. Alexandrov.)

Unknown label: Famous Red Army Songs, 2-record set

• (Release date unknown. Conductor A. Alexandrov. Tracks include: Polyushko Pole
  Polyushko Pole
  Polyushka Polye is a Soviet Russian-language song.Polye means "field" in Russian, "polyushko" is a diminutive/hypocoristic form for "polye".- Soviet arrangements :...
  
  , The Young Birch Tree, My Moscow.)

USSR, Aprelevsky Plant LPs: Cold Waves Lapping (Varyag), B-20753-4

• (Released 1951. Soloist V.I. Nikitin
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  . Conductor A. Alexandrov. One song split between A and B side.)

USSR, Aprelevsky Plant LPs: Down by Mother Volga and Storm Revel, B- 9504-8

• (Released 1939. Tracks: A: Down by Mother Volga (arr. A. Alexandrov; soloist V.I. Nikitin
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  ); B: Storm Revel (soloist Petrov).)

USSR, Aprelevsky Plant LPs: You Will Come Up, Red Sun and Oh, Yes You, Kalinushka, B- 8995-9

• (Released 1939. Tracks: A: You will come up, the Red Sun (soloist F. Kuznetsov); B: Oh, Yes You, Kalinushka (duet: AV Shilov, AV Nikitin
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  ). NB: F. Kuznetsov could be identical with I. Kuznetsov
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  .)

Other formats

Unknown label: Soviet Army Chorus & Band

• A Soviet Army Chorus & Band compilation of 1956 recordings was released in the 1960s, with a photo of soldiers on the box. It included Kalinka (soloist: E. Belyaev
  Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
  
  ), You Are Always Beautiful, It's a Long Way to Tipperary
  It's a Long Way to Tipperary
  It's a Long Way to Tipperary is a British music hall and marching song written by Jack Judge and co-credited to, but not co-written by, Henry James "Harry" Williams. It was allegedly written for a 5 shilling bet in Stalybridge on 30 January 1912 and performed the next night at the local music hall...
  
  and Polyushko Pole
  Polyushko Pole
  Polyushka Polye is a Soviet Russian-language song.Polye means "field" in Russian, "polyushko" is a diminutive/hypocoristic form for "polye".- Soviet arrangements :...
  
  (My Fields or Meadowland).

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EMI Records

EMI Records is the flagship record label founded by the EMI company in 1972 and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia label. The EMI label was launched worldwide...

: The Red Army Ensemble Vol.2, ZS-36143. Out of print

• (Most tracks recorded live at the Abbey Road Studios
  Abbey Road Studios
  Abbey Road Studios is a recording studio located at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London, England. It was established in November 1931 by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of British music company EMI, its present owner...
  
  , London in February and March 1963. Release date unknown. Conductor: B. Aleksandrov; choirmaster K. Vinogradov; orchestral conductor V. Alexandrov. Stereo tape 7.5ips; 4-track. Information on the back of the box tells that there were more than 80 in the choir, and that 1963 live performances were at the Royal Albert Hall
  Royal Albert Hall
  The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall situated on the northern edge of the South Kensington area, in the City of Westminster, London, England, best known for holding the annual summer Proms concerts since 1941....
  
   and in provincial cities. Songs listed on the box are: The Courageous Don Cossacks (traditional), Lovely Moonlit Night (Ukrainian folk song; soloist E. Belyaev
  Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
  
  ), Kamarinskaya
  Kamarinskaya
  Kamarinskaya is a Russian traditional folk dance, which is mostly known today as the Russian composer Mikhail Glinka's magnum opus....
  
  (soloist B.S. Feoktistov), Ah Lovely Night (soloist N. Polozkov
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  ), You Are Always Beautiful (soloist E. Belyaev
  Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
  
  ), Kalinka (soloist E. Belyaev
  Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
  
  ), A Birch Tree in a Field Did Stand (Beryozonka) (soloist I. Didenko
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  ), Song of the Plains or Meadowland (Polyushko Pole
  Polyushko Pole
  Polyushka Polye is a Soviet Russian-language song.Polye means "field" in Russian, "polyushko" is a diminutive/hypocoristic form for "polye".- Soviet arrangements :...
  
  ), Ukrainian Poem (soloist A. Sergeev
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  ), Annie Laurie
  Annie Laurie
  Annie Laurie is an old Scottish song based on poem by William Douglas of Dumfries and Galloway. The words were modified and the tune was added by Alicia Scott in 1834/5. The song is also known as Maxwelton Braes.-William Douglas:...
  
  (soloist E. Belyaev
  Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
  
  ), Zaparozhtsi Dance (Soldiers' Dance) (music B. Alexandrov).)

See also

• Alexandrov Ensemble
• Alexandrov Ensemble choir
  Alexandrov Ensemble choir
  The Alexandrov Ensemble choir is the choir of the Alexandrov Ensemble.It has for most of its history been a male-voice choir of tenors and basses, based in Moscow and directed and conducted by Alexander V. Alexandrov from 1926 to 1946, by his son Boris A. Alexandrov from 1946 to 1987, and by...
  
  
• Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  Alexandrov Ensemble soloists
  This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and...
  
  
• Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Belyaev
  Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev, also written as Yevgeny Belyayev , was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov...
  
  
• Georgi Pavlovich Vinogradov
  Georgi Pavlovich Vinogradov
  Georgi Pavlovich Vinogradov , Honoured Artist of Russia, was a Russian tenor: a popular World War II singer on Radio Moscow, recording artist, and soloist with the Alexandrov Ensemble.- Musical training :...
  
  
• Leonid Mikhailovich Kharitonov
  Leonid Mikhailovich Kharitonov
  Leonid Mikhailovich Kharitonov is a Russian bass-baritone singer, born 18 September 1933 in the village of Golumet, Irkutsk Oblast. He has been honoured with: People's Artist of Russia and Honoured Artist of Russia. In the West he is noted for his 1965 video of the Song of the Volga Boatmen.-...
  
  

External links

• Medtner.org.uk: How to date Melodiya records from serial numbers.
• Wordpress: Alexandrov Ensemble blog