Any one like russian music?

[Kapitan]

Just asking if anyone has and favorites they would like to share, i have a few personal favorites:

Kalinka
Katyusha
Plushka polye

availible at www.richka.com

Please do show your favorites.

[Happy Times]

http://www.yakumox.com/tatu%20_02.JPG"Not gonna get us!" :D

[Skybird]

Not exclusively Russian, but orthodox lithurgies like they are done in slavic countries can be wonderful sound and music, same is true for Gregorian chants that also are done in the slavic culture. I also like some of the music by Russian soldier chorusses and that kind of music program. these chorusses truly have full and sounding - and male! - voices. Should make many so called popstars and pop-wannabe-singers ashamed of every dollar they earn by selling their albums with their strange and queer sounds. No way I will ever accept a squeaking, puffing thing like Prince as a member of the human race. :lol:

Hm, the title music from Red Octobre and the soviet national anthem also are sounding great! So do parts of the russian classical composers. Rachmaninoff: 3rd piano and Prokofiev: 1st violin concert and Tschaikowsky's Four Seasons are some of my favourites in the field of classical music.

[Bort]

Hymn to Red October is one of my favorite classical pieces. :up:

[DeepSix]

I've always liked "Kalinka" and "Varshavianka" - incidentally, I think the latter sounds very similar to the music that plays at the beginning of Red October. I'm very willing to be corrected on that, though.

[Polak]

If I would have to choose I would choose Warszawianka (Варшав�нка) since it's Polish :D Originaly it's not a socialist hymn but a great Polish battlehymn first written in french.
http://www.chambre-claire.com/PAROLES/La-Varsovienne.htm(French version)

English translation*
Today is a day of blood and glory,
That it be a day of resurrection!
Gazing at France’s star,
The White Eagle launches into flight.
And it, inspired by hope,
Calls to us from on high,
"Arise, oh Poland, break your chains,
Today is a day of victory or death!"
Hey, whoever is a Pole, to your bayonettes!
Live, freedom, oh Poland, live!
Let this worthy battle cry:
Sound forth to our foes!
Sound forth to our foes!
Oh Frenchmen! Are our wounds
Of no value for you?
At Marengo, Wagram, Jena,
Dresden, Leipzig, and Waterloo
The world betrayed you, but we stood firm.
In death or victory, we stand by you!
Oh brothers, we gave blood for you.
Today you give us nothing but tears.
Hey, whoever is a Pole, to your bayonettes!
Live, freedom, oh Poland, live!
Let this worthy battle cry:
Sound forth to our foes!
Sound forth to our foes!

*Non-socialist version
Those where the days, when honor, value and manhood really ment something... :(

[DeepSix]

Hey, thanks, Polak - didn't realize "Varshavianka" was Polish! It is good to learn more about what I've been listening too. I studied Russian for a year at school but I've forgotten so much my translation is miserable (and don't know any Polish at all).

[Bort]

Gotta love the Balalaika!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Balalaika.jpg

[Spoon 11th]

Russian folk dance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D43yn6g6pb4)

[Perilscope]

I do not listen to Russian songs, Joe Satriani is pretty much the only thing I listen too.

However, I have to admit I like the Red Army's Choir "There march the soldiers". A Very profound and powerful melody.
Occasionally I play it loud and clear; my neighbors must be wondering if I am Italian as I pretend to be… or maybe an Italian Socialist… nah! :88) :dead:

[Dan D]

Russian folk dance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D43yn6g6pb4)

@Spoon11
Very funny, the video of the German band Dschinghis Khan, that made 4th place at the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 in Jerusalem/Israel with the song “Dschinghis Khan�, a masterpiece like “Moskau� and “Hadschi Halef Omar�, their other hits.

What do you think about the heavy metal monster-band “Lordi�, that will represent Finland at this years Eurovision contest and about the uproar they have caused in Finland?
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/24/world/europe/24finn.html?ex=1146196800&en=d7984da1b443b753&ei=5087%0A

"In Finland, we have no Eiffel Tower, few real famous artists, it is freezing cold and we suffer from low self-esteem," said lead singer Mr. Putaansuu, who, as Lordi, has horns protruding from his forehead and sports long black fingernails.

