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Alexandrov Ensemble soloists

March 08, 2023

This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo, bass, bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble (under its various titles) since its establishment in 1928. It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists, since many have alternated between the one category and the other during their careers, so they are all listed together. Soloists of whom no recordings have yet been found have been listed below as "other soloists".

Introduction

Until April 2009, when this article was created, little or nothing was generally known outside Russia about these fine soloists: as a group, or (in most cases) as individuals. People in the West could read a few of their names on current Alexandrov Ensemble CDs and DVDs, and perhaps hear a few old 78rpm recordings on YouTube, but could not Google in English for their images or musical biographies. Since April 2009, to a certain extent, they can. Therefore this article is part of the soloists' history.

In 2004, Max Loppert said of Georgy Vinogradov: "How is it possible for any singer of this caliber to have been (outside Russia) this unknown?".[1] One could say the same of the whole group. Before April 2009, almost all online resources on this subject were in Russian and Japanese, and even these were limited in content, so far as the biographies of most soloists were concerned. The dearth of information in the West could be partly attributable to the language barrier and the Cold War. One could speculate that scandals such as those 1951 rumours surrounding Vinogradov could have pressured the Alexandrov Ensemble to exercise particular discretion regarding publicity of their valuable star turns.

Even so, there is almost no online information about the tenor Victor Nikitin, who made a beautiful 78 rpm recording of Cold Waves Lapping in the 1940s, and his last traceable recording appears to have been made in 1951, the same year as the rumours of a bar-room brawl and the end of Georgy Vinogradov's career.[1] One can draw no conclusions, but – outside Russia at least – an air of mystery surrounds some of these great singers.

Status of soloists

Apart from guest soloists, there are two ways of contracting a soloist in the Alexandrov Ensemble:

  • A soloist of the choir is a constant member of the choir and only sometimes has one or two solo performances with certain songs specially selected for their personal vocal capabilities.
  • Soloist of the Ensemble is a higher grade, meaning that the singer is a soloist on a constant basis and never – or no longer – takes part in the choir.[2]

A to Z list of soloists

Georgi Abramov

Born in Moscow 12 April 1903; died in Georgia 1 November 1966 (Russian: Георгий Абрамов). Bass soloist. Honoured Artist of Russia (1944). From 1918 to 1928 he worked as a mechanic or plumber in Moscow State University. In 1930 he entered an operatic singing competition on All-Union Radio. As a result of this, from 1931 to 1966 he was soloist of the All-Union Radio and television, taking part in opera productions. He was a concert singer, promoting the works of Soviet composers, and became the definitive singer of songs such as Roads (by Novikov), Treasured Stone, Single Accordion (by Mokrousov), and especially Bryansk Forest (by Katz).[3] From 1954 to 1958 he was a music teacher at Gnessin State Musical College. He toured in Poland, Hungary, Romania and East Germany.[4][5]

With Georgy Vinogradov and Vladimir Zakharov he recorded For those who are in Transit (S. Katz – A. Fatyanov), and the beautiful folksong Already as the Sea.[6] With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded A Bryansk Forest (recorded 1948) for the All-Union Radio Committee.

Nicolai A. Abramov

(Russian: Николай А. Абрамов), tenor soloist. With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded: Smuglyanka duet with Nikolay Savchuk (music: Novikov; lyrics: Ya Shvedov), unknown duet with A. Kusleev, Praying, unknown duet with L. M. Kharitonov, Here's the Deal (1963), Black Crow duet with A. Eisen (1956), Nut Brown Maiden duet with I. Savchuk (1953, 1956),[7] The Little Bells (1956)[8][9] Unfortunately, Nicolai Abramov's name was frequently incorrectly attributed on recordings, notably on the Kultur video of 1965 that is available in the West.[10]

Vadim Petrovich Ananyev

Current soloist in the Ensemble. Ananyev was one of the very few soloists of the ensemble who did not board the plane to Syria later lost in the 2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash.[11] He stayed to care for his recently born child.

Georgy Yakovlevich Andryushchenko

Georgy Yakovlevich Andryushchenko (born Aravan, Kyrgyzstan, 1933; died 12 January 2011).[12] (Russian: Георгий Яковлевич Андрющенко); also spelled "Andryushenko"; tenor soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre, People's Artist of Russia (1973). He studied at Gnessin State Musical College, and joined the Alexandrov Ensemble as a soloist in 1958.[13] He performed at the Bolshoi Theatre 1963–1979,[14] had a wide repertoire and was one of the leading tenors in a troupe which toured the world.[15][16][17] From 1974 to 1976 he was the supervisor of the trainee group of Bolshoi Theatre soloists. From 1979 he was director of the Moscow Ice Ballet Ensemble. In the late 1980s he worked as general director of GosTsirk; he was the head of all circuses in Russia, and he published an article in Dei/Disillusionist magazine about a circus tour to the Vatican in 1982.[18]

Within the Bolshoi Theatre his recorded operatic arias include the following: as Prince Andrei Khovansky in Modest Mussorgsky's opera Khovanshchina (1979);[19][20] as Mikhailo Tucha in Pskovityanka (or A Girl from Pskov); as Alexey in Optimistic Tragedy by Kholminov; as Masalsky in October by Muradeli; as Marquise in The Gambler by Sergei Prokofiev from the story by Dostoyevsky;[21] as Semyon in Semyon Kotko by Sergei Prokofiev.

Valentin Ivanovich Anisimov

Valentin Ivanovich Anisimov[22] (born 1937; died 26 August 2002). (Russian: В.И. Анисимов), bass soloist (of the Odessa Opera House). People's Artist of Ukraine and Honoured Artist of Russia (1973). In 1962 he graduated from the Urals State Conservatory. From 1962 he was a soloist at Sverdlovsk, Ukraine and from 1967 at the Odessa Opera and Ballet Theatre. He gave 40 performances at the Bolshoi Theatre and gained a fine reputation throughout the USSR for singing in Verdi's opera Rigoletto. From 1980 he was soloist of the Moscow Philharmonic. He also taught at the Institute of Contemporary Art in the USSR.[23]

With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Veterans (music: Boris Alexandrov; lyrics S. Bencken).

Georgiy Ivanovich Babaev

(Russian: Г.И. Бабаев; also translated George Babayev), bass-baritone soloist, Stalin Prize Laureate. With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Song of the Young Soldiers duet with V. Puchkov (music: P. Akulenko; lyrics: Ya Shvedov), Song about Klim Voroshilov duet with Yuri Louth (music: Alexander Alexandrov; lyrics: O. Kolychev), Aside Native (music: A. Alexandrov; lyrics: S. Mikhalkov), Seasoned Cook (music: Z. Компанеец; lyrics: I. Lakshin), Song about Blyukher duet with V. Pankov (music: Alexander Alexandrov; lyrics: S. Alymov), I Myself (Slovak song).

Kim Ivanovich Bazarsadaev

(Russian: Ким Иванович Базарсадаев), bass soloist. People's Artist of the USSR (1981).

Evgeny Belyaev

Main article: Evgeny Belyaev

Soloist of the Ensemble. (Russian: Евгений Михайлович Беляев). Outside the USSR, one of the most celebrated tenor soloists under Boris Alexandrov was Evgeny Belyaev or Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev (1926–1994) .[24] He was born 11 September 1926 in the Bryansk Oblast, and served in the subdivision of zenith troops during World War II. He then graduated from Gnessin State Musical College. In 1947 he was a soloist of the Ensemble of Song and Dance of the Carpathian military district, and in 1952 a Member of CPSU (Communist Party of the Soviet Union). In 1955 he was a soloist of the Ensemble of Song and Dance of the Soviet Army of Alexandrov. In 1967 he was made People's Artist of the USSR, and in 1978 he won the State Prize of the USSR. He died in 1994 ( 21 or 22 February).

Two of his most famous performances are Oh the Rye and Nightingale. The lyric of Nightingale asks the nightingale to be quiet as the soldiers are sleeping; i.e. they have died. One of his most popular recordings with The Alexandrov Ensemble is Kalinka.[25][26]

Pyotr Dmitrievich Bogachev

(Russian: Петр Дмитриевич Богачёв), bass-baritone soloist. Honoured Artist of Russia. With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded In the Ocean Gave duet with S. Ivanov (music: B. Korostylev; lyrics: B. Bezhaev), It's a Long Time Since We Were Home duet with S. Ivanov (music: V.Solovev-Sedoy; lyrics: A. Fatyanov), We, the Army People duet with S. Ivanov (music: G. Movsesyan; lyrics: Robert Rozhdestvensky), Listen, Beauty duet with S. Ivanov (music: E. Martin; lyrics: M. Plyatskovsky), Your Soldiers duet with S. Ivanov (music: B. Gamal; lyrics: A. Sofronov), We go, We Go Into the Army duet with Ivan Bukreev (music: B. Aleksandrov; lyrics: V. Tatarinov), Smuglianka, duet with S. Ivanov (music: A. Novikov; lyrics: Y. Chvedov),The Samovars duet with S. Ivanov (music A. Novikov; lyrics: S. Alimov) (1982/92) ,[27] Nut Brown Girl duet with S. Ivanov (1989/92, 2003), Endless Sea duet with S. Ivanov, We Protect the Country duet with S. Ivanov, Afield duet with S. Ivanov (1992), Evening on the Roads duet with S. Ivanov (1992), Distant Northern Town trio with V.S. Buzurov and S. Ivanov (1992), Dixie duet with S. Ivanov 1992, Greetings from the Troops duet with S. Ivanov, Our Army duet with S. Ivanov (1984).[28]

Ivan Semionovich Bukreev

Soloist of the Ensemble. (born 1924; died 1998). (Russian: Иван Семенович Букреев), lyric tenor soloist, People's Artist of the USSR, People's Artist of Russia.[29] In World War II he was in the Air Force, and was seriously wounded in battle. In 1944 he graduated from the Gnessin State Musical College, and became a soloist in the Air Force ensemble. It has been suggested in the West that he was overshadowed by E. Belyaev, but Leonid Kharitonov remembers the following:

"Bukreev didn’t have any specific reaction to Belyaev's success. Actually, he was glad for his colleague. Besides, it would be quite strange to compare them since they were different kinds of tenor – Belyaev was lyric tenor (higher voice) and Bukreev was a lyric and dramatic[30] tenor (deeper voice). Bukreev never performed as a soloist abroad. Belyaev sang only three songs abroad and was mainly famous for the Kalinka song. In Russia they had equal popularity. Bukreev was teetotal and was a good husband and father to his wife and daughter."

Kharitonov only ever sang duets with one person, and that was Bukreev. With the Alexandrov Ensemble from 1953 to 1987/88 Bukreev gained a high reputation and recorded: Take Soldiers (music: Y. Milutin; lyrics: M. Lisyansky), Submariners' Waltz (music: V. Alexandrov; lyrics: Igor Morozov) (1965), Rides the Border (music: B. Muradeli; lyrics: A. Annual), We Go, We Go Into the Army duet with P. Bogachev (music: B. Aleksandrov; lyrics: V. Tatarinov), The Soldier (music: B. Mokrousov; lyrics: C. Islands), Our Soldiers (music: L. Lyadov; lyrics: A. Zharov), Good Guy (music: A. Doluhanyan; lyrics: Nekrasova L.), Song of Prague (music: M. Blanter; lyrics: Anon) (1960), At Least (music: A. Doluhanyan; lyrics: M. Lisyansky), A Wave (music: A Doluhanyan; lyrics: M. Lisyansky), Soldier's Ways duet with Edward Labkovsky (music: B. Aleksandrov; lyrics: B. Dubrovin), Russian Accordion (music: B. Muradeli; lyrics: E. Savinov), I Took You into the Tundra (music: M. Fradkin; lyrics: M. Plyatskovsky) (performed 1982[31]), Bird Cherry (music: M. Blanter; lyrics: M. Isakovsky), South-West Region (music: Yu Milyutin; lyrics: E. Dolmatovskaya), I Will Never Forget You (music: E. Kolmanovsky; lyrics: K. Vanshenkin) (ca.1965), Moscow Nights (music: V. Soloviev-Sedoi; lyrics: M. Matousovski) (1958), Bella Ciao duet with P. Slastnoi (Italian partisan song; arr. B. Pogrebov) (ca.1966) ,[32]Bucharest Love, Homeland Night, Wait a Day to Return (1956), Song of the Border Defence Troops, two unknown solos, Spring of 1945 duet with Boris Shemyakov, Sky Blue Eyes (1978), Near the Garden trio with I.I. Savchuk and E. Belyaev, American Soldiers, That Soldier Heads Up, Far Away (1978), The Girls I Cry, Early Apple Blossom, Regiment Polka duet with V.P. Gorlanov, Ready Rocket Forces duet with V.L. Ruslanov, City of Rostov, In Our Company, Vasya-Vasilyok duet with L. M. Kharitonov (ca.1965), I'll Always be a Soldier.[33]

Vladimir Abramovich Bunchikov

Main article: Vladimir Bunchikov

Bass-baritone soloist. (born in Yekaterinoslav 21 November 1902; died 17 March 1995). Honoured Artist of Russia (1944).

From 1934, he recorded songs. With V. Kandelaki he sang jazz, and he sang with the popular orchestra directed by B. Knushevitsky, and with Boris Alexandrov's Song and Dance Ensemble of All-Union Radio and band. His main repertoire was the songs of Soviet composers. From 1942 to 1967 he was a soloist of the All-Union Radio. For 25 years he performed fine duets with the lyric tenor Vladimir Nechaev (1908–1969)[34] whom he had met during World War II.[5][35]

With the Ensemble of the All-Union Radio Committee under Boris Alexandrov he recorded Evening in the Roadstead/Night on the Road duet with P. Mikhailov (recorded 1942).[36] This is a baritone-tenor duet, and the choir includes women sopranos. He also recorded Nightingale in the 1940s as a baritone-tenor duet with Georgi Pavlovich Vinogradov,[37][38]It's a Long Time Since We Were Home duet with V. Nechaev.[39]

E. Burchak

(Russian: Е.Бурчаков), bass-baritone soloist. With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Not a – Do Not Know (music: S. Tulika; lyrics: V. Malkov).

