Where are You, my Brothers? is a 2003 album of Russian-language songs from World War II recorded by baritone Dmitry Hvorostovsky and conductor Constantine Orbelian for Delos Productions. The album was released in Russia as Songs of the War Years (Песни военных лет). It was based on a concert at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow. A video of the concert and 13 of the songs was released on the American VAI label. The repertoire of the concert is the very core of the Russian war song genre and the sound and video releases were accompanied by booklet essays and sung texts and translations.[1]
| Where Are You My Brothers? | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | 2003 |
| Genre | war song, patriotic song |
| Length | 41:03 |
| Label | Delos Productions Kvadro-Disc |
| Producer | Tatyana Vinnitskaya |
A follow-up concert on Red Square followed. The next year, 2005, Hvorostovsky took the programme on an official tour through Russia at the personal invitation of President Vladimir Putin.[2] Hvorostovsky's tour repertoire also included songs not released on the CD including by Dmitri Shostakovich.[3]
In Russia the album is known as Песни военных лет ("Pesni voennykh let").
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Somewhere Far Away (Russian: Где-то далеко (Песня о далёкой родине), lit. 'Gde-To Daleko (Pesnya O Dalekoy Rodine)')" | Robert Rozhdestvensky | Mikael Tariverdiev | 4:02 |
| 2. | "Dark Is the Night (Russian: Тёмная ночь, lit. 'Tiomnaia Noch')" | Vladimir Agatov ru | Nikita Bogoslovsky | 3:34 |
| 3. | "Unexpected Waltz (Russian: Случайный вальс, lit. 'Slutchaynyy Val's')" | Evgeni Dolmatovski | Mark Fradkin | 2:56 |
| 4. | "Where are you, my brothers? (Russian: Где же вы теперь, друзья-однополчане, lit. 'Gde zhe vy teper', druz'ya-odnopolchane')" | Aleksei Fatnyanov ru | Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi | 3:40 |
| 5. | "On a Nameless Hill (Russian: На безымянной высоте, lit. 'Na Bezymiannoy Vysote')" | Mikhail Matusovsky | Veniamin Basner | 4:22 |
| 6. | "The Roads (Russian: Дороги, lit. 'Dorogi')" | Lev Oshanin ru | Anatolii Novikov ru | 4:51 |
| 7. | "Soldiers are Coming (Russian: Вот солдаты идут, lit. 'Vot Soldaty Idut')" | Mikhail Lvovskii ru | Kirill Molchanov | 2:59 |
| 8. | "Cranes (Russian: Журавли, lit. 'Zhuravli')" | Rasul Gamzatov, transl. Naum Grebnev ru | Yan Frenkel | 4:16 |
| 9. | "In the Trenches (Russian: В землянке, lit. 'V Zemlianke')" | Aleksei Surkov ru | Konstantin Listov | 3:02 |
| 10. | "The Sacred Stone (Russian: Заветный камень, lit. 'Zavetnyy Kamen')" | Aleksander Zharov ru | Mikhail Matusovsky | 4:36 |
| 11. | "Katyusha (Russian: Катюша)" | Mikhail Isakovskii ru | Matvey Blanter | 2:14 |
| 12. | "Cossacks in Berlin (Russian: Казаки в Берлине, lit. 'Kazaki v Berline')" | Tsezar Solodar ru | Dmitry Pokrass, Daniil Pokrass ru | 2:18 |
| 13. | "My Moscow (Russian: Моя Москва, lit. 'Moya Moskva')" | Mark Lisyanskii ru, Sergei Agranian ru | Isaak Dunayevsky | 2:37 |
| 14. | "The Road to the Front (Russian: Дорожка фронтовая (песенка фронтового шофёра), lit. 'Dorozhka Frontovaia (Pesenka Frontovogo Shofiora)')" | Naum Labkovskii ru, Boris Laskin ru | Boris Mokrousov | 2:17 |
| 15. | "On the Hills of Manchuria (Russian: На сопках Маньчжурии)" | Aleksei Mashistov ru | Ilia Shatrov | 2:56 |
| 16. | "The Lonely Accordion (Russian: Одинокая гармонь, lit. 'Odinokaia Garmon'')" | Mikhail Isakovskii ru | Boris Mokrousov | 3:08 |
| 17. | "The Last Battle (Russian: Последний бой, lit. 'Posledniy Boi')" | Mikhail Nozhkin | Mikhail Nozhkin | 3:40 |
DVD
editRussian Songs from the War Years
- Soldiers Are Coming (K. Molchanov M. L’vovsky)
- Dark is the Night (N. Bogoslovsky V. Agatov)
- Unexpected Waltz (M. Fradkin Ye. Dolmatovsky)
- The Roads (A. Novikov L. Oshanin)
- On a Nameless Hill (V. Basner M. Matusovsky)
- Somewhere Far Away (M. Tariverdiev R. Rozhdestvensky)
- Katyusha (M. Blanter M. Isakovsky)
- The Hills of Manchuria (I. Shatrov A. Mashistov)
- The Sacred Stone (M. Matusovsky A. Zharov)
- The Lonely Accordion (B. Mokrousov M. Isakovsky)
- Cranes (Ya. Frenkel R. Gamzatov)
- The Last Battle (M. Nozhkin)
- My Moscow (I. Dunaevsky M. Lisiansky, S. Agaranian)
Concert Recorded at the State Kremlin Palace, Moscow on April 8, 2003. VAI.
References
edit- ^ San Francisco Symphony playbill - Page 94 San Francisco Symphony Orchestra - 2006 ""Somewhere Far Away," as Maya Pritsker tells us in her notes for Where Are You. My Brothers? — the recording of these songs by Dmitri Hvorostovsky. with Constantine Orbelian conducting the Moscow Chamber Orchestra"
- ^ В 2005 ГОДУ ДМИТРИЙ ХВОРОСТОВСКИЙ ПРОВЁЛ ГАСТРОЛЬНЫЙ ТУР ПО РОССИИ С ПЕСНЯМИ ВОЕННЫХ ЛЕТ В ЧЕСТЬ 60-ЛЕТИЯ ПОБЕДЫ. In Russian
- ^ "Dmitri Hvorostovsky: Fifty years of Russian Belcanto". 14 October 2012.
External links
edit- Where Are You My Brothers? at Discogs (list of releases)