We come as Texan Cowboys to the contest this year. Germany will be represented by "Texas Lightning":
http://s137981643.online.de/texas/
"It is not a joke. It is Country".

You gotta love those Euro contests, football, singing and stuff. :-j

[joea]

Great link Kapitan. :up:

[Oberon]

Kalinka
Polyushka Polye (Song of the Plains)
The anthem of the Soviet Union
The Saint War
Rider's March

:up: :up: :up: :up:

[STEED]

You can not beat the Russian classical music top of my list would be Dmitri Shostakovich. Followed by Prokofiev and Kalinnkov there are other composers from Russia I got. There is something about the style of the music form Russia or so glad they now use the original national anthem now.

[I-25]

http://www.yakumox.com/tatu%20_02.JPG"Not gonna get us!" :D

oohhh these 2 have soiled the good name of the soviet union! :down:

[Happy Times]

http://www.yakumox.com/tatu%20_02.JPG"Not gonna get us!" :D

oohhh these 2 have soiled the good name of the soviet union! :down: What good name? :roll: I think that beautiful women are the single most important export article that comes from Russia :hmm:

[I-25]

I think that beautiful women are the single most important export article that comes from Russia :hmm:

jajaja lol but then again you right!

[Type941]

the music of russian anthem (soviet union music). red october movie theme was good too. There actually some much less known songs in russian that are only known to russians where musics is very nice and good, but bringing them up would tell little.

[Kapitan]

Please do mention them.

[Kapitan]

Katyusha my favorite of favorites:


In russian

Ра�цветали �блони и груши,
Поплыли туманы над рекой;
Выходила на берег Катюша,
�а вы�окий берег, на крутой.

Выходила, пе�ню заводила
Про �тепного, �изого орла,
Про того, которого любила,
Про того, чьи пи�ьма берегла

Ой, ты пе�н�, пе�енка девичь�,
Ты лети за ��ным �олнцем в�лед,
И бойцу на дальнем пограничье
От Катюши передай привет.

Пу�ть он в�помнит девушку про�тую,
Пу�ть у�лышит, как она поёт,
Пу�ть он землю бережёт родную,
� любовь Катюша �бережёт.

Ра�цветали �блони и груши,
Поплыли туманы над рекой;
Выходила на берег Катюша,
�а вы�окий берег, на крутой.


Transliterated Russian:

Rastsvetali yabloni i grushi,
Poplyli tumany nad rekoy
Vyhodila na bereg Katyusha
Na vysokiy bereg, na krutoy

Vyhodila, pesnyu zavodila
Pro stepnovo sizovo orla
Pro tovo kotorovo lyubila
Pro tovo ch'i pis'ma beregla

Oy, ty pesnya, pesenka devich'ya,
Ty leti za yasnym solntsem vsled
I boytsu na dal'nem pogranich'e
Ot Katyushi pereday privet

Pust' on vspomnit devushku prostuyu
Pust' usly**** kak ona poyot.
Pust' on zemlyu berezhot rodnuyu
A lyubov' Katyusha sberezhot.

Rastsvetali yabloni i grushi,
Poplyli tumani nad rekoy
Vyhodila na bereg Katyusha
Na vysokiy bereg, na krutoy

And in english this is what it means:

Apple trees and pears were in blossom
On the river hung the morning mist
Young Katyusha stepped up on the high bank,
Of the river steep bank in the mist.

On the bank Katyusha started singing
Of a proud grey eagle of the steppe,
Of the one Katyusha loved so deeply,
Of the one whose letters she has kept

Oh, you song, you bright song of a maiden
Fly you by the sun, fly like a bird
To the soldier on faraway border
From Katyusha bring a greeting word.

Let him think of simple native maiden,
Let him hear Katyusha's clear song
He will guard the land of dear homeland
And their love Katyusha will keep strong.

Apple trees and pears were in blossom
On the river hung the morning mist
Young Katyusha stepped up on the high bank,
Of the river steep bank in the mist.

[Takeda Shingen]

Dmitri Shostakovich is my favorite of the Russian/Soviet orbit. Also worth mentioning are Mikhail Glinka, Alexander Dargomïzhsky, Alexander Borodin, Modest Mugorgsky, Mily Balakirev, César Cui, Sergei Prokofiev, and Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov.