Victor Sergeievich Buzurov

(Russian: Виктор Сергеевич Бузлов). Tenor soloist. Joined the Ensemble ca.1970. Since 1990 he has recorded with the Don Cossack Choir and V. Gavva, singing religious songs. With the Alexandrov Ensemble he has recorded The Birch Tree (1987), Distant Northern Town trio with S. Ivanov and P. Bogachev (1992), Moscow.[40]

Vladimir Chernykh

(Russian: Черных, Владимир), tenor soloist. With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Jet Pilot, Ballad of the Red Army, Loyalty duet (possibly with G. Andryushchenko[41]), Hail to the Infantry! with V. Shkaptsov (1978) and unknown song.[42]

  • Critical commentary on a music video featuring Chernykh and Bukreev: They sing The Grey Cuckoo on Soviet Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble[43] This screenshot illustrates the sheer lack of public ego among the tenors of the Ensemble. In the West, a duet or trio of lyric tenors is always something of a competition for audience attention on the part of the singers – but here it is always a matter of humility to the music: blending; complementing; adjusting of the voice for perfect harmony of dynamic and musicality. The duettists always behave like the army choristers, whom Boris Alexandrov famously described as being so well-disciplined due to regular square-bashing. This, of course, was a joke as they are clearly as exhaustively rehearsed as any Georg Solti choir. This screenshot shows them not showing off, but simply working. It helps to illustrate that this army choir was really born of the Kazan Cathedral choir where Alexander Alexandrov learned his trade all those decades ago. The choir was never a sport of the operatic stage where Boris was trained.[44]

Ivan Alexandrovich Didenko

Ivan Alexandrovich Didenko,[45] soloist of the choir. (Russian: И.А. Диденко); Tenor soloist. With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Lights Black Sun (music: A. Doluhanyan; lyrics: M. Lisyansky), The Birch Tree (1956)[46][47] Snowflakes (1956)[46][47][48]

V. Dmitriev

V. Dmitriev,[49] (Russian: В.Дмитриев), bass soloist. With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded the beautiful and dramatic Halt, Who Goes There! (music: B. Muradeli; lyrics: E. Dolmatovskaya).

Arthur Arturovich Eisen

Main article: Artur Eisen

Arthur Arturovich Eisen[50] (Russian: Артур Артурович Эйзен), bass-baritone soloist. (b. Moscow 8 June 1927; d. Moscow 26 February 2008). Soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre, Honoured Artist of Russia (1956), Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1971), People's Artist of the USSR (1976), Order of Friendship of Peoples (1988). With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded: Elegy, Oh No John (1956),[47] Cold Waves Lapping (1956), Black Raven,[51] duet with N.A. Abramov (1956), 4 unknown solos (1956),[52] Song of the Volga Boatmen.[46][47][53][54]

Vasily Eliseev

Soloist of the choir. Born 1931; died 1982. (Russian:Василий Елисеев), tenor with countertenor capability, i.e. with smooth transition to upper range, and good tone and projection throughout. There is a long tradition of countertenors in the Eastern Orthodox Church; this tradition continued during the Soviet era. With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded: Listen. On the Kultur video from which the screenshot is taken, Eliseev is incorrectly named as Nicolai A. Abramov.[55][56][57][58]

Critical commentary on a music video featuring Vasily Eliseev
Eliseev sings Listen on the music video Soviet Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble[43] The song, Listen, takes full advantage of Eliseev's countertenor capability. According to Eliseev's apparent age in the screenshot, he was probably born in the 1920s and spent his early career in World War II: a time of great hardship for the general populace. Music was a great solace for the troops and the people, and the Alexandrovs felt the need to produce a full range of compositions. They needed sopranos for their choir and soloists, but were not permitted them. Eliseev filled a need for a beautiful and highly trained voice, to allow not just extended chords for drama and pathos in the video, but chords to provide a beauty and spiritual dimension in the arrangement of Listen, in which a political prisoner voices his dreams of Outside. Just as the spiritual dimension of the song appears to reach through the music to beyond the studio, so this singer appears to be conscious of a level beyond himself, as seen in the screenshot, and as heard in his ethereal upper register.[44]

Vladimir Fyodorov

The only basso profondo that the Ensemble ever had. With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded: Bandura duet with Nikolai Polozkov (1956).[59][60][61]

Stanislav Ivanovich Frolov

Stanislav Ivanovich Frolov[62] (Russian: Станислав Иванович Фролов), magnificent Russian basso profondo (from GABTa). Ten years after graduation he worked as a film camera operator. He was then admitted to the State Music School in the Komi-Zyryan Autonomous Oblast. From 1960 to 1962 he was employed by the Kyrgyz Academy Theatre, then from 1964 to 1967 by the Belarusian Opera and Ballet. He joined the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow as soloist, and in 1970 joined their tour to Japan. He joined the Alexandrov Ensemble in 1976, and was part of its tour to Japan in the same year.[63] With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Great October Holiday (music: Boris Alexandrov; lyrics: S. Bencken), Song of the Dnieper (music: M. Fradkin;[64] music: E. Dolmatovskaya), The Red Cavalry (Civil War song: D. Pokrass),[65]Song of the Fatherland, Song of the Golden Calf from the opera Faust (1995), Soldiers' Song (1983).[66]

Valery Gavva

(Russian: Валерий Гавва), fine Russian bass. (b. Donetsk, Ukraine, 1947). He is descended from an old Cossack family. He attended the Industrial University of Rostov, and did military service in the Urals. After that, he studied music at the University of Donetsk in Ukraine. After graduating, he became an operatic soloist. In 1987 he joined the Ensemble as a bass soloist, and became People's Artist of the USSR. He did a 1996 tour to Japan with the National Opera Theatre of Leningrad, singing in Modest Mussorgsky's opera Boris Godunov. He broadcast with the Don Cossack Choir, and recorded in 1994 and 1995. In 2002 he performed with the Moscow Radio and Television Choir in Korea.[67]

With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Treasured Stone (music: B. Mokrousov; lyrics A. Zharov), Poem of the Ukraine (music: Alexander Alexandrov; lyrics: O. Kolychev), Dark Eyes with A. Molostov, trumpet (trad; arr. Dmitri Oleg Yachinov).[68][69] He has made many more recordings.[67]

Konstantin Grigorievich Gerasimov

Soloist of the Ensemble. (born 1912). (Russian: Константин Григорьевич Герасимов).[70] People's Artist of Russia (1962); bass-baritone soloist. After graduating from the College of Light Industry he studied singing while working as a clerk in charge of plant management. In 1936 he enlisted as an army sniper so as to be allowed into the Alexandrov Ensemble to get musical training and experience. In 1969 he became a leading baritone soloist.

With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded The Death of Varyag (music: A. Turischev; lyrics: R. Greynts; E.Studinskaya) (1959/63), Barrow (music: V.Solovev-Sedoy; lyrics: E. Dolmatovskaya), Marine Guard (music: Y. Milutin; lyrics: V.Lebedev-Kumach), Moscow-Beijing (music: B. Muradeli; lyrics: M. Vershinin) (1950), We Are For Peace (music: S. Tulika; lyrics: A. Zharov), Song of the Ballistic Missile duet with A. Sergeev (music: S. Tulika; lyrics: M. Andronov), It's a Long Way to Tipperary (1956),[71][72] Song of Japan, Our Bodyguard duet with V.V. Puckkov (1951), Near the Border, Song of the Military Alliance (1960), unknown operatic aria, Song of Russia (1960/63).[73]

Pyotr Gluboky

Pyotr Gluboky[74] (born Volgograd, 1947), bass soloist. From 1967 to 1973 he studied at Gnessin State Musical College. In 1972 he began working as a soloist at the Bolshoi Theatre. He was a Glinka Competition winner in 1973, and in 1974 he won the grand prize in the Toulouse International Competition. He was also professor at the Gnessin State Musical College. He became People's Artist of the USSR. He performed as a guest soloist for the Alexandrov Ensemble on tours to Japan. He recorded with the Bolshoi Theatre company.[75]

Vladimir P. Gorlanov

(Russian: Владимир П. Горланов), tenor soloist from mid-1950s until 1960. With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded: Virgin Land (1960), Song of the Defence, Regiment Polka duet with I.S. Bukreev.[76]

Nikolai Timofeyevich Gres

Soloist of the Ensemble. Born 28 December 1920 in Kobeliaky; died 25 March 2003 in Simferopol. (Russian: Николай Тимофеевич Гресь), tenor soloist. Honoured Artist of Russia (1966). During World War II he sustained an injury resulting in a brain contusion. From 1946 he was a soloist of the Black Sea Fleet Ensemble. From 1955 to 1963[77] he was a soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre, and his debut with the Bolshoi was 11 February 1956 in Moscow.[78] He then joined the Alexandrov Ensemble[79] until 1973. After leaving the Ensemble he worked briefly in Moscow teaching automobile engineering, then moved to Simferopol in the Ukraine, where he became an administrator in the Simferopol Philharmonic Society. In his last years he suffered poor health and died suddenly in hospital at Simferopol.[80] Some newspaper and magazine articles about Gres are listed at Slovari Yandex.[78] In 2001 in the Crimea a biography of Gres was published under the title The whole life with a song (Всю жизнь – с песней), by I.Turchin (И. Турчин).[81]

With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded I was going back from Berlin (music: I. Dunaevsky; lyrics: L. Oshanin) (1966), The Birch Tree (1965) ,[82]Truth of the Century (1970), The River Flows (1963), French Marching Song (Походная) lyrics by E.Mugel (1963), My Friends (duet with A.S. Sibirtsev), and Let us remember, comrades (duet with A.S. Sibirtsev 1960s, music A.V.Alexandrov, lyrics S.Alymov), When I go to the quick river (Как пойду я на быструю речку) (1955), The Grey Cuckoo (1965), Obelisks (music: Smolsky; lyrics: Yasen) or Обелиски (Д. Смольский – М. Ясень) (1966), The Song of the Headman from the opera The Night of May by Rimsky-Korsakov or Песня про Голову из оперы "Майская ночь" (Н. Римский – Корсаков) (1955; 1967), I Have Travelled the Whole Universe (1969), also known as I wandered through the world,[83] the part of Sobinin in Ivan Susanin (Life of the Tsar) opera by Glinka. He also recorded Soviet Flag (music: B.A. Alexandrov; lyrics: P.Arsky (П. Арский)) (1969), and Fanikuli-Fanikula (1969).

Critical commentary on a music video featuring Nikolai Gres

(see screenshot right): Gres sings The Birch Tree on the music video Soviet Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble[43] This is a late medieval composition about a man sitting under a birch tree, whittling and thinking of women. It is usually categorised as a folk song as the name of the composer has been lost. However it is clearly a professional composition of a quality comparative to those of medieval Northern European composers of troubadour songs, such as Dufay and Binchois. This performance is part of the history of the early music revival movement. In the 19th century, rediscovered early music, along with folk music, was usually arranged to be performed in the grand orchestral or Italian operatic style. However, such music had always survived in church music, in one form or another, and people were used to hearing it performed in the style of traditional European church choirs: no vibrato; pure and clear tone; adjusting the voice production to the acoustics of the building. In church music, the building was always the secondary soundbox for the vocal instrument (the nasal cavity being the first). From the 1950s, early music performance reverted to this ecclesiastical style of singing. So the Alexandrov Ensemble performance of ca.1963 was very modern for its time. Gres sings like a church choir baritone, with the same appearance of spiritual joy as any oratorio soloist. The screenshot does not capture such a moment, but it does show the sheer effort that the performance required. His voice is responding to a building-soundbox too; in this case a recording studio. The Russian practice of the time was to film outdoors and then dub the sound later.[84] Studio dubbing tends to appear artificial today, but on this occasion it is advantageous, as the church choral style does need a building-soundbox. From the 1970s, some early music singers, such as the Martin Best Ensemble, started to reflect what may have been the contemporary late medieval performance-style of troubadour songs: that is, the Arab singing style which can still be heard in Islamic sung prayer. Hence Gres' performance now sounds a little dated, but remains nonetheless one of the finest recorded performances of this song.[85]

Sergei Vasilievich Ivanov

(Russian: Сергей Васильевич Иванов), tenor soloist. Honoured Artist of Russia. With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded In the Ocean Gave duet with P. Bogachev (music: B. Korostylev; lyrics: B. Bezhaev), It's a Long Time Since We Were Home duet with P. Bogachev (music: V.Solovev-Sedoy; lyrics: A. Fatyanov), We, the Army People duet with P. Bogachev (music: G. Movsesyan; lyrics: Robert Rozhdestvensky), Listen, Beauty duet with P. Bogachev (music: E. Martin; lyrics: M. Plyatskovsky), Soldier System solo (music: I. Yakushenko; lyrics: A. Shaferan), Your Soldiers duet with P. Bogachev (music: B. Gamal; lyrics: A. Sofronov), Smuglianka, duet with P. Bogachev (music: A. Novikov; lyrics: Y. Chvedov) ,[86]The Samovars duet with P. Bogachev (music A. Novikov; lyrics: S. Alimov) (1982/92) ,[87]Endless Sea duet with P. Bogachev, The Hero Walks in the Urals solo (1983), Who Protects the Country duet with P. Bogachev, Afield duet with P. Bogachev (1992), Nut Brown Girl duet with P. Bogachev (1989/92, 2003), Evening on the Roads duet with P. Bochachev 1992, Distant Northern Town trio with S.V. Buzurov and P. Bogachev (1992), Dixie duet with P. Bogachev (1992), Greetings from the Troops duet with P. Bogachev, unknown duet with V. Gavva (1992), Our Army duet with P. Bogachev (1984).[88]

  • Critical commentary on a music video featuring Ivanov and Bogachev (see screenshot left): They sing Smuglianka in the DVD Silva America, The Alexandrov Red Army Choir Orchestra – Live in Paris.[89] This performance displays the modern aspect of the Ensemble: performers who are still very much part of the choir, and who still sing in the traditional soldierly, undramatic style, but who are now free to exchange little smiles with the audience, the conductor and each other, as seen in the screenshot – partly reflecting the light subject-matter of the song, and partly in polite acknowledgement of their worldwide popularity as duettists.[90] These are trained and professional singers, who can still perform a light-hearted song in the same intimate manner as lads in a student bar, and this creates immediate empathy in the audience. This is fine, professional singing with an effect as light as air. These performers are able to demonstrate very gently the plane on which musicians live while on stage: the kind of musical ecstasy which only happens when a performance goes just right.[91]

B. Jaivoronok

With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Troika (trad; arr. Dmitri Oleg Yachinov),[92] Gandzia (trad; arr. Dmitri Oleg Yachinov)[93]

See image here. (born 1938) (Russian: Борис Григорьевич Жайворонок) bass-baritone soloist. People's Artist of Russia and Honoured Artist of Ukraine (1972). In 1964 he graduated from the Kharkiv Institute of Arts. From 1965 he was soloist at the Kharkiv Opera and Ballet. He was with the Alexandrov Ensemble 1981–1998 and he recorded The Enemies of the Burned Home (music: M. Blanter; lyrics: M. Isakovsky), My Moscow (music: I.M. Dunaevsky; lyrics: S. Agranyan, M. Lisyansky), Ogonek (lyrics: M. Isakovsky), It is time to Take the Road (music: V.Solovev-Sedoy; lyrics: S. Fogelson), Farewell, Rocky Mountains (music: E. Zharkovsky; lyrics: A.N. Bukin), Troika and Granada .[187]

Vladimir Nikolaevich Katerinsky

(Russian: Катеринский, Владимир Николаевич) bass-baritone soloist. In the 1940s and 1950s he recorded with the Alexandrov Ensemble: unknown duet with N.A. Abramov (1954), Siberian Child Went to War, Evening on the Roads with V.I. Nikitin, Mary[94] (1951).[95]

Leonid Kharitonov

Main article: Leonid Kharitonov (singer)
 
