The Red Army Chorus

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The A.V. Alexandrov Ensemble of the Soviet Army, twice decorated with the Order of the Red Banner and Red Star, is one of the foremost artistic groups of the ex-USSR. It bears the name of its founder and first director, Alexander V Alexandrov. The Montreal paper La Presse said of their Canadian Tour of 1987, "The chorus, under B. Alexandrov's direction, is inarguably the best in the world of the genre. The concert was a display of pyrotechnic virtuosity."



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>Zerjinski : Riders' March
  • Conductor: Colonel Maltsev
  • Ensemble: Red Star Red Army Chorus
  • Running Time: 1 min. 48 sec.
  • Language: Russian
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Traditional, Russian : Troika, folk song
  • Performer: Boris Zhaivoronok (Bass)
  • Conductor: Colonel Maltsev
  • Ensemble: Red Star Red Army Chorus
  • Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
  • Language: Russian
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Knipp, Lev Konstantinovich : Polyushko Polye (Song of the Plains; Meadowlands; "O Field, My Fields")
  • Conductor: Igor Agafonnikov
  • Ensemble: Red Star Red Army Chorus
  • Running Time: 3 min. sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Language: Russian
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Milyutin, Y. : When the Soldiers Sing
  • Conductor: Anatoly Maltsev
  • Ensemble: Red Star Red Army Chorus
  • Running Time: 3 min. sec.
  • Language: Russian
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Solov'yov-Sedoy, Vasily : Nightingales
  • Performers: Aleksey Martinov (Tenor); Alexey Martinov
  • Conductor: Anatoly Maltsev
  • Ensemble: Red Star Red Army Chorus
  • Running Time: 5 min. 23 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Language: Russian
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Traditional, Russian : Dark eyes ("Ochi chornye," "Black Eyes"), folk song
  • Performer: Valeriy Gavva (Tenor)
  • Conductor: Anatoly Maltsev
  • Ensemble: Red Star Red Army Chorus
  • Running Time: 4 min. 43 sec.
  • Written: circa 1800
  • Language: Russian
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Ukrainian Traditional : Kossack's Song
  • Performer: Anatoly Solovyanenko (Voice)
  • Conductor: Anatoly Maltsev
  • Ensemble: Red Star Red Army Chorus
  • Running Time: 3 min. 2 sec.
  • Language: Russian
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Verdi, Giuseppe : Ernani :: Let's drink!
  • Conductor: Anatoly Maltsev
  • Ensemble: Red Star Red Army Chorus
  • Running Time: 3 min. 35 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1844
  • Language: Italian
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Traditional, Russian : Eh, Ukhnyem (Song of the Volga Boatmen), folk song
  • Performer: Pyotr Gluboky (Bass)
  • Conductor: Igor Agafonnikov
  • Ensemble: Red Star Red Army Chorus
  • Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
  • Form: Vocal
  • Written: by 1900
  • Language: Russian
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Yury Alexandrovich Shapor : Russian Song
  • Performer: Vladimir Maistruck (Bass)
  • Conductor: Anatoly Maltsev
  • Ensemble: Red Star Red Army Chorus
  • Running Time: 4 min. 36 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Language: Russian
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Traditional, Russian : Kalinka (Little Snowfall), folk song
  • Performers: Alexey Martinov; Aleksey Martinov (Tenor)
  • Conductor: Anatoly Maltsev
  • Ensemble: Red Star Red Army Chorus
  • Running Time: 4 min. 45 sec.
  • Language: Russian
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Mussorgsky, Modest : Boris Godunov :: Farewell Song
  • Conductor: Colonel Maltsev
  • Ensemble: Red Star Red Army Chorus
  • Running Time: 2 min. 39 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1868-1869
  • Language: Russian
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: Escamillo Couplets
  • Performer: Barseg Tumanyan (Bass)
  • Conductor: Anatoly Maltsev
  • Ensemble: Red Star Red Army Chorus
  • Running Time: 5 min. 10 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1873-1874
  • Language: French
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Traditional, Russian : Dear Soul, folk song
  • Performer: Vadim Korshunov (Tenor)
  • Conductor: Colonel Maltsev
  • Ensemble: Red Star Red Army Chorus
  • Running Time: 3 min. 40 sec.
  • Language: Russian
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Ukrainian Traditional : Ukranian Folk Song
  • Performer: Igor Volkov (Bass)
  • Conductor: Colonel Maltsev
  • Ensemble: Red Star Red Army Chorus
  • Running Time: 3 min. 18 sec.
  • Language: Russian
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Solov'yov-Sedoy, Vasily : Midnight in Moscow
  • Conductor: Colonel Maltsev
  • Ensemble: Red Star Red Army Chorus
  • Running Time: 2 min. 28 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Language: Russian
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai : May Night :: Mayskaya Noch' (May Nights)
  • Performer: Vadim Korshunov (Tenor)
  • Conductor: Anatoly Maltsev
  • Ensemble: Red Star Red Army Chorus
  • Running Time: 1 min. 50 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1878-1879
  • Language: Russian
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Gershwin, George : Porgy and Bess :: I Got Plenty of Nothing
  • Performer: Barseg Tumanyan (Bass)
  • Conductor: Igor Agafonnikov
  • Ensemble: Red Star Red Army Chorus
  • Running Time: 2 min. 40 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1935
  • Language: English
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Lara, Agustín : Granada
  • Performer: Barseg Tumanyan (Bass)
  • Conductor: Colonel Maltsev
  • Ensemble: Red Star Red Army Chorus
  • Running Time: 3 min. 56 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Form: Vocal
  • Written: 1932
  • Language: Spanish
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Alexandrov, Alexander : State Anthem of the USSR
  • Conductor: Igor Agafonnikov
  • Ensemble: Red Star Red Army Chorus
  • Running Time: 1 min. 46 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Form: Choral
  • Language: Russian
  • Studio/Live: Live