I have deliberately ommitted the derrivative Piotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, as I feel his works hardly deserve attention.

[blizzard_beast]

Apart from Soviet tunes, I occasionally listen to Russian punk bands like Grazhdanskaya Oborona (Civil Defence).

[CCIP]

Bah to TATU and all the other Popsa! :down:


I hardly ever listened to Russian music (surprisingly) until about a year ago. After that, I've become a big fan.

Nowadays, I listen to tons of Russian rock bands. By and far the favorite of them is DDT: http://ddt.ru/eng/25/history.html
(hooray to them for recently being named "Band of the Year" and "Live Band of the Year" yet again by Russia's premiere rock magazine!)

Others include Akvarium, Arsenal, Korol' i Shut, PilOt,Kukryniksy...


There is lots of talent in Russia. I know this as my father is a professional musician himself, and ran several rock and blues bands (I've met some DDT members personally thanks to that, for example); but it's very difficult. And the dreaded Popsa - manufactured vanilla pop from large music companies - only makes it more difficult.

Here's a good article about DDT and Russian rock: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3568405.stm

[CCIP]

By the way, for those curious about DDT and/or Russian rock to any extent, how about some videos (from an unofficial site run with the band's blessing, and frequently promoted by users on their official forums):

Рождённый в СССР ("Born in the USSR") (http://ddt-msk.kladzvezd.ru/video/klip25.htm)
- a quintessential rock anthem of more than one generation!
Ра��трел�ли Ра��ветами ("Shot with the Dawns") (http://ddt-msk.kladzvezd.ru/download/video_download/klip.htm)
- very characteristic of Shevchuk's milder, more philosophical material
�ебо на Земле ("Heaven on Earth" (http://ddt-msk.kladzvezd.ru/video/klip18.htm)
- amazing little short artistic movie, a completely true metaphor of what is wrong with Russia
Бела� �очь ("White Night") (http://ddt-msk.kladzvezd.ru/video/klip12.htm)
- another trip into Russian history, this time into the darker corners of St. Petersburg. Very moving, for me.
Одноразова� Жизнь ("One-Time Life") (http://ddt-msk.kladzvezd.ru/video/klip17.htm)
- (maybe better translated as "non-reusable life") - I just like the funky but true setting of rotting St. Petersburg back-alleys, but with a twist
Она ("She") (http://ddt-msk.kladzvezd.ru/video/klip22.htm)
- an example of their softer material
Кры�а-ве�на ("Rat-Spring") (http://ddt-msk.kladzvezd.ru/video/klip24.htm)
- an example of their odder and more modernistic, even slightly rap-influenced material
Мама, �то рок-н-ролл ("Mama, this is Rock-n-Roll") (http://ddt-msk.kladzvezd.ru/video/klip21.htm)
- an example of their live material
Я получил �ту роль ("I Received This Role") (http://ddt-msk.kladzvezd.ru/video/klip01.htm)
- an example of Yuri Shevchuk's solo work and searing intensity. Quite old.

And,
ROK GRUPPA - POPSA (http://ddt-msk.kladzvezd.ru/video/popsa_v2.htm) - an all-star cast of rockers belting out a tune against the Popsa.


Check them out if you got time and bandwith! :up:

/promotion hat off

[Spoon 11th]

What do you think about the heavy metal monster-band “Lordi�, that will represent Finland at this years Eurovision contest and about the uproar they have caused in Finland?
I find Lordi's music incredibly boring. This so called "hard rock" is music for sissies. When I need energetic music I listen to extreme death metal bands such as Brujeria.

The uproar is just hype the pathetic tabloid newspapers have created trying desperately to increase their sales. Almost 50 percent of the voters voted for Lordi and only half a dozen (religious) people are against it here in Finland. The band is just playing along, talking about low self esteem and stuff, and trying the get as much attention as possible, positive or negative (personal opinion). The whole uproar thing started when some greek restaurant society stated aloud their concerns and finnish tabloids reported about it and then the snowball just started rolling.