Leonid Kharitonov 1970s

Soloist of the Ensemble. (Golumet, Irkutsk Oblast 1933 – Moscow 19 September 2017). (Russian: Л.М. Харитонов). People's Artist of Russia, Honoured Artist of Russia; bass-baritone soloist. Known as Lenya Kharitonov. When his father went missing in World War II, his mother brought him up. At the age of 14yrs he studied locally to be a welder, and began to perform as a singer. At 17 years old he started auditioning at Irkutsk Philharmonic, then at Moscow Philharmonic, and finally was accepted by Moscow Conservatory. This was very difficult because as a Siberian he did not have even a matriculation certificate, but his strong singing voice spoke for him. For nearly 20 years he was a member of the Red Song and Dance Ensemble of the Soviet army (later the Alexandrov Ensemble): in the choir from 1953 to 1965, and a soloist from 1965 to 1972. He subsequently became a soloist with the Moscow Philharmonic. He performed successfully in most concert halls in Russia: On tour he visited the entire country, including the Kremlin Palace concert hall. He was the pride of Russia, sang at concerts for the Government and for foreign delegations. After that he went on tour abroad a great deal.[96]Biography</ref>

With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded The Ballad of the Russian Boy (music: Novikov; lyrics: Oshanin L.), John Reid Goes to Petrograd (music: Novikov; lyrics: M. Vershinin), It is Not the End of the War (music: B. Muradeli; lyrics: M. Andronov), Here Lenin Lived (music: B. Terentiev; lyrics: A. Fatyanov), Lenin's Guard (music: B Aleksandrov; lyrics: M Khotimsk), My Native Land (music: O. Feltsman; lyrics: Oshanin L.), Not Old Soul Veterans (music: Tulika S.; lyrics: Y. Belinsky), Song of Peace (music: B. Muradeli; lyrics: V. Kharitonov), Sedina (music: A. Ekimyan; lyrics: F. Laube), Son of the Fatherland (music: S. Tulika; lyrics: V. Lazarev), The Song of Russia (music: St. Tulika; lyrics: V. Kharitonov), Song of the Volga Boatmen[97][98] Death of Varyag[99]

Ivan Semyonovich Kozlovsky

Ivan Semyonovich Kozlovsky[100] (Russian: Иван Семёнович Козловский). (b. Mali, Poltava, Ukraine 1900; d. 1993); a lyric tenor. Order of the National Anthem (1941); People's Artist of the USSR (1940). He made his debut at the Kharkiv Opera Theatre. From 1926 to 1954 he was a member of the Bolshoi Theatre. He was professor at Gnessin State Musical College 1956 to 1980, continuing over the age of 80. In Russia has been considered the best tenor in the first half of the 20th century. From the 1920s he recorded opera. In the 1950s with the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded martial music and Russian folk songs, including Song of the Red Navy (1953), In Front of the Forest, and Raw Wilderness.[101] Nikita Khrushchev said in his autobiography that Kozlovsky was Joseph Stalin's favourite tenor and that Koszlovsky was unhappy about this.[102]

Andrey Kusleev

(Russian: Андрей Куслеев), bass-baritone soloist. With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Cold Waves Lapping duet with E. Belyaev (music: F. Bogoroditsky; lyrics: Ya Repninsky), Shooting Kommunarov duet with E. Belyaev (music: V.Tan-Bogoraz), a duet with Abramov, Execution of the Warrior Revolution[103] duet with E. Belyaev, Marching song duet with I.A. Didenko, Song of the Red Army Cavalry (recorded 1954), Travel Far duet with V.V. Puchkov.[104]

I. Kuznetsov

(Russian: И.Кузнецов), tenor soloist. With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Saw the Father and Son (music: (Russian: Компанеец Z.); lyrics: Y. Shvedov).[105]

Edward Maxovich Labkovsky

Edward Maxovich Labkovsky[106][107][108] (born in Kazakhstan 24 July 1938[109] (Russian: Эдуард Максович Лабковский), bass soloist. Honoured Artist of Russia (1978); People's Artist of Russia (1988). He moved to Moscow aged 3yrs, after his father, a Soviet official, died. There he worked in an aircraft factory as a fitter-assembler before attending Gnessin State Musical College as a singer instructed by A. Adana. After graduation he took part in a Puccini opera at Moscow Conservatory, did a tour singing across the country from Transdniestria to Sakhalinthen, then joined the Ensemble in 1972. On behalf of the Ensemble, he travelled the country performing solos with a sextet of musicians from the orchestra, and entertaining troops where they were in service.[110] He also performed on film and television, but has been ill recently.[111]

With the Alexandrov Ensemble, he recorded Take an Overcoat (music: V. Levashov; lyrics: B. Okudzhava), The Entire Country – It is Our Job (music: B. Terentiev; lyrics: V. Kharitonov), Hot Snow (music: A. Pakhmutova; lyrics: M. Lvov) (1980), Victory Day (music: D. Tuhmanov; lyrics: V. Kharitonov) (1992), Conductors of War (music: B. Figotin; lyrics F. Laube), Otgremeli Near Moscow has Long Battles (music: A. Kukushkin; lyrics: B. Zishenkova), Paratroopers' Song (music: M. Minkov; lyrics: I. Shaferan), Letter From the Depths (music: B. (Russian: Калистратов); lyrics: M. Reytman), Under the Balkan Stars (music: M. Blanter; lyrics: M. Isakovsky), Before it is Too Late (music: A. Pakhmutova; lyrics: N. Dobronravov), Soldiers' Ways duet with Ivan Bukreev (music: B. Aleksandrov; lyrics: B. Dubrovin), Fifth Ocean (music: W. Korostelev; lyrics: B. Bezhaev), Home Country (music: G. Movsesyan; lyrics: B. Gin), Forties (music: I. Katayev; lyrics: D. Samoylov), Tulskaya Defence (music: Novikov; lyrics: V. Guryan), The Shield and Sword (P. Ovsiannikov – S. Volkov), Men (1978), Take the Mantle (1975), Commissars (1980), Parachute Song, The Russians Want War? (1989), Separation, My Country[112][113]

Konstantin Pavlovich Lisovsky

Konstantin Pavlovich Lisovsky[114][115] (born Leningrad 22 October 1932). Fine tenor soloist. (Russian: К.П. Лисовский); also translated as Lissovsky, Lisovskiy or Lisovski. (People's Artist of Russia (1983), winner of competitions named after Glinka and Tchaikovsky. In 1951 he graduated from the Gorky Aviation Technical School and was sent to the factory. In 1953 was accepted into the Moscow Conservatory where he studied for three years. From 1954 he did military service and sang in the Alexandrov Ensemble, then from 1965 to 1997 he was soloist for the Moscow State Academic Philharmonic Society. In 1967 he graduated from Gnessin State Musical College. He was winner of the Glinka All-Union vocalists' competition (1965) and the International Tchaikovsky Competition (1966). He sang a wide repertoire besides opera, and performed in more than 30 countries. He has performed on the radio, and recorded on vinyl and CDs. Since 1980, he has taught at the Russian Academy of Music (Associate Professor since 1989).[116][117] One of his recordings is Golden Lights (music: V.Solovev-Sedoy; lyrics: A. Fatyanov, S. Fogelson)

With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded: The Birch Tree (trad; arr. Dmitri Oleg Yachinov).[118][119]

Yuseph Laut

(Russian: Ю.Лаут), tenor soloist. With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Song of the Klim Voroshilov duet with Georgiy Babaev (music: Alexander Alexandrov; lyrics: O. Kolychev), Artillery March duet with Oleg Razumovsky (music: Novikov; lyrics: S. Vasiliev).

Alexei Pavlovich Martynov

Alexei Pavlovich Martynov[120][121] (born Moscow 4 March 1947). (Russian: Алексей Павлович Мартынов; also translated as Martinov and Martinoff), tenor soloist. (People's Artist of Russia (2003), Professor of the Moscow Conservatory, Laureate of international competitions). He graduated from Gnessin State Musical College in 1970 with a diploma for violin. In 1976 he graduated with honours from the Moscow Conservatory as a singer. Since 1972 he has recorded for the Radio and Television in the USSR and Russia, totalling many hours of music: opera, operetta, oratorio, cantata, duets, romances and songs of composers of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, folk songs, recordings of symphonic, chamber, folk, and pop music, and with instrumental ensembles. He won second prize at the International Vocal Competition in Budapest, Hungary in 1975, and fourth prize at the International Vocal Competition in Aldeburgh, UK in 1978. He was a member of the international jury of the Dmitry Shostakovich contest at Hanover, Germany, in 1997. He is involved with the Shubert Society in Moscow.

With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded In a Sunny Forest Clearing (music: V.Solovev-Sedoy; lyrics: A. Fatyanov), The Roads (music: A. Novikov; lyrics: L. Ochanine; arr. V. Samsonenko), Nightingales etc...[122]

Mikhail Mikhailov

Tenor soloist. With the Ensemble of the All-Union Radio Committee under Boris Alexandrov he recorded Evening in the Roadstead/Night on the Road duet with Vladimir Bunchikov (recorded 1942)[36] This is a bass-baritone–tenor duet, and the choir includes women sopranos.

In most of his recordings he uses a light voice suitable for radio or film, but in some, such as Boat, Mihailov exhibits the kind of powerful tenor, favoured by the Alexandrov Ensemble, to be heard above the choir and orchestra.[123]

Victor Ivanovich Nikitin

Main article: Victor Ivanovich Nikitin

(Russian: Виктор Иванович Никитин), tenor soloist, born in Syzran 1911 and died in Moscow 1994.[124][125] He joined the Ensemble around 1938.[126] He was already known as "Mr Kalinka" before World War II.[124][127] He recorded many songs with the Alexandrov Ensemble, including Song of the Red Fleet Sailors (recorded 1943) and Kalinka.[128] Legend in Russia says that when he sang to entertain the Russian troops at the Eastern Front in World War II, the Germans on the other side stopped shooting to listen.[129][130] At the Alexandrov Ensemble August 1948 Peace Concert in East Berlin, he sang encores of Kalinka and received high praise. He returned to the Ensemble choir in 1952, by his own choice, and remained with the Ensemble until at least 1965. He recorded Ich Freue Mich Ihnen Mein Lied Zu Singen in 1988, saying that it was 40 years after the 1948 peace concert in Berlin.

Vasily Pankov

(Russian: В.Панков), tenor soloist. With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Song about Blyukher (music: Alexander Alexandrov; lyrics: S. Alymov); Vasya - Vasilyok (music: Anatoly Novikov; lyrics: Sergei Alymov) duet with Georgiy Babaev.[131]

N.S. Polozkov

(Russian: Н.С. Полозков). With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded: Ah Lovely Night (1956).[132]

Leonid V. Pshenichniy

(Russian: Леонид В. Пшеничный), tenor soloist (People's Artist of Russia). With the Alexandrov Ensemble, he recorded Birch Dreams (music: B. Geviksman; lyrics: G. Fere), In the Dugouts (music: K. sheets; lyrics: A. Surkov), Where Are You Now, Odnopolchane Friends? (music: V.Solovev-Sedoy; lyrics: A. Fatyanov), Let Lit[133] (music: M. Tabachnikov; lyrics: I. Frenkel), Katyusha (music: M. Blanter; lyrics: M. Isakovsky), My Favourite (music: M. Blanter; lyrics: E. Dolmatovskaya), Parade of Victory (music: V. Pleshakov; lyrics: B. Levtov), Oh, the Road (music: Novikov; lyrics: Oshanin L.), My Country (trad; arr. B. Alexandrov).[134]

Vsevolod V. Puchkov

(Russian: Всеволод В. Пучков), tenor soloist (later Mariinsky Theatre soloist). With the Alexandrov Ensemble in the 1940s and 1950s he recorded Song of Peace and Friendship (music: B. Shainsky, M. Jordan; lyrics: M. Lisyansky), Song of the Young Soldiers (music: P. Akulenko; lyrics: Ya Shvedov) (1950), Long live our Country (music: Boris Alexandrov; lyrics: A. Shilov) duet with Georgiy Babaev, unknown operatic aria (1951), Travel Far, Ten Thousand Years of Our Country duet with G.I. Babaev (1951), In a Sunny Forest Clearing, Russia, unknown song (1954), Our Bodyguard duet with K.G. Gerasimov (1951).[135]

Oleg N. Razumovsky

(Russian: Олег Н. Разумовский), bass-baritone soloist. With Georgy Vinogradov he recorded We Assumed Polsveta (music: S. Katz; lyrics: A. Sofronov).[136] With the Alexandrov Ensemble in the 1940s to 1960s he recorded American Soldiers' Song (music: B. Hills), In the Battle for the Motherland (music: Компанеец Z.; lyrics: L. Oshanin), In a good hour! (music: K. sheets; lyrics: A. Zharov), Goodbye, Mom (music: V.Solovev-Sedoy; lyrics: A. Galić), Pub (music: B. Hills), As for the Kama, the River (music: V.Solovev-Sedoy; lyrics: Vladimir Gusev), Krasnoflotskaya Smile (music: N. Budashkin; lyrics: A. Fidrovsky), Swallow-Kasatochka (music: E. Zharkovsky; lyrics: O. Kolychev), Artillery March duet with Yuri Louth (music: Novikov; lyrics: S. Vasiliev), Sailor's Waltz (music: V. Sorokin; lyrics: S. Fogelson), It's a Long Way to Tipperary (music: D. Judge; lyrics S. Bolotin), Night (Music: L.D. Utesov; lyrics: I. Fradkin), Eternal Glory to our Hero duet with B.G. Shapenko, Dance Dance, Echo Across the River, Farewell, Song of the Coachman, Song of the Unified (1949), When We Part[137][138]

Mark Reizen

 
Mark Reizen
Main article: Mark Reizen

Bass soloist at the Mariinsky Theatre and Bolshoi Theatre. With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded The Fond Stone, Oh The Road ( Ekh, dorogi ) transmitted on Soviet All-Union radio in 1947,[36] Song of the Volga Boatmen (trad; arr. Dmitri Oleg Yachinov).[139]

Vadim Lvovich Ruslanov

Soloist of the Ensemble. (born 1926). (Russian: Вадим Львович Русланов). People's Artist of the USSR (1974); bass soloist. His mother was an actress; he attended drama school, and became an actor attached to a Moscow theatre. However he still had a passion for music and studied at Gnessin State Musical College. He joined the Alexandrov Ensemble in 1958. With the Alexandrov Ensemble during the 1960s and 1970s he recorded: And the Song Goes to War (music: M. Fradkin; lyrics: C. Islands), Cranes (music: J. Frenkel; Lyrics: R. Gamzatov), Solidarity March (music: S. Tulika; lyrics: A. Sofronov), A Peaceful Country (music: A. Averkin; lyrics: A. Turkin), Angels Brothers or Brothers in Heaven (music: A. Averkin; lyrics: P. Gradov) (ca.1965), Invisible Soldiers of the Front (music: Novikov; lyrics: P. Gradov), Song of the Faraway Homeland (music: M. Tariverdiyev; lyrics: Robert Rozhdestvensky), Victory (music: V. Shainsky; lyrics: L. Oshanin), Regimental Band duet with Vadim V. Shkaptsov (music: L. Lyadov; lyrics: G. Hodos), Do You Hear Me, Paris (music: A. Ostrovsky; lyrics: L. Oshanin), Soldiers Pribautki duet with E. Belyaev (music: A. Doluhanyan; lyrics: G. Hodos), Soldiers Are Always Soldiers (music: V.Solovev-Sedoy; lyrics: M. Matusovsky) (1960/68), Oh No John, Ballad of the Eternal, Dance Dance (1975), Take the Mantle (1980), The Wind Sounds (1966), He is a Man, Kutuzov's Heart, Military Musician, Murderers Roam the Earth, Farewell Love (1966), Third Battalion, Voices of the Earth, Song of Unity, Sentry Post, My Friends I Believe, Paris, Old Soldier's Song, Bravo the Soldiers (1969), Song of Friendship, World Peace, Daughter is Water (1966), The Stone (1973), Rocket Troops March, Ready Rocket Forces duet with I.S. Bukreev, The Russians Want War? (1963/64), Song of Russia (ca.1965), Song of the Russian Soldiers, Our Country Russia (1960).[140]

Ensign Victor Sanin

Sanin died in the 25 December 2016 plane crash.

