Various Artists
Women's Songs of Old Russia (CD)

W260018

In Russia, women are the last holders of ancient rural traditions which have not been influenced by the urban song. The repertoire is composed of love songs, wedding songs, departure songs, games and humoresque songs. This CD features three traditions: the tradition of Kieba from Arkangelsk area in the north of Russia, the tradition of Br'ansk in the "Golden ring", center of the country, and the tradition of the Simielski whose ancestors, the Old Believers, were exiled in Siberia by the czar Peter the Great.

Track listing:

KIEBA:
1. Chant d’amour / Love song 3’09”
2. Chant de jeu / Sung game 1’00”
3. Chant de recrutement / Song of recruitment 5’17”
4. Pleur de noces / Nuptial lament 4’10”
5. Chant de séparation / Song of separation 4’13”
6. Chant à danser / Dance song 2’36”
BR’ASK:
7. Les framboises / Raspberries 2’56”
8. Serioja 2’02”
9. Le chat / The cat 1’37”
10. La solitude / Solitude 2’16”
11. Le soldat / The soldier 1’42”
12. Le rossignol et le coucou / The nightingale and the cuckoo 1’48”
SIMIELSKI:
13. Les partisans / The partisans 3’59”
14. Derrière la rivière / Behind the river 2’42”
15. Les beaux yeux bruns / The beautiful brown eyes 2’39”
16. Le jeune homme amour eux / The young man in love 2’21”
17. Chant satirique / Satirical song 1’22”
18. Pleur de noces / Nuptial lament 3’07”
19. Le corbeau noir / The black crow 4’07”
20. Chant à danser / Dance song 1’15”

Published: 1990

Genre: Europe
Label: Inedit