We come as Texan Cowboys to the contest this year. Germany will be represented by "Texas Lightning":
http://s137981643.online.de/texas/
"It is not a joke. It is Country".

You gotta love those Euro contests, football, singing and stuff. :-j
So your contester is performing in english too. Well that sucks. I think every country should use their native language only, like it used to be at some point.

[Dan D]

@Spoon 11th
Thanks for the reply, I see, a media hype. So I will stay with 22 Pistepirrko, Union Carbide Productions, Turbonegro,The Hellacopters and The Hives.

@Kap
sorry for the thread-hijacking.

[I-25]

lets not forget RUSHski JAJAJA :rock:

[CCIP]

lets not forget RUSHski JAJAJA :rock:

Hey, hey, leave Rush to my other nationality where it belongs! :lol:

[Konovalov]

You can not beat the Russian classical music top of my list would be Dmitri Shostakovich. Followed by Prokofiev and Kalinnkov there are other composers from Russia I got. There is something about the style of the music form Russia or so glad they now use the original national anthem now.

To Dmitri Shostakovich :yep: My favourite of his would have to be the 11th Symphony "The Year 1905". The recordings of Shostakovich by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Jarvi under the Deutsche Grammophon label are all fantastic. :D

[nikimcbee]

http://www.yakumox.com/tatu%20_02.JPG
"Not gonna get us!" :D

zoinks!

I found a cool link that has a bunch of Igor Tal'kov songs:rock:

[The Noob]

Sorry but i cant resist... :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49iLCK4p0w4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfTmjEDa-Kc

[STEED]

You can not beat the Russian classical music top of my list would be Dmitri Shostakovich. Followed by Prokofiev and Kalinnkov there are other composers from Russia I got. There is something about the style of the music form Russia or so glad they now use the original national anthem now.

To Dmitri Shostakovich :yep: My favourite of his would have to be the 11th Symphony "The Year 1905". The recordings of Shostakovich by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Jarvi under the Deutsche Grammophon label are all fantastic. :D

Hard for me to select one out right as my top one's would be 5th,7th and the 10th Symphony's. Is this true the 8th Symphony was to be titled as the Stalingrad Symphony?

[Dowly]

What do you think about the heavy metal monster-band “Lordi�, that will represent Finland at this years Eurovision contest and about the uproar they have caused in Finland? I find Lordi's music incredibly boring. This so called "hard rock" is music for sissies. When I need energetic music I listen to extreme death metal bands such as Brujeria.

The uproar is just hype the pathetic tabloid newspapers have created trying desperately to increase their sales. Almost 50 percent of the voters voted for Lordi and only half a dozen (religious) people are against it here in Finland. The band is just playing along, talking about low self esteem and stuff, and trying the get as much attention as possible, positive or negative (personal opinion). The whole uproar thing started when some greek restaurant society stated aloud their concerns and finnish tabloids reported about it and then the snowball just started rolling.

Amen, perkele! :rock:

[nikimcbee]

Sektor Gaza:hmm:
Russian Rap:hmm:

[CptSimFreak]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_XYApregsFI

:rotfl:

[The Avon Lady]

I gained a mild affection for Russian music during my days of playing Operation Flashpoint.

Mission making in OFP allows for inclusion of audio files and the creation of cinematic cutscenes to be shown before, during or after an OFP mission.

I produced an OFP campaign myself, very heavy on intro cutscenes. The 3 Russian songs I recall including in them were Slavsya Russia, God Save the Czar and Sacred War (Svyaschennaya Voyna (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svyaschennaya_Voyna)).

[CCIP]

Russian Rap:hmm:
I hate Russian rap (in its mainstream form), but I rather prefer various Russian rap-alternative bands. Really digging lately...

Kirpichi (slacker rap-rock, in essence)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vQVonmKkkQU

Delfin (progressive techno-rock-rap)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=hYnw423XDcI
not music for everyone, but :rock:for me

[azn_132]

Russian Rap:hmm:
I hate Russian rap (in its mainstream form), but I rather prefer various Russian rap-alternative bands. Really digging lately...