Ivan Ivanovich Savchuk

(Russian: Иван Иванович Савчук), tenor soloist. With the Alexandrov Ensemble in the 1950s he recorded Smuglyanka duet with Ivan Abramov (music: Novikov; lyrics: Ya Shvedov), Dark Eyes (1956), Sweet Fruit, Nut-Brown Girl (1953, 1956), Nut Brown Maiden duet with N. Abramov (1956) ,[7]Happy Girl, Near the Garden trio with I.S. Bukreev and E. Belyaev, Bandura both as solo and as duet with V. Fedorov (1951/56)[59][60] ,[141]I Look Up at the Sky, Black Eyebrows (1956).[142]

Alexei Tikhonovich Sergeev

(See also: Russian Wikipedia article about A.T. Sergeev)
Alexei Tikhonovich Sergee[143] soloist of the Ensemble. (Russian: Алексей Тихонович Сергеев). Born 24 January 1919 in Gerasimovka in the Tambov region of Russia. People's Artist of the USSR (1967), State Prize of the USSR. Graduated from Gnessin State Musical College. From 1940 to 1968 he was bass singer with the Alexandrov Ensemble; promoted to soloist 1950. Performed in recitals from 1968.[144] With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Ballad of the Tank (music: IE Zharkovsky; lyrics: Yuri Kamenetsky; M. Kravchuk) (1951?), Memoirs of Algiers (music: B. Muradeli; lyrics: E. Dolmatovskaya), Duma of the Motherland (music: S. Tulika; lyrics: V. Malkov), Stars Lovely Homeland (music: I. Dunaevsky; lyrics: M. Matusovsky) (1965?), Nothing Was Said (music: V.Solovev-Sedoy; lyrics: A. Fatyanov), On the Rocks, Granite Rocks (music: B. Terentiev; lyrics: AN Bukin), Bryansky Partisan Song duet with E. Belyaev (music: D. Kabalevsky; lyrics: V.Lebedev-Kumach), Song of the Ballistic Missile (music: S. Tulika; lyrics: M. Andronov), Third Battalion (music: B. Mokrousov; lyrics: A. Fatyanov), Soldiers Carry Out the Order (music: O. Feltsman; lyrics: V. Sergeev), Stenka Razin (1951/56/63)[145][146][147][148] Along Peterskaya Road/Street (trad; arr. Dmitri Oleg Yachinov) (1956/60/66)[149][150][151][152][153]Ah Nastasia (trad; arr. B. Alexandrov) (1968);[154][155] unknown operatic aria, Song of the Volga Boatmen, Ukrainian Poem (1956/60/63)[156][157] See the Village, unknown song, Under the Elm, Under the Oak (1963, 2007),[158] Can You Hear Me Brother, Marching Song, Cossack Cossack, Work Song (1956), Her Son-in-Law, Cheesecake, If I Had a Hammer (1956),[159] The Motto of the Struggle, Uncle (1951), Red Sun (1960), Rain, Bryansk Forest, Old Urals, Soldier's Farewell, Star, Song of the Poplar, Groove, Ballad of the Moscow Boy, The Little Bells, Night, Spend an Evening (1977), Lenin Lived Here, Story of Russia, Only Russia. [160] He is buried in Moscow, not far from his fellow soloist Evgeny Belyaev, in a section of Novodevichy Cemetery affiliated branch (Russian: Новоде́вичье кла́дбище) located in Kuntsevo District.[161]

Boris G. Shapenko

Soloist of the Ensemble. (Russian: Борис Г. Шапенко), bass soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre. Honoured Artist of Russia. With the Alexandrov Ensemble in the 1960s he recorded It is the Soviet Navy (music: K. Sheets; lyrics: V. Guryan), Song of the Volga Boatmen (music: M. Fradkin),[162]The Long-Range Guns Are Silent (music: M. Blanter; lyrics: M. Matusovsky), Rodina (music: S. Tulika; lyrics: Yu Polukhin), Evening on the Road/Night on the Road (1980s) duet with E. Belyaev (music: V.Solovev-Sedoy; lyrics: A. Churkin), Eternal Glory duet with O.N. Razumovsky, Song of the Red Army Cavalry, Country, unknown opera aria, Spring in Berlin (1965), The Fun and Joy (1969), Song of Russia.[163]

Boris Shemyakov

(Russian: Борис Шемяков), bass-baritone soloist from the 1970s onward. With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded: Sailors March duet with V. Shkaptsov, Spring 1945 duet with I.S. Bukreev, Hawks.[164]

Vladimir Shkaptsov

Soloist of the choir. (Russian:Владимир Шкапцов), bass soloist in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1957 he graduated from Gnessin State Musical College. With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded: Regimental Band duet with Vadim Ruslanov (music: L. Lyadov; lyrics: G. Hodos), Sailors March duet with B. Shemyakov, Song of the March-Past duet with A.S. Sibirtsev, Hail to the Infantry! duet with V. Chernykh.[165]

Vasily Ivanovich Shtefutsa

 
Vasily Shtefutsa

Also spelled Chtefoutsa. (Russian: Василий Иванович Штефуца), current tenor soloist. People's Artist of the USSR (1993). From a farming family in Ukraine. He sang in the choir of the Uzhhorod School of Music, then attended Gnessin State Musical College, graduating in 1965. With the Alexandrov Ensemble he was at first in the choir, then as a soloist from 1970 he recorded You are One of Us (music: A. Doluhanyan; lyrics: M. Lisyansky), Moscow (music: D. Tuhmanov; lyrics: B. Dubrovin), Kalinka[166][167] and Korobeiniki[168] (both trad.; arr. Dmitri Oleg Yachinov). He won a prize in the Polish song festival of 1972.[169]

Alexander Sergeievich Sibirtsev

Soloist of the choir. (born 1935). (Russian: Александр Сергеевич Сибирцев), dramatic tenor soloist. People's Artist of the USSR. Studied at Gnessin State Musical College. From 1963 he was a soloist of the Opera and Ballet Theatre in Gorky. In 1964 he spent a year[170] as a soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble, then became soloist of Perm and Samara Opera. With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded: My Friends duet with N. T. Gres, unknown song duet with N. T. Gres, Song of the March-Past with N. T. Shkaptsov.[171]

B. Slastnoi

With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Bella Ciao duet with I. Bukreev (Italian partisan song; arr. B. Pogrebov)[172][173]

Anatoly Borisovich Solovyanenko

Main article: Anatoliy Solovianenko

Anatoly Borisovich Solovyanenko, [174][175] guest soloist. (born Donetsk, Ukraine 25 September 1932; died 29 July 1999; Ukrainian: Анатолій Борисович Солов'яненко, Russian: Анатолий Борисович Соловьяненко). People's Artist of the USSR (before 1978), People's artist of Ukraine, State Taras Shevchenko prize-winner.[176] He was born into a mining family, and graduated from Donetsk Polytechnic Institute in 1954, having taken singing lessons at Olexander Korobeichenko from 1950. He began his career in Donetsk, where there is now a monument in his memory.[177] He did 12 performances at the Metropolitan Opera in Kiev, then graduated from Kiev Conservatory in 1978. For 30 years he was soloist at the Taras Shevchenko National Opera and Ballet Theatre in Kiev, and performed at Expo 67 in Montreal.[178]

He performed as soloist for Alexandrov Ensemble during its UK tour 1988, singing Kalinka and others.[179] He recorded 18 LPs: arias, romances and songs.[180]

Ivan Stolyar

Ivan Stolyar (born in Kostroma, 16 September 1977; died 25 December 2016). Bass-baritone. Graduated from the A. Schnittke Moscow State Institute of Music in 2002. He was a soloist of the Tver Philharmonic from 1999 to 2000, then joined the Ensemble in 2005. As of 2010 he sings for the Ensemble as a guest soloist.[181] With the Ensemble he has performed in various concerts including Quebec 2008, where he sang the song known in the west as Those Were the Days, but which is a Russian song called Дорогой длинною or By the Long Road by Boris Fomin. Died in the 25 December plane crash.

A. Syrovatko-Zolotarev

(Russian: А.Сыроватко-Золотарёв), tenor soloist. With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded I Am From Berlin (music: I. Dunaevsky; lyrics: L. Oshanin).

Barseg Tumanyan

Barseg Tumanyan,[182] guest soloist. (born Yerevan 1958). Renowned Armenian bass soloist. (Russian: Б.Р. Туманян) (People's Artist of Armenia, soloist of Yerevan Opera and the Metropolitan Opera, the winner of the Tchaikovsky contest). With the Alexandrov Ensemble in ca.1960 he sang Granada[183] and the Toreador Song from Bizet's Carmen, and received a seemingly endless ovation[184] In 2008 he celebrated his 50th anniversary as a bass soloist with the Opera.[185] In 2007 Tumanyan was interviewed by M. Zatikyan.[186][187]

Alexei Ivanovich Usmanov

Alexei Ivanovich Usmanov[188] (born Moscow 1916; d. 1990). (Russian: Алексей Усманов), tenor soloist. He began singing in the amateur choir of the Automobile Club before World War II. He wanted to join the choir of the All-Union Radio, but World War II began. As a soldier he fought bravely when an armoured personnel carrier was hit; for this he was awarded the Order of the Red Star. In the late 1940s he became a soloist of All-Union Radio, and in the early 1960s began to record duets with Victor Selivanov.[189]

With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded You Often Write Soldier (music: B. Terentiev; lyrics: S. Bencken). In 1954 he took part in a recording of The Enchantress by Pyotr Tchaikovsky with the Moscow Philharmonia State Orchestra and Radio USSR chorus.

Georgi Pavlovich Vinogradov

Main article: Georgi Pavlovich Vinogradov

(Russian: Г.П. Виноградов), tenor soloist (born in Kazan 16 November 1908; died in Moscow 11 November 1980). Honoured Artist of Russia (1949). From about 1937 he sang jazz, opera and Soviet lyric songs on Radio Moscow and in World War II he sang with the USSR Committee of Defense Model Orchestra. From 1943 to 1951 he was a soloist with the Alexandrov Ensemble; however in 1951 there was apparently a bar-room brawl which embarrassed the Soviet government, and finished his career.[190] See his own page for further information.

With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Two Maxims (recorded 1943) ,[191]Oh the Road ,[192]In a Forest at the Front (recorded 1945), Nightingale (recorded 1950), Dark Night (recorded 1945).[36] In the 1940s he also recorded Nightingale as a duet with the baritone Vladimir Bunchikov,[37] and The Bending Branch (or Luchina)[193] as a solo with the Alexandrov Ensemble[194][195][1][95]

Igor F. Volkov

(Russian: И.Ф. Волков) (Bass soloist of the Novosibirsk Opera House). He sang with the Alexandrov Ensemble in the 1970s and 1980s, and performed Dark Eyes/Black Eyes (1978).[196]

Boris Grigorievich Zhayvoronok

Boris Grigorievich Zhayvoronok[197] (born 1938) (Russian: Борис Григорьевич Жайворонок) bass-baritone soloist. People's Artist of Russia and Honoured Artist of Ukraine (1972). In 1964 he graduated from the Kharkiv Institute of Arts. From 1965 he was soloist at the Kharkiv Opera and Ballet. He was with the Alexandrov Ensemble 1981–1998 and he recorded The Enemies of the Burned Home (music: M. Blanter; lyrics: M. Isakovsky), My Moscow (music: I.M. Dunaevsky; lyrics: S. Agranyan, M. Lisyansky), Ogonek (lyrics: M. Isakovsky), It is time to Take the Road (music: V.Solovev-Sedoy; lyrics: S. Fogelson), Farewell, Rocky Mountains (music: E. Zharkovsky; lyrics: A.N. Bukin), Troika and Granada.[198]

Other soloists

Lev Leshchenko (born 1942): a soloist with the Ensemble from 1962. With the Alexandrov ensemble he performed Den Pobedy on Soviet TV (1976).[199]
A.I. Mischenko (Russian: А.И. Мищенко) (from GABTa).

Current soloists

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Guildmusic - Onlineshop for CDs and DVDs from Classical, Worldmusik, Jazz, Blues, Gospel". www.guildmusic.com. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  2. ^ Information from Leonid Kharitonov who was a member of the Ensemble 1953–1972
  3. ^ CD: Melodiya: Sacred War (in Russian), MELCD60-00938/1: "Bryansk Forest".
  4. ^ Translated narod.ru webpage: biography of G. Abramov[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ a b "Retro.samnet". Biography of Georgi Abramov. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
  6. ^ Translated narod.ru webpage: G. Abramov biog and songlist: "Already as the Sea"[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ a b CD: EMI Classics: Red Army Ensemble, 0946-3-92030-2-4, "Nut Brown Maiden".
  8. ^ CD: EMI Classics: Red Army Ensemble, 0946-3-92030-2-4, "The Little Bells"
  9. ^ "Translated Japanese webpage: Nicolai Abramov". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  10. ^ DVD: Kultur: Soviet Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble, D1106: "Listen": the singer credited with the performance of "Listen" on this DVD is Vasily Eliseev (identified by Leonid Kharitonov, who sang in the Alexandrov Ensemble with both singers)
  11. ^ "На борту разбившегося Ту-154 были все артисты хора ансамбля им. Александрова, кроме трех человек" (in Russian). Echo of Moscow. 25 December 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  12. ^ Translated Russian webpage: birth date of Georgy Andryushchenko.
  13. ^ . Archived from the original on 29 May 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  14. ^ Russian Wikipedia: Bolshoi Opera Company page: list of performers with dates of service.
  15. ^ "Translated operamusic.ru webpage: "Famous Russian Soviet Singers"". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  16. ^ "Slovari Yandex". Андрющенко Георгий Яковлевич (Andryushchenko, Georgi Yakovlevich). Archived from the original on 22 December 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
  17. ^ "dic.academic.ru". Андрющенко Г. Я (Andryushchenko, G.Y). Retrieved 20 January 2011.
  18. ^ Andryushchenko, Georgy. "Deiz". ИОАНН ПАВЕЛ II И РУССКИЙ МЕДВЕДЬ (John Paul II and the Russian Bear). Dei/Disillusionist magazine #09. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  19. ^ . Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
  20. ^ "Mussorgsky - Khovanshchina. Full opera (1)". Retrieved 22 January 2023 – via www.youtube.com.
  21. ^ "Narod.ru". Photograph of Andryushchenko as Marquise in "The Gambler": to see the picture, click on the image titled Андрющенко Георгий. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  22. ^ . web.archive.org. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  23. ^ Translated narod.ru webpage: biography of V.I. Anisimov.[permanent dead link]
  24. ^ "Translated Japanese webpage: biog of Belyaev". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  25. ^ DVD: Kultur: Soviet Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble, D1106: Oh the Rye; Kalinka.
  26. ^ CD: Melodiya: Sacred War (in Russian), MELCD60-00938/1: Nightingales
  27. ^ CD: Silva Classics, The Best of the Red Army Choir, SILKD6034, "Smuglianka", "The Samovars"
  28. ^ "Translated Japanese webpage: Pyotr Bogachev". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  29. ^ "Translated Library.Karelia.ru: short biog of Bukreev". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  30. ^ These are Russian descriptions of voice-types which may not precisely reflect the European voice types.
  31. ^ "- YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  32. ^ CD: Silva Classics, The Best of the Red Army Choir, SILKD6034, "Moscow Nights", "Bella Ciao"
  33. ^ "Translated Japanese webpage: Ivan Bukreev". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  34. ^ Translaged narod.ru webpage: biography of V. Nechaev.[permanent dead link]
  35. ^ Translated narod.ru webpage: biography of VA Bunchikov[permanent dead link]
  36. ^ a b c d "Soviet Wartime compositions". www.armchairgeneral.com. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  37. ^ a b "Georgi Vinogradov and Vladimir Bunchikov -- Nightingales (Solovi)". Retrieved 22 January 2023 – via www.youtube.com.
  38. ^ Translated kkre-20.narod.ru webpage: Biography of Bunchikov.[permanent dead link]
  39. ^ CD: Melodiya: Sacred War (in Russian), MELCD60-00938/1: "It's a Long Time".
  40. ^ "Translated Japanese webpage: Victor Buzurov". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  41. ^ "Translated Japanese Website: source for possible duet with Andryushchenko". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  42. ^ "Translated Japanese webpage: Vladimir Chernykh". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  43. ^ a b c D1106. ISBN 0-7697-8690-1. B0013N3LIG, published by Kultur, ca.1960, dir: I. Jugashvili. Musical dir: Boris Alexandrov, filmed in the USSR. See Alexandrov Ensemble discography for further details.
  44. ^ a b Important: Before editing this critical commentary, please read the section "Critical Commentaries" on the article discussion page.
  45. ^ . web.archive.org. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  46. ^ a b c CD: EMI: Soviet Army Chorus & Band, CDC-7-47833-2 DIDX-1015
  47. ^ a b c d CD: EMI Classics: Red Army Ensemble, 0946-3-92030-2-4
  48. ^ Translated Japanese webpage: Biography and songlist of Didenko.[permanent dead link]
  49. ^ . web.archive.org. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  50. ^ "Народный клуб любителей русских басов, Артур Эйзен, бас, bass, Eizen". www.rusbass.ru. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  51. ^ Translated narod.ru webpage: list of songs recorded by Arthur Eisen.[permanent dead link]
  52. ^ "Translated Japanese webpage: Arthur Eisen". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  53. ^ CD: Silva Classics: The Best of the Red Army Choir, SILKD6034
  54. ^ kkre-48.narod.ru webpage: Biography of Arthur Eisen and songlist[permanent dead link]
  55. ^ Eliseev has been identified by Leonid Kharitonov, who sang with him.
  56. ^ VHS: Kultur: Soviet Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble, "Listen".
  57. ^ DVD: Kultur: Soviet Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble, D1106: "Listen".
  58. ^ "Narod.ru". Songlist for Vasily Eliseev. Retrieved 12 October 2009.
  59. ^ a b CD: EMI: Soviet Army Chorus & Band, CDC-7-47833-2 DIDX-1015, "Bandura".
  60. ^ a b CD: EMI Classics: Red Army Ensemble, 0946-3-92030-2-4, "Bandura".
  61. ^ Note: the recording tends to be incorrectly credited to Savchuk as tenor soloist
  62. ^ https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&langpair=ja%7Cen&u=http://www.katch.ne.jp/~alexandrov/solo/frolov.html&prev=/translate_s%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3D%25D0%25A1%25D1%2582%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8%25D1%2581%25D0%25BB%25D0%25B0%25D0%25B2%2B%25D0%25A4%25D1%2580%25D0%25BE%25D0%25BB%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B2%26sl%3Den%26tl%3Dja
  63. ^ "Translated Japanese website: Biography of S. Frolov". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  64. ^ "Марк Фрадкин". m--fradkin-narod-ru.translate.goog. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  65. ^ CD: The Best of the Red Army Choir, SILKD6034, "The Red Cavalry"
  66. ^ "Translated Japanese webpage: Biography of S. Frolov". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  67. ^ a b . Archived from the original on 29 May 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  68. ^ "Les Yeux Noirs/ Otchi Tchernye - Red Army Choir". Retrieved 22 January 2023 – via www.youtube.com.
  69. ^ CD: Silva Classics, The Best of the Red Army Choir, SILKD6034, "Dark Eyes"
  70. ^ His patronym is alternatively said to be Petrovich.
  71. ^ CD: EMI: Soviet Army Chorus & Band, CDC-7-47833-2 DIDX-1015, "Tipperary".
  72. ^ CD: EMI Classics: Red Army Ensemble, 0946-3-92030-2-4, "Tipperary"
  73. ^ Translated Japanese webpage: Biography and songlist of KG Gerasimov[permanent dead link]
  74. ^ . web.archive.org. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  75. ^ . Archived from the original on 29 May 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  76. ^ "Translated Japanese webpage: Vladimir Gorlanov". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  77. ^ L. M. Kharitonov, who knew Gres, says this was 1950–1960
  78. ^ a b "Slovari Yandex". Vocal and encyclopaedia: Gres Nicholas T. (1920) (in Russian). Archived from the original on 21 December 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
  79. ^ Leonid Kharitonov, who knew Gres, says this was 1964–1965.
  80. ^ Information from Leonid Kharitonov who knew him.
  81. ^ "Franko Crimea". 16. Турчин, И. (in Russian and Ukrainian). 2001. Archived from the original on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  82. ^ DVD: Kultur: Soviet Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble, D1106: "The Birch Tree".
  83. ^ "Translated Japanese webpage: Nicholas Gres". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  84. ^ . . . although this film was made by a German company filming in Russia.
  85. ^ Important: Please read the section "Critical Commentaries" on the article's discussion page before editing this commentary. Thank you.
  86. ^ CD: Silva Classics, The Best of the Red Army Choir, SILKD6034, "Smuglianka"
  87. ^ CD Silva Classics, The Best of the Red Army Choir, SILKD6034, "The Samovars"
  88. ^ "Translated Japanese webpage: Sergei Ivanov". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  89. ^ SILDV 7004, Live performance in Paris 16/17 December 2003. Dir: I. Jugashvili. Released 8 February 2005. See Alexandrov Ensemble discography for further information.
  90. ^ They have a strong fanbase in Japan, where people perform their songs in Red Army costume.
  91. ^ Important: please read the "Critical Commentary" section on the article's discussion page before editing this commentary. Thank you.
  92. ^ CD: Silva Classics, The Best of the Red Army Choir, SILKD6034, "Troika". NB: In Troika (dance) a man dances with two women, which may explain some of the humour in this song; i.e. the title could be taken to mean "threesome".
  93. ^ CD: Silva Classics, The Best of the Red Army Choir, SILKD6034 "Gandzia"
  94. ^ Possibly this is Ave Maria
  95. ^ a b "Google Images". images-google-co-uk.translate.goog. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  96. ^ Translated narod.ru webpage: biography of L. M. Kharitonov.[permanent dead link]
  97. ^ VHS: Kultur: Soviet Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble, "Volga Boatmen".
  98. ^ DVD: Kultur: Soviet Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble, D1106, "Volga Boatmen"
  99. ^ "Translated Japanese webpage: biography and songlist of L. M. Kharitonov". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  100. ^ . web.archive.org. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  101. ^ . Archived from the original on 29 May 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  102. ^ Khrushchev, Nikita (2004), Khrushchev, Sergei, ed., Memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev, Volume 1: Commissar, The Pennsylvania State University Press, ISBN 0-271-02332-5
  103. ^ This could be identical with Shooting Kommunarov.
  104. ^ . Archived from the original on 29 May 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  105. ^ Translated narod.ru webpage: biography of Boris Kuznetsov (He could possibly be identical with I. Kuznetsov).[permanent dead link]
  106. ^ [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&langpair=ru%7Cen&u=http://www.ensemble-aleksandrova.ru/index.php%3Fid%3D234&prev=/translate_s%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3D%25D0%25AD%25D0%25B4%25D1%2583%25D0%25B0%25D1%2580%25D0%25B4%2B%25D0%259C%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BA%25D1%2581%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B2%25D0%25B8%25D1%2587%2B%25D0%259B%25D0%25B0%25D0%25B1%25D0%25BA%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B2%25D1%2581%25D0%25BA%25D0%25B8%25D0%25B9%26sl%3Den%26tl%3Dru
  107. ^ https://translate.google.com/translate_c?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.katch.ne.jp/~alexandrov/solo/labkovsky.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dbelyaev%2B1926-1994%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1C1CHMP_en-USGB292GB303%26sa%3DG&usg=ALkJrhjTQyrgmuZC4r6QDFuloK7u59HMxg
  108. ^ https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&langpair=ru%7Cen&u=http://kkre-31.narod.ru/labkovski.htm&prev=/translate_s%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3D%25D0%25AD%25D0%25B4%25D1%2583%25D0%25B0%25D1%2580%25D0%25B4%2B%25D0%259C%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BA%25D1%2581%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B2%25D0%25B8%25D1%2587%2B%25D0%259B%25D0%25B0%25D0%25B1%25D0%25BA%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B2%25D1%2581%25D0%25BA%25D0%25B8%25D0%25B9%26sl%3Den%26tl%3Dru
  109. ^ Translated Narod.ru webpage: biography of EM Labkovsky
  110. ^ Translated Narod.ru webpage: Biography of EM Labkovsky
  111. ^ "К онлайну Путину задали 360 тысяч вопросов". Life.ru. 14 December 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  112. ^ "Translated Japanese webpage: Edward Labkovsky". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  113. ^ "Translated renatibragimov.ru webpage: biography of Labkovsky with incorrect birthdate". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  114. ^ . web.archive.org. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  115. ^ http://kkre-32.narod.ru/lisovski.jpg
  116. ^ Translated narod.ru webpage: biography of K. Lisovsky.[permanent dead link]
  117. ^ "- YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  118. ^ CD: Silva Classics, The Best of the Red Army Choir, SILKD6034, "The Birch Tree"
  119. ^ Translated narod.ru webpage: biography of K. Lisovsky[permanent dead link]
  120. ^ https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2.png/411px-%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2.png
  121. ^ http://kkre-33.narod.ru/martynov-a.jpg
  122. ^ CD: The Best of the Red Army Choir, SILKD6034, "The Roads"
  123. ^ Translated narod.ru webpage: biography of Pavel Mihailov (could be identical with P. Mikhailov).[permanent dead link]
  124. ^ a b Information from Leonid Kharitonov, soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble.
  125. ^ Information from Nikitin's daughter Liudmila Gurkova
  126. ^ Another version says that he joined the Ensemble in 1935.
  127. ^ Kompaniets, Anatoly (April–May 2000). . Pastoral over the ruins. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
  128. ^ "Translated Japanese webpage: Album: Les Choeurs de L'Armee Rouge: Nikitin's Kalinka". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  129. ^ "Sovmusic". Comments 2007. 2007. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
  130. ^ Yuferova, Jadwiga (13 December 2007). "Union Belarus-Russia, no.338". Fire-bird flocks do not fly: Interview with Leonid Maleev, director of Alexandrov Ensemble. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
  131. ^ Translated narod.ru webpage: biography of baritone Georgi G. Pankov (probably not identical with v. Pankov).[permanent dead link]
  132. ^ CD: EMI: Soviet Army Chorus & Band, CDC-7-47833-2 DIDX-1015, "Ah Lovely Night"
  133. ^ A better translation of this songtitle is needed.
  134. ^ CD: Silva Classics, The Best of the Red Army Choir, SILKD6034, "My Country"
  135. ^ Translated Japanese webpage: Biography and songlist of V. Puchkov.[permanent dead link]
  136. ^ Translated narod.ru webpage: list of 78rpm Melodia records made by G. Vinogradov[permanent dead link]
  137. ^ "Translated Japanese webpage: Oleg Razumovsky". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  138. ^ "Олег Разумовский. Anno Domini". UMKA. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  139. ^ CD: Silva Classics, The Best of the Red Army Choir, SILKD6034, "Song of the Volga Boatmen"
  140. ^ "Translated Japanese webpage: Vadim Ruslanov". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  141. ^ "Translated Japanese webpage: Ivan Savchuk". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  142. ^ CD: EMI Classics: Red Army Ensemble, 0946-3-92030-2-4, "Black Eyebrows"
  143. ^ https://translate.google.com/translate_c?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.katch.ne.jp/~alexandrov/solo/sergeyev.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dbelyaev%2B1926-1994%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1C1CHMP_en-USGB292GB303%26sa%3DG&usg=ALkJrhhQ75D-LvmNxs3rl2zYHyWTWFPZFg
  144. ^ "THE NAMES CONCERNED TO THE TAMBOV REGION". www.tstu.ru. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  145. ^ "- YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  146. ^ VHS: Kultur: Soviet Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble, "Stenka Razin"
  147. ^ DVD: Kultur: Soviet Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble, D1106: "Stenka Razin"
  148. ^ Translations of song titles may be slightly inaccurate.
  149. ^ CD: Silva Classics, The Best of the Red Army Choir, SILKD6034, "Along Peterskaya"
  150. ^ CD: EMI: Soviet Army Chorus & Band, CDC-7-47833-2 DIDX-1015, "Along Peterskaya"
  151. ^ CD: EMI Classics: Red Army Ensemble, 0946-3-92030-2-4, "Along Peterskaya"
  152. ^ VHS: Kultur: Soviet Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble, "Along Peterskaya"
  153. ^ DVD: Kultur: Soviet Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble, D1106, "Along Peterskaya"
  154. ^ CD: Silva Classics, The Best of the Red Army Choir SILKD6034, "Ah Nastasia"
  155. ^ "Translated Japanese webpage: Alexei Sergeev". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  156. ^ CD: EMI: Soviet Army Chorus & Band, CDC-7-47833-2 DIDX-1015, "Ukrainian Poem"
  157. ^ CD: EMI Classics: Red Army Ensemble, 0946-3-92030-2-4, "Ukrainian Poem"
  158. ^ DVD: Kultur: Soviet Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble, D1106: "Under the Elm, Under the Oak"
  159. ^ CD: EMI Classics: Red Army Ensemble, 0946-3-92030-2-4, "If I Had a Hammer"
  160. ^ Translated Japanese webpage: Alexei Sergeev. NB: Many songtitles are duplicated in the article due to different translations from various sources.
  161. ^ Information from Leonid Kharitonov, a fellow soloist who knew him
  162. ^ "- YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  163. ^ "Translated Japanese webpage: Boris Shapenko". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  164. ^ "Translated Japanese webpage: Boris Shemyakov". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  165. ^ "Translated Japanese website: Vladimir Shkaptsov". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  166. ^ CD: Silva Classics: The Best of the Red Army Choir, SILKD6034, "Kalinka".
  167. ^ "- YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  168. ^ CD: Silva Classics, The Best of the Red Army Choir, SILKD6034, "Korobelniki" [sic].
  169. ^ . Archived from the original on 29 May 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  170. ^ Leonid Kharitonov, who knew him, says he was only half a year in the Ensemble.
  171. ^ "Translated Japanese webpage: A. S. Sibirtsev". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  172. ^ CD: Silva Classics, The Best of the Red Army Choir, SILKD6034, "Bella Ciao"
  173. ^ "Slastnoi may have recorded Bella Ciao in 1966". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  174. ^ http://kkre-43.narod.ru/solovyan.jpg
  175. ^ http://musplanet.narod.ru/Images/solovianenko_anatoly.gif
  176. ^ Bank.gov.ua webpage: commemorative coin celebrating Solovianenko 1999. 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  177. ^ . web.archive.org. 9 August 2007. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  178. ^ "Ukrainian music in Canada". The Canadian Encyclopedia. 8 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  179. ^ Information from VHS packaging: see Alexandrov Ensemble discography page.
  180. ^ "Translated narod.ru webpage: Biography and discography of Solovyanenko". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  181. ^ . Ivan Stolyar (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
  182. ^ . web.archive.org. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  183. ^ "- YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  184. ^ "- YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  185. ^ "Barseg Tumanyan: TV Propaganda of his 50th Anniversary Concert". Retrieved 22 January 2023 – via www.youtube.com.
  186. ^ "Translated Golos.am webpage: Interview with Barset Tumanyan 2007". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  187. ^ "Туманян Барсег Робертович — Энциклопедия фонда «Хайазг»". ru-hayazg-info.translate.goog. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  188. ^ http://kkre-45.narod.ru/usmanov.jpg
  189. ^ en&u=http://kkre-45.narod.ru/usmanov.htm&prev=/translate_s%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3D%25D0%25AD%25D0%25B4%25D1%2583%25D0%25B0%25D1%2580%25D0%25B4%2B%25D0%259C%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BA%25D1%2581%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B2%25D0%25B8%25D1%2587%2B%25D0%259B%25D0%25B0%25D0%25B1%25D0%25BA%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B2%25D1%2581%25D0%25BA%25D0%25B8%25D0%25B9%26sl%3Den%26tl%3Dru&usg=ALkJrhidzNm_hY4k7tT0w9LqhbhU124OJQ Translated narod.ru webpage: biography of Alexei Usmanov[permanent dead link]
  190. ^ . HugeDomains. Archived from the original on 9 November 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  191. ^ CD: Melodiya: Sacred War (in Russian), MELCD60-00938/1: "Two Maxims".
  192. ^ CD: Melodiya: Sacred War (in Russian), MELCD60-00938/1: "Oh the Road".
  193. ^ The subject of this folk song may be the Lučina River in the Czech Republic.
  194. ^ "Georgi Vinogradov and Red Army Ensemble -- The Bending Branch". Retrieved 22 January 2023 – via www.youtube.com.
  195. ^ Translated kkre-22.narod.ru webpage: Biography of Vinogradov[permanent dead link]
  196. ^ "Черноглазая казачка USSR Nostalgia СССР Ностальгия 1978". Retrieved 22 January 2023 – via www.youtube.com.
  197. ^ . web.archive.org. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  198. ^ . Archived from the original on 29 May 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  199. ^ "- YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  200. ^ . 2010–11 Studio Artist: Boris Dyakov, baritone. 2008. Archived from the original on 23 October 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2010.