Kirpichi (slacker rap-rock, in essence)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vQVonmKkkQU

Delfin (progressive techno-rock-rap)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=hYnw423XDcI
not music for everyone, but :rock:for me

They dont sound like their reppin tho. I perfer L.O.G., Laostha, Ting Phailavan, A-Pacts.

[CCIP]

As I pointed out, they're progressive rap/rock derivatives rather than pure rap. I'm yet to find a pure rap act I like. :hmm:

Plus it's Russian!

[Tchocky]

I listen to a lot of Finnish/Swedish rock, and Finns pretending to be Russian (Leningrad Cowboys, anyone? :D)

I've heard some Russian metal, not too bad. A bit shouty.

[geetrue]

Do the Russians have any Christian hymn's?

[CCIP]

Do the Russians have any Christian hymn's?
Depends what you mean. There is a limited amount of gospel music; in fact my father recorded some back in the day. There is also some christian rock, but on the whole the Orthodox church tends to be quite conservative so there's no officially-endorsed modern Orthodox music (though it works the other way, and quite a few popular rock musicians are openly Orthodox).

If you mean traditional, then there is a tradition of orthodox church choral singing. It's pretty amazing and rather different from its western counterparts.

Here's an example: http://youtube.com/watch?v=LUCu1cpXfgo (http://youtube.com/watch?v=FgiIT_MqpbU)

[CCIP]

Also, today I MUST link this -

One of the greatest war songs (an anthem, really) ever:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=yy8mxh0P63M

Let us always remember.

(for those who didn't remember, today is the 66th anniversary of the beginning of Operation Barbarossa and the Great Patriotic War)

[Biggles]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceK0TyQ6uiQ
All I got....

[nikimcbee]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdhtlmqmYLg



I really like this song (mainly because I understand it). It's dedicated to the Russian soldiers who fought in Chechnya.

What group is it? Has anybody seen the movie in the video?:hmm:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lCII7MxFbI

[The Avon Lady]

Also, today I MUST link this -

One of the greatest war songs (an anthem, really) ever:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=yy8mxh0P63M

Let us always remember.

(for those who didn't remember, today is the 66th anniversary of the beginning of Operation Barbarossa and the Great Patriotic War)
I pointed that song out at the end of my previous post. :yep:

[Hitman]

Well, if classical music does count, I'm a devoted fan of Tchaikowsky and Rachmaninov :rock:

IMO the russian (eslavian) culture and race has been the only one to be at the same heigth as the germanic one when it comes to literature and music :up:

[nikimcbee]

:lol: I haven't heard this song since I was in Moscow
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kvDMlk3kSYg
:rock: :rock: :up: :up: :rock: :up: :rock: :oops: :yep:

[Tchocky]

Ah! One of my favourite Irish bands are heading for Moscow. This would be a hell of a trip.

*googles for flights*

God Is An Astronaut play Moscow festival
29 Jun 2007
Wicklow’s own electro-rock trio God Is An Astronaut are heading to Russia to play a festival in Moscow this July, alongside acts like Mudhoney and ****disco.

God Is An Astronaut will appear at the Gauloises Avant Festival in Moscow, Russia on July 7. The band are second on the bill after Seattle grunge group Mudhoney.

Also playing the two-day musical festival are the UK’s ****disco, Brooklyn indie-pop outfit The Ladybug Transistor and a host of Russian punk, disco, grunge, jazz, avant-garde and prog rock bands.

Following their stopover in Russia, God Is An Astronaut will take to Europe in October to promote their new album Far From Refuge.

And for our international readers, you’ll be pleased to know that the band have just signed a licensing deal to release the album in Japan. Deals have also been worked out to release the band’s material in the UK and the USA.

The Hot Press Newsdesk

Check out a video here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnbvGcUcbGQ)

[Indianer]

I listen to Kino and Bi-2 on a regular basis. C'mon I can't believe nobody here has mentioned Viktor Tsoi! What's not to like about Gruppa Krovi?

[CCIP]

God is an Astronaut
Not Russian music by a long shot, but my brother is a big fan of theirs :p

And I thought Kino was mentioned! Nikimcbee even has their videos linked in his sig as you can probably see :hmm:

[Tchocky]

I didn't know they made it to Canada :)

Check them out live if you can!