External links

  • Alexandrov Ensemble website: biography of Boris Alexandrov listing his soloists Translated Russian-English via Google Translation Tool.
  • Translated Japanese webpage: List of Ensemble soloists with links to biographies and discographies
  • en&u=http://retrofonoteka.ru/pevets/photo.htm&tbb=1&rurl=translate.google.com&usg=ALkJrhikE6k9wxuarPmTtapUHncz_JxL2w Old photos of some of the earlier Ensemble soloists.[permanent dead link]
  • Wordpress: Alexandrov Ensemble blog

March 08, 2023
alexandrov, ensemble, soloists, this, alphabetical, list, basso, profondo, bass, bass, baritone, tenor, soloists, have, performed, with, alexandrov, ensemble, under, various, titles, since, establishment, 1928, difficult, differentiate, between, regular, guest. This is an alphabetical list of the basso profondo bass bass baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble under its various titles since its establishment in 1928 It is difficult to differentiate between regular and guest soloists since many have alternated between the one category and the other during their careers so they are all listed together Soloists of whom no recordings have yet been found have been listed below as other soloists Contents 1 Introduction 1 1 Status of soloists 2 A to Z list of soloists 2 1 Georgi Abramov 2 2 Nicolai A Abramov 2 3 Vadim Petrovich Ananyev 2 4 Georgy Yakovlevich Andryushchenko 2 5 Valentin Ivanovich Anisimov 2 6 Georgiy Ivanovich Babaev 2 7 Kim Ivanovich Bazarsadaev 2 8 Evgeny Belyaev 2 9 Pyotr Dmitrievich Bogachev 2 10 Ivan Semionovich Bukreev 2 11 Vladimir Abramovich Bunchikov 2 12 E Burchak 2 13 Victor Sergeievich Buzurov 2 14 Vladimir Chernykh 2 15 Ivan Alexandrovich Didenko 2 16 V Dmitriev 2 17 Arthur Arturovich Eisen 2 18 Vasily Eliseev 2 19 Vladimir Fyodorov 2 20 Stanislav Ivanovich Frolov 2 21 Valery Gavva 2 22 Konstantin Grigorievich Gerasimov 2 23 Pyotr Gluboky 2 24 Vladimir P Gorlanov 2 25 Nikolai Timofeyevich Gres 2 25 1 Critical commentary on a music video featuring Nikolai Gres 2 26 Sergei Vasilievich Ivanov 2 27 B Jaivoronok 2 28 Vladimir Nikolaevich Katerinsky 2 29 Leonid Kharitonov 2 30 Ivan Semyonovich Kozlovsky 2 31 Andrey Kusleev 2 32 I Kuznetsov 2 33 Edward Maxovich Labkovsky 2 34 Konstantin Pavlovich Lisovsky 2 35 Yuseph Laut 2 36 Alexei Pavlovich Martynov 2 37 Mikhail Mikhailov 2 38 Victor Ivanovich Nikitin 2 39 Vasily Pankov 2 40 N S Polozkov 2 41 Leonid V Pshenichniy 2 42 Vsevolod V Puchkov 2 43 Oleg N Razumovsky 2 44 Mark Reizen 2 45 Vadim Lvovich Ruslanov 2 46 Ensign Victor Sanin 2 47 Ivan Ivanovich Savchuk 2 48 Alexei Tikhonovich Sergeev 2 49 Boris G Shapenko 2 50 Boris Shemyakov 2 51 Vladimir Shkaptsov 2 52 Vasily Ivanovich Shtefutsa 2 53 Alexander Sergeievich Sibirtsev 2 54 B Slastnoi 2 55 Anatoly Borisovich Solovyanenko 2 56 Ivan Stolyar 2 57 A Syrovatko Zolotarev 2 58 Barseg Tumanyan 2 59 Alexei Ivanovich Usmanov 2 60 Georgi Pavlovich Vinogradov 2 61 Igor F Volkov 2 62 Boris Grigorievich Zhayvoronok 3 Other soloists 4 Current soloists 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksIntroduction EditUntil April 2009 when this article was created little or nothing was generally known outside Russia about these fine soloists as a group or in most cases as individuals People in the West could read a few of their names on current Alexandrov Ensemble CDs and DVDs and perhaps hear a few old 78rpm recordings on YouTube but could not Google in English for their images or musical biographies Since April 2009 to a certain extent they can Therefore this article is part of the soloists history In 2004 Max Loppert said of Georgy Vinogradov How is it possible for any singer of this caliber to have been outside Russia this unknown 1 One could say the same of the whole group Before April 2009 almost all online resources on this subject were in Russian and Japanese and even these were limited in content so far as the biographies of most soloists were concerned The dearth of information in the West could be partly attributable to the language barrier and the Cold War One could speculate that scandals such as those 1951 rumours surrounding Vinogradov could have pressured the Alexandrov Ensemble to exercise particular discretion regarding publicity of their valuable star turns Even so there is almost no online information about the tenor Victor Nikitin who made a beautiful 78 rpm recording of Cold Waves Lapping in the 1940s and his last traceable recording appears to have been made in 1951 the same year as the rumours of a bar room brawl and the end of Georgy Vinogradov s career 1 One can draw no conclusions but outside Russia at least an air of mystery surrounds some of these great singers Status of soloists Edit Apart from guest soloists there are two ways of contracting a soloist in the Alexandrov Ensemble A soloist of the choir is a constant member of the choir and only sometimes has one or two solo performances with certain songs specially selected for their personal vocal capabilities Soloist of the Ensemble is a higher grade meaning that the singer is a soloist on a constant basis and never or no longer takes part in the choir 2 A to Z list of soloists EditGeorgi Abramov Edit Born in Moscow 12 April 1903 died in Georgia 1 November 1966 Russian Georgij Abramov Bass soloist Honoured Artist of Russia 1944 From 1918 to 1928 he worked as a mechanic or plumber in Moscow State University In 1930 he entered an operatic singing competition on All Union Radio As a result of this from 1931 to 1966 he was soloist of the All Union Radio and television taking part in opera productions He was a concert singer promoting the works of Soviet composers and became the definitive singer of songs such as Roads by Novikov Treasured Stone Single Accordion by Mokrousov and especially Bryansk Forest by Katz 3 From 1954 to 1958 he was a music teacher at Gnessin State Musical College He toured in Poland Hungary Romania and East Germany 4 5 With Georgy Vinogradov and Vladimir Zakharov he recorded For those who are in Transit S Katz A Fatyanov and the beautiful folksong Already as the Sea 6 With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded A Bryansk Forest recorded 1948 for the All Union Radio Committee Nicolai A Abramov Edit Russian Nikolaj A Abramov tenor soloist With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Smuglyanka duet with Nikolay Savchuk music Novikov lyrics Ya Shvedov unknown duet with A Kusleev Praying unknown duet with L M Kharitonov Here s the Deal 1963 Black Crow duet with A Eisen 1956 Nut Brown Maiden duet with I Savchuk 1953 1956 7 The Little Bells 1956 8 9 Unfortunately Nicolai Abramov s name was frequently incorrectly attributed on recordings notably on the Kultur video of 1965 that is available in the West 10 Vadim Petrovich Ananyev Edit Current soloist in the Ensemble Ananyev was one of the very few soloists of the ensemble who did not board the plane to Syria later lost in the 2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu 154 crash 11 He stayed to care for his recently born child Georgy Yakovlevich Andryushchenko Edit Georgy Yakovlevich Andryushchenko born Aravan Kyrgyzstan 1933 died 12 January 2011 12 Russian Georgij Yakovlevich Andryushenko also spelled Andryushenko tenor soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre People s Artist of Russia 1973 He studied at Gnessin State Musical College and joined the Alexandrov Ensemble as a soloist in 1958 13 He performed at the Bolshoi Theatre 1963 1979 14 had a wide repertoire and was one of the leading tenors in a troupe which toured the world 15 16 17 From 1974 to 1976 he was the supervisor of the trainee group of Bolshoi Theatre soloists From 1979 he was director of the Moscow Ice Ballet Ensemble In the late 1980s he worked as general director of GosTsirk he was the head of all circuses in Russia and he published an article in Dei Disillusionist magazine about a circus tour to the Vatican in 1982 18 Within the Bolshoi Theatre his recorded operatic arias include the following as Prince Andrei Khovansky in Modest Mussorgsky s opera Khovanshchina 1979 19 20 as Mikhailo Tucha in Pskovityanka or A Girl from Pskov as Alexey in Optimistic Tragedy by Kholminov as Masalsky in October by Muradeli as Marquise in The Gambler by Sergei Prokofiev from the story by Dostoyevsky 21 as Semyon in Semyon Kotko by Sergei Prokofiev Valentin Ivanovich Anisimov Edit Valentin Ivanovich Anisimov 22 born 1937 died 26 August 2002 Russian V I Anisimov bass soloist of the Odessa Opera House People s Artist of Ukraine and Honoured Artist of Russia 1973 In 1962 he graduated from the Urals State Conservatory From 1962 he was a soloist at Sverdlovsk Ukraine and from 1967 at the Odessa Opera and Ballet Theatre He gave 40 performances at the Bolshoi Theatre and gained a fine reputation throughout the USSR for singing in Verdi s opera Rigoletto From 1980 he was soloist of the Moscow Philharmonic He also taught at the Institute of Contemporary Art in the USSR 23 With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Veterans music Boris Alexandrov lyrics S Bencken Georgiy Ivanovich Babaev Edit Russian G I Babaev also translated George Babayev bass baritone soloist Stalin Prize Laureate With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Song of the Young Soldiers duet with V Puchkov music P Akulenko lyrics Ya Shvedov Song about Klim Voroshilov duet with Yuri Louth music Alexander Alexandrov lyrics O Kolychev Aside Native music A Alexandrov lyrics S Mikhalkov Seasoned Cook music Z Kompaneec lyrics I Lakshin Song about Blyukher duet with V Pankov music Alexander Alexandrov lyrics S Alymov I Myself Slovak song Kim Ivanovich Bazarsadaev Edit Russian Kim Ivanovich Bazarsadaev bass soloist People s Artist of the USSR 1981 Evgeny Belyaev Edit Main article Evgeny Belyaev Soloist of the Ensemble Russian Evgenij Mihajlovich Belyaev Outside the USSR one of the most celebrated tenor soloists under Boris Alexandrov was Evgeny Belyaev or Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev 1926 1994 24 He was born 11 September 1926 in the Bryansk Oblast and served in the subdivision of zenith troops during World War II He then graduated from Gnessin State Musical College In 1947 he was a soloist of the Ensemble of Song and Dance of the Carpathian military district and in 1952 a Member of CPSU Communist Party of the Soviet Union In 1955 he was a soloist of the Ensemble of Song and Dance of the Soviet Army of Alexandrov In 1967 he was made People s Artist of the USSR and in 1978 he won the State Prize of the USSR He died in 1994 21 or 22 February Two of his most famous performances are Oh the Rye and Nightingale The lyric of Nightingale asks the nightingale to be quiet as the soldiers are sleeping i e they have died One of his most popular recordings with The Alexandrov Ensemble is Kalinka 25 26 Pyotr Dmitrievich Bogachev Edit Russian Petr Dmitrievich Bogachyov bass baritone soloist Honoured Artist of Russia With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded In the Ocean Gave duet with S Ivanov music B Korostylev lyrics B Bezhaev It s a Long Time Since We Were Home duet with S Ivanov music V Solovev Sedoy lyrics A Fatyanov We the Army People duet with S Ivanov music G Movsesyan lyrics Robert Rozhdestvensky Listen Beauty duet with S Ivanov music E Martin lyrics M Plyatskovsky Your Soldiers duet with S Ivanov music B Gamal lyrics A Sofronov We go We Go Into the Army duet with Ivan Bukreev music B Aleksandrov lyrics V Tatarinov Smuglianka duet with S Ivanov music A Novikov lyrics Y Chvedov The Samovars duet with S Ivanov music A Novikov lyrics S Alimov 1982 92 27 Nut Brown Girl duet with S Ivanov 1989 92 2003 Endless Sea duet with S Ivanov We Protect the Country duet with S Ivanov Afield duet with S Ivanov 1992 Evening on the Roads duet with S Ivanov 1992 Distant Northern Town trio with V S Buzurov and S Ivanov 1992 Dixie duet with S Ivanov 1992 Greetings from the Troops duet with S Ivanov Our Army duet with S Ivanov 1984 28 Ivan Semionovich Bukreev Edit Soloist of the Ensemble born 1924 died 1998 Russian Ivan Semenovich Bukreev lyric tenor soloist People s Artist of the USSR People s Artist of Russia 29 In World War II he was in the Air Force and was seriously wounded in battle In 1944 he graduated from the Gnessin State Musical College and became a soloist in the Air Force ensemble It has been suggested in the West that he was overshadowed by E Belyaev but Leonid Kharitonov remembers the following Bukreev didn t have any specific reaction to Belyaev s success Actually he was glad for his colleague Besides it would be quite strange to compare them since they were different kinds of tenor Belyaev was lyric tenor higher voice and Bukreev was a lyric and dramatic 30 tenor deeper voice Bukreev never performed as a soloist abroad Belyaev sang only three songs abroad and was mainly famous for the Kalinka song In Russia they had equal popularity Bukreev was teetotal and was a good husband and father to his wife and daughter Kharitonov only ever sang duets with one person and that was Bukreev With the Alexandrov Ensemble from 1953 to 1987 88 Bukreev gained a high reputation and recorded Take Soldiers music Y Milutin lyrics M Lisyansky Submariners Waltz music V Alexandrov lyrics Igor Morozov 1965 Rides the Border music B Muradeli lyrics A Annual We Go We Go Into the Army duet with P Bogachev music B Aleksandrov lyrics V Tatarinov The Soldier music B Mokrousov lyrics C Islands Our Soldiers music L Lyadov lyrics A Zharov Good Guy music A Doluhanyan lyrics Nekrasova L Song of Prague music M Blanter lyrics Anon 1960 At Least music A Doluhanyan lyrics M Lisyansky A Wave music A Doluhanyan lyrics M Lisyansky Soldier s Ways duet with Edward Labkovsky music B Aleksandrov lyrics B Dubrovin Russian Accordion music B Muradeli lyrics E Savinov I Took You into the Tundra music M Fradkin lyrics M Plyatskovsky performed 1982 31 Bird Cherry music M Blanter lyrics M Isakovsky South West Region music Yu Milyutin lyrics E Dolmatovskaya I Will Never Forget You music E Kolmanovsky lyrics K Vanshenkin ca 1965 Moscow Nights music V Soloviev Sedoi lyrics M Matousovski 1958 Bella Ciao duet with P Slastnoi Italian partisan song arr B Pogrebov ca 1966 32 Bucharest Love Homeland Night Wait a Day to Return 1956 Song of the Border Defence Troops two unknown solos Spring of 1945 duet with Boris Shemyakov Sky Blue Eyes 1978 Near the Garden trio with I I Savchuk and E Belyaev American Soldiers That Soldier Heads Up Far Away 1978 The Girls I Cry Early Apple Blossom Regiment Polka duet with V P Gorlanov Ready Rocket Forces duet with V L Ruslanov City of Rostov In Our Company Vasya Vasilyok duet with L M Kharitonov ca 1965 I ll Always be a Soldier 33 Vladimir Abramovich Bunchikov Edit Main article Vladimir Bunchikov Bass baritone soloist born in Yekaterinoslav 21 November 1902 died 17 March 1995 Honoured Artist of Russia 1944 From 1934 he recorded songs With V Kandelaki he sang jazz and he sang with the popular orchestra directed by B Knushevitsky and with Boris Alexandrov s Song and Dance Ensemble of All Union Radio and band His main repertoire was the songs of Soviet composers From 1942 to 1967 he was a soloist of the All Union Radio For 25 years he performed fine duets with the lyric tenor Vladimir Nechaev 1908 1969 34 whom he had met during World War II 5 35 With the Ensemble of the All Union Radio Committee under Boris Alexandrov he recorded Evening in the Roadstead Night on the Road duet with P Mikhailov recorded 1942 36 This is a baritone tenor duet and the choir includes women sopranos He also recorded Nightingale in the 1940s as a baritone tenor duet with Georgi Pavlovich Vinogradov 37 38 It s a Long Time Since We Were Home duet with V Nechaev 39 E Burchak Edit Russian E Burchakov bass baritone soloist With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Not a Do Not Know music S Tulika lyrics V Malkov Victor Sergeievich Buzurov Edit Russian Viktor Sergeevich Buzlov Tenor soloist Joined the Ensemble ca 1970 Since 1990 he has recorded with the Don Cossack Choir and V Gavva singing religious songs With the Alexandrov Ensemble he has recorded The Birch Tree 1987 Distant Northern Town trio with S Ivanov and P Bogachev 1992 Moscow 40 Vladimir Chernykh Edit Russian Chernyh Vladimir tenor soloist With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Jet Pilot Ballad of the Red Army Loyalty duet possibly with G Andryushchenko 41 Hail to the Infantry with V Shkaptsov 1978 and unknown song 42 Critical commentary on a music video featuring Chernykh and Bukreev They sing The Grey Cuckoo on Soviet Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble 43 This screenshot illustrates the sheer lack of public ego among the tenors of the Ensemble In the West a duet or trio of lyric tenors is always something of a competition for audience attention on the part of the singers but here it is always a matter of humility to the music blending complementing adjusting of the voice for perfect harmony of dynamic and musicality The duettists always behave like the army choristers whom Boris Alexandrov famously described as being so well disciplined due to regular square bashing This of course was a joke as they are clearly as exhaustively rehearsed as any Georg Solti choir This screenshot shows them not showing off but simply working It helps to illustrate that this army choir was really born of the Kazan Cathedral choir where Alexander Alexandrov learned his trade all those decades ago The choir was never a sport of the operatic stage where Boris was trained 44 Ivan Alexandrovich Didenko Edit Ivan Alexandrovich Didenko 45 soloist of the choir Russian I A Didenko Tenor soloist With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Lights Black Sun music A Doluhanyan lyrics M Lisyansky The Birch Tree 1956 46 47 Snowflakes 1956 46 47 48 V Dmitriev Edit V Dmitriev 49 Russian V Dmitriev bass soloist With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded the beautiful and dramatic Halt Who Goes There music B Muradeli lyrics E Dolmatovskaya Arthur Arturovich Eisen Edit Main article Artur Eisen Arthur Arturovich Eisen 50 Russian Artur Arturovich Ejzen bass baritone soloist b Moscow 8 June 1927 d Moscow 26 February 2008 Soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre Honoured Artist of Russia 1956 Order of the Red Banner of Labour 1971 People s Artist of the USSR 1976 Order of Friendship of Peoples 1988 With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Elegy Oh No John 1956 47 Cold Waves Lapping 1956 Black Raven 51 duet with N A Abramov 1956 4 unknown solos 1956 52 Song of the Volga Boatmen 46 47 53 54 Vasily Eliseev Edit Soloist of the choir Born 1931 died 1982 Russian Vasilij Eliseev tenor with countertenor capability i e with smooth transition to upper range and good tone and projection throughout There is a long tradition of countertenors in the Eastern Orthodox Church this tradition continued during the Soviet era With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Listen On the Kultur video from which the screenshot is taken Eliseev is incorrectly named as Nicolai A Abramov 55 56 57 58 Critical commentary on a music video featuring Vasily Eliseev Eliseev sings Listen on the music video Soviet Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble 43 The song Listen takes full advantage of Eliseev s countertenor capability According to Eliseev s apparent age in the screenshot he was probably born in the 1920s and spent his early career in World War II a time of great hardship for the general populace Music was a great solace for the troops and the people and the Alexandrovs felt the need to produce a full range of compositions They needed sopranos for their choir and soloists but were not permitted them Eliseev filled a need for a beautiful and highly trained voice to allow not just extended chords for drama and pathos in the video but chords to provide a beauty and spiritual dimension in the arrangement of Listen in which a political prisoner voices his dreams of Outside Just as the spiritual dimension of the song appears to reach through the music to beyond the studio so this singer appears to be conscious of a level beyond himself as seen in the screenshot and as heard in his ethereal upper register 44 Vladimir Fyodorov Edit The only basso profondo that the Ensemble ever had With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Bandura duet with Nikolai Polozkov 1956 59 60 61 Stanislav Ivanovich Frolov Edit Stanislav Ivanovich Frolov 62 Russian Stanislav Ivanovich Frolov magnificent Russian basso profondo from GABTa Ten years after graduation he worked as a film camera operator He was then admitted to the State Music School in the Komi Zyryan Autonomous Oblast From 1960 to 1962 he was employed by the Kyrgyz Academy Theatre then from 1964 to 1967 by the Belarusian Opera and Ballet He joined the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow as soloist and in 1970 joined their tour to Japan He joined the Alexandrov Ensemble in 1976 and was part of its tour to Japan in the same year 63 With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Great October Holiday music Boris Alexandrov lyrics S Bencken Song of the Dnieper music M Fradkin 64 music E Dolmatovskaya The Red Cavalry Civil War song D Pokrass 65 Song of the Fatherland Song of the Golden Calf from the opera Faust 1995 Soldiers Song 1983 66 Valery Gavva Edit Russian Valerij Gavva fine Russian bass b Donetsk Ukraine 1947 He is descended from an old Cossack family He attended the Industrial University of Rostov and did military service in the Urals After that he studied music at the University of Donetsk in Ukraine After graduating he became an operatic soloist In 1987 he joined the Ensemble as a bass soloist and became People s Artist of the USSR He did a 1996 tour to Japan with the National Opera Theatre of Leningrad singing in Modest Mussorgsky s operaBoris Godunov He broadcast with the Don Cossack Choir and recorded in 1994 and 1995 In 2002 he performed with the Moscow Radio and Television Choir in Korea 67 With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Treasured Stone music B Mokrousov lyrics A Zharov Poem of the Ukraine music Alexander Alexandrov lyrics O Kolychev Dark Eyes with A Molostov trumpet trad arr Dmitri Oleg Yachinov 68 69 He has made many more recordings 67 Konstantin Grigorievich Gerasimov Edit Soloist of the Ensemble born 1912 Russian Konstantin Grigorevich Gerasimov 70 People s Artist of Russia 1962 bass baritone soloist After graduating from the College of Light Industry he studied singing while working as a clerk in charge of plant management In 1936 he enlisted as an army sniper so as to be allowed into the Alexandrov Ensemble to get musical training and experience In 1969 he became a leading baritone soloist With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded The Death of Varyag music A Turischev lyrics R Greynts E Studinskaya 1959 63 Barrow music V Solovev Sedoy lyrics E Dolmatovskaya Marine Guard music Y Milutin lyrics V Lebedev Kumach Moscow Beijing music B Muradeli lyrics M Vershinin 1950 We Are For Peace music S Tulika lyrics A Zharov Song of the Ballistic Missile duet with A Sergeev music S Tulika lyrics M Andronov It s a Long Way to Tipperary 1956 71 72 Song of Japan Our Bodyguard duet with V V Puckkov 1951 Near the Border Song of the Military Alliance 1960 unknown operatic aria Song of Russia 1960 63 73 Pyotr Gluboky Edit Pyotr Gluboky 74 born Volgograd 1947 bass soloist From 1967 to 1973 he studied at Gnessin State Musical College In 1972 he began working as a soloist at the Bolshoi Theatre He was a Glinka Competition winner in 1973 and in 1974 he won the grand prize in the Toulouse International Competition He was also professor at the Gnessin State Musical College He became People s Artist of the USSR He performed as a guest soloist for the Alexandrov Ensemble on tours to Japan He recorded with the Bolshoi Theatre company 75 Vladimir P Gorlanov Edit Russian Vladimir P Gorlanov tenor soloist from mid 1950s until 1960 With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Virgin Land 1960 Song of the Defence Regiment Polka duet with I S Bukreev 76 Nikolai Timofeyevich Gres Edit Soloist of the Ensemble Born 28 December 1920 in Kobeliaky died 25 March 2003 in Simferopol Russian Nikolaj Timofeevich Gres tenor soloist Honoured Artist of Russia 1966 During World War II he sustained an injury resulting in a brain contusion From 1946 he was a soloist of the Black Sea Fleet Ensemble From 1955 to 1963 77 he was a soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre and his debut with the Bolshoi was 11 February 1956 in Moscow 78 He then joined the Alexandrov Ensemble 79 until 1973 After leaving the Ensemble he worked briefly in Moscow teaching automobile engineering then moved to Simferopol in the Ukraine where he became an administrator in the Simferopol Philharmonic Society In his last years he suffered poor health and died suddenly in hospital at Simferopol 80 Some newspaper and magazine articles about Gres are listed at Slovari Yandex 78 In 2001 in the Crimea a biography of Gres was published under the title The whole life with a song Vsyu zhizn s pesnej by I Turchin I Turchin 81 With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded I was going back from Berlin music I Dunaevsky lyrics L Oshanin 1966 The Birch Tree 1965 82 Truth of the Century 1970 The River Flows 1963 French Marching Song Pohodnaya lyrics by E Mugel 1963 My Friends duet with A S Sibirtsev and Let us remember comrades duet with A S Sibirtsev 1960s music A V Alexandrov lyrics S Alymov When I go to the quick river Kak pojdu ya na bystruyu rechku 1955 The Grey Cuckoo 1965 Obelisks music Smolsky lyrics Yasen or Obeliski D Smolskij M Yasen 1966 The Song of the Headman from the opera The Night of May by Rimsky Korsakov or Pesnya pro Golovu iz opery Majskaya noch N Rimskij Korsakov 1955 1967 I Have Travelled the Whole Universe 1969 also known as I wandered through the world 83 the part of Sobinin in Ivan Susanin Life of the Tsar opera by Glinka He also recorded Soviet Flag music B A Alexandrov lyrics P Arsky P Arskij 1969 and Fanikuli Fanikula 1969 Critical commentary on a music video featuring Nikolai Gres Edit see screenshot right Gres sings The Birch Tree on the music video Soviet Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble 43 This is a late medieval composition about a man sitting under a birch tree whittling and thinking of women It is usually categorised as a folk song as the name of the composer has been lost However it is clearly a professional composition of a quality comparative to those of medieval Northern European composers of troubadour songs such as Dufay and Binchois This performance is part of the history of the early music revival movement In the 19th century rediscovered early music along with folk music was usually arranged to be performed in the grand orchestral or Italian operatic style However such music had always survived in church music in one form or another and people were used to hearing it performed in the style of traditional European church choirs no vibrato pure and clear tone adjusting the voice production to the acoustics of the building In church music the building was always the secondary soundbox for the vocal instrument the nasal cavity being the first From the 1950s early music performance reverted to this ecclesiastical style of singing So the Alexandrov Ensemble performance of ca 1963 was very modern for its time Gres sings like a church choir baritone with the same appearance of spiritual joy as any oratorio soloist The screenshot does not capture such a moment but it does show the sheer effort that the performance required His voice is responding to a building soundbox too in this case a recording studio The Russian practice of the time was to film outdoors and then dub the sound later 84 Studio dubbing tends to appear artificial today but on this occasion it is advantageous as the church choral style does need a building soundbox From the 1970s some early music singers such as the Martin Best Ensemble started to reflect what may have been the contemporary late medieval performance style of troubadour songs that is the Arab singing style which can still be heard in Islamic sung prayer Hence Gres performance now sounds a little dated but remains nonetheless one of the finest recorded performances of this song 85 Sergei Vasilievich Ivanov Edit Russian Sergej Vasilevich Ivanov tenor soloist Honoured Artist of Russia With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded In the Ocean Gave duet with P Bogachev music B Korostylev lyrics B Bezhaev It s a Long Time Since We Were Home duet with P Bogachev music V Solovev Sedoy lyrics A Fatyanov We the Army People duet with P Bogachev music G Movsesyan lyrics Robert Rozhdestvensky Listen Beauty duet with P Bogachev music E Martin lyrics M Plyatskovsky Soldier System solo music I Yakushenko lyrics A Shaferan Your Soldiers duet with P Bogachev music B Gamal lyrics A Sofronov Smuglianka duet with P Bogachev music A Novikov lyrics Y Chvedov 86 The Samovars duet with P Bogachev music A Novikov lyrics S Alimov 1982 92 87 Endless Sea duet with P Bogachev The Hero Walks in the Urals solo 1983 Who Protects the Country duet with P Bogachev Afield duet with P Bogachev 1992 Nut Brown Girl duet with P Bogachev 1989 92 2003 Evening on the Roads duet with P Bochachev 1992 Distant Northern Town trio with S V Buzurov and P Bogachev 1992 Dixie duet with P Bogachev 1992 Greetings from the Troops duet with P Bogachev unknown duet with V Gavva 1992 Our Army duet with P Bogachev 1984 88 Critical commentary on a music video featuring Ivanov and Bogachev see screenshot left They sing Smuglianka in the DVD Silva America The Alexandrov Red Army Choir Orchestra Live in Paris 89 This performance displays the modern aspect of the Ensemble performers who are still very much part of the choir and who still sing in the traditional soldierly undramatic style but who are now free to exchange little smiles with the audience the conductor and each other as seen in the screenshot partly reflecting the light subject matter of the song and partly in polite acknowledgement of their worldwide popularity as duettists 90 These are trained and professional singers who can still perform a light hearted song in the same intimate manner as lads in a student bar and this creates immediate empathy in the audience This is fine professional singing with an effect as light as air These performers are able to demonstrate very gently the plane on which musicians live while on stage the kind of musical ecstasy which only happens when a performance goes just right 91 B Jaivoronok Edit With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Troika trad arr Dmitri Oleg Yachinov 92 Gandzia trad arr Dmitri Oleg Yachinov 93 See image here born 1938 Russian Boris Grigorevich Zhajvoronok bass baritone soloist People s Artist of Russia and Honoured Artist of Ukraine 1972 In 1964 he graduated from the Kharkiv Institute of Arts From 1965 he was soloist at the Kharkiv Opera and Ballet He was with the Alexandrov Ensemble 1981 1998 and he recorded The Enemies of the Burned Home music M Blanter lyrics M Isakovsky My Moscow music I M Dunaevsky lyrics S Agranyan M Lisyansky Ogonek lyrics M Isakovsky It is time to Take the Road music V Solovev Sedoy lyrics S Fogelson Farewell Rocky Mountains music E Zharkovsky lyrics A N Bukin Troika and Granada 187 Vladimir Nikolaevich Katerinsky Edit Russian Katerinskij Vladimir Nikolaevich bass baritone soloist In the 1940s and 1950s he recorded with the Alexandrov Ensemble unknown duet with N A Abramov 1954 Siberian Child Went to War Evening on the Roads with V I Nikitin Mary 94 1951 95 Leonid Kharitonov Edit Main article Leonid Kharitonov singer Leonid Kharitonov 1970s Soloist of the Ensemble Golumet Irkutsk Oblast 1933 Moscow 19 September 2017 Russian L M Haritonov People s Artist of Russia Honoured Artist of Russia bass baritone soloist Known as Lenya Kharitonov When his father went missing in World War II his mother brought him up At the age of 14yrs he studied locally to be a welder and began to perform as a singer At 17 years old he started auditioning at Irkutsk Philharmonic then at Moscow Philharmonic and finally was accepted by Moscow Conservatory This was very difficult because as a Siberian he did not have even a matriculation certificate but his strong singing voice spoke for him For nearly 20 years he was a member of the Red Song and Dance Ensemble of the Soviet army later the Alexandrov Ensemble in the choir from 1953 to 1965 and a soloist from 1965 to 1972 He subsequently became a soloist with the Moscow Philharmonic He performed successfully in most concert halls in Russia On tour he visited the entire country including the Kremlin Palace concert hall He was the pride of Russia sang at concerts for the Government and for foreign delegations After that he went on tour abroad a great deal 96 Biography lt ref gt With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded The Ballad of the Russian Boy music Novikov lyrics Oshanin L John Reid Goes to Petrograd music Novikov lyrics M Vershinin It is Not the End of the War music B Muradeli lyrics M Andronov Here Lenin Lived music B Terentiev lyrics A Fatyanov Lenin s Guard music B Aleksandrov lyrics M Khotimsk My Native Land music O Feltsman lyrics Oshanin L Not Old Soul Veterans music Tulika S lyrics Y Belinsky Song of Peace music B Muradeli lyrics V Kharitonov Sedina music A Ekimyan lyrics F Laube Son of the Fatherland music S Tulika lyrics V Lazarev The Song of Russia music St Tulika lyrics V Kharitonov Song of the Volga Boatmen 97 98 Death of Varyag 99 Ivan Semyonovich Kozlovsky Edit Ivan Semyonovich Kozlovsky 100 Russian Ivan Semyonovich Kozlovskij b Mali Poltava Ukraine 1900 d 1993 a lyric tenor Order of the National Anthem 1941 People s Artist of the USSR 1940 He made his debut at the Kharkiv Opera Theatre From 1926 to 1954 he was a member of the Bolshoi Theatre He was professor at Gnessin State Musical College 1956 to 1980 continuing over the age of 80 In Russia has been considered the best tenor in the first half of the 20th century From the 1920s he recorded opera In the 1950s with the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded martial music and Russian folk songs including Song of the Red Navy 1953 In Front of the Forest and Raw Wilderness 101 Nikita Khrushchev said in his autobiography that Kozlovsky was Joseph Stalin s favourite tenor and that Koszlovsky was unhappy about this 102 Andrey Kusleev Edit Russian Andrej Kusleev bass baritone soloist With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Cold Waves Lapping duet with E Belyaev music F Bogoroditsky lyrics Ya Repninsky Shooting Kommunarov duet with E Belyaev music V Tan Bogoraz a duet with Abramov Execution of the Warrior Revolution 103 duet with E Belyaev Marching song duet with I A Didenko Song of the Red Army Cavalry recorded 1954 Travel Far duet with V V Puchkov 104 I Kuznetsov Edit Russian I Kuznecov tenor soloist With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Saw the Father and Son music Russian Kompaneec Z lyrics Y Shvedov 105 Edward Maxovich Labkovsky Edit Edward Maxovich Labkovsky 106 107 108 born in Kazakhstan 24 July 1938 109 Russian Eduard Maksovich Labkovskij bass soloist Honoured Artist of Russia 1978 People s Artist of Russia 1988 He moved to Moscow aged 3yrs after his father a Soviet official died There he worked in an aircraft factory as a fitter assembler before attending Gnessin State Musical College as a singer instructed by A Adana After graduation he took part in a Puccini opera at Moscow Conservatory did a tour singing across the country from Transdniestria to Sakhalinthen then joined the Ensemble in 1972 On behalf of the Ensemble he travelled the country performing solos with a sextet of musicians from the orchestra and entertaining troops where they were in service 110 He also performed on film and television but has been ill recently 111 With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Take an Overcoat music V Levashov lyrics B Okudzhava The Entire Country It is Our Job music B Terentiev lyrics V Kharitonov Hot Snow music A Pakhmutova lyrics M Lvov 1980 Victory Day music D Tuhmanov lyrics V Kharitonov 1992 Conductors of War music B Figotin lyrics F Laube Otgremeli Near Moscow has Long Battles music A Kukushkin lyrics B Zishenkova Paratroopers Song music M Minkov lyrics I Shaferan Letter From the Depths music B Russian Kalistratov lyrics M Reytman Under the Balkan Stars music M Blanter lyrics M Isakovsky Before it is Too Late music A Pakhmutova lyrics N Dobronravov Soldiers Ways duet with Ivan Bukreev music B Aleksandrov lyrics B Dubrovin Fifth Ocean music W Korostelev lyrics B Bezhaev Home Country music G Movsesyan lyrics B Gin Forties music I Katayev lyrics D Samoylov Tulskaya Defence music Novikov lyrics V Guryan The Shield and Sword P Ovsiannikov S Volkov Men 1978 Take the Mantle 1975 Commissars 1980 Parachute Song The Russians Want War 1989 Separation My Country 112 113 Konstantin Pavlovich Lisovsky Edit Konstantin Pavlovich Lisovsky 114 115 born Leningrad 22 October 1932 Fine tenor soloist Russian K P Lisovskij also translated as Lissovsky Lisovskiy or Lisovski People s Artist of Russia 1983 winner of competitions named after Glinka and Tchaikovsky In 1951 he graduated from the Gorky Aviation Technical School and was sent to the factory In 1953 was accepted into the Moscow Conservatory where he studied for three years From 1954 he did military service and sang in the Alexandrov Ensemble then from 1965 to 1997 he was soloist for the Moscow State Academic Philharmonic Society In 1967 he graduated from Gnessin State Musical College He was winner of the Glinka All Union vocalists competition 1965 and the International Tchaikovsky Competition 1966 He sang a wide repertoire besides opera and performed in more than 30 countries He has performed on the radio and recorded on vinyl and CDs Since 1980 he has taught at the Russian Academy of Music Associate Professor since 1989 116 117 One of his recordings is Golden Lights music V Solovev Sedoy lyrics A Fatyanov S Fogelson With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded The Birch Tree trad arr Dmitri Oleg Yachinov 118 119 Yuseph Laut Edit Russian Yu Laut tenor soloist With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Song of the Klim Voroshilov duet with Georgiy Babaev music Alexander Alexandrov lyrics O Kolychev Artillery March duet with Oleg Razumovsky music Novikov lyrics S Vasiliev Alexei Pavlovich Martynov Edit Alexei Pavlovich Martynov 120 121 born Moscow 4 March 1947 Russian Aleksej Pavlovich Martynov also translated as Martinov and Martinoff tenor soloist People s Artist of Russia 2003 Professor of the Moscow Conservatory Laureate of international competitions He graduated from Gnessin State Musical College in 1970 with a diploma for violin In 1976 he graduated with honours from the Moscow Conservatory as a singer Since 1972 he has recorded for the Radio and Television in the USSR and Russia totalling many hours of music opera operetta oratorio cantata duets romances and songs of composers of the 18th 19th and 20th centuries folk songs recordings of symphonic chamber folk and pop music and with instrumental ensembles He won second prize at the International Vocal Competition in Budapest Hungary in 1975 and fourth prize at the International Vocal Competition in Aldeburgh UK in 1978 He was a member of the international jury of the Dmitry Shostakovich contest at Hanover Germany in 1997 He is involved with the Shubert Society in Moscow With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded In a Sunny Forest Clearing music V Solovev Sedoy lyrics A Fatyanov The Roads music A Novikov lyrics L Ochanine arr V Samsonenko Nightingales etc 122 Mikhail Mikhailov Edit Tenor soloist With the Ensemble of the All Union Radio Committee under Boris Alexandrov he recorded Evening in the Roadstead Night on the Road duet with Vladimir Bunchikov recorded 1942 36 This is a bass baritone tenor duet and the choir includes women sopranos In most of his recordings he uses a light voice suitable for radio or film but in some such as Boat Mihailov exhibits the kind of powerful tenor favoured by the Alexandrov Ensemble to be heard above the choir and orchestra 123 Victor Ivanovich Nikitin Edit Main article Victor Ivanovich Nikitin Russian Viktor Ivanovich Nikitin tenor soloist born in Syzran 1911 and died in Moscow 1994 124 125 He joined the Ensemble around 1938 126 He was already known as Mr Kalinka before World War II 124 127 He recorded many songs with the Alexandrov Ensemble including Song of the Red Fleet Sailors recorded 1943 and Kalinka 128 Legend in Russia says that when he sang to entertain the Russian troops at the Eastern Front in World War II the Germans on the other side stopped shooting to listen 129 130 At the Alexandrov Ensemble August 1948 Peace Concert in East Berlin he sang encores of Kalinka and received high praise He returned to the Ensemble choir in 1952 by his own choice and remained with the Ensemble until at least 1965 He recorded Ich Freue Mich Ihnen Mein Lied Zu Singen in 1988 saying that it was 40 years after the 1948 peace concert in Berlin Vasily Pankov Edit Russian V Pankov tenor soloist With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Song about Blyukher music Alexander Alexandrov lyrics S Alymov Vasya Vasilyok music Anatoly Novikov lyrics Sergei Alymov duet with Georgiy Babaev 131 N S Polozkov Edit Russian N S Polozkov With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Ah Lovely Night 1956 132 Leonid V Pshenichniy Edit Russian Leonid V Pshenichnyj tenor soloist People s Artist of Russia With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Birch Dreams music B Geviksman lyrics G Fere In the Dugouts music K sheets lyrics A Surkov Where Are You Now Odnopolchane Friends music V Solovev Sedoy lyrics A Fatyanov Let Lit 133 music M Tabachnikov lyrics I Frenkel Katyusha music M Blanter lyrics M Isakovsky My Favourite music M Blanter lyrics E Dolmatovskaya Parade of Victory music V Pleshakov lyrics B Levtov Oh the Road music Novikov lyrics Oshanin L My Country trad arr B Alexandrov 134 Vsevolod V Puchkov Edit Russian Vsevolod V Puchkov tenor soloist later Mariinsky Theatre soloist With the Alexandrov Ensemble in the 1940s and 1950s he recorded Song of Peace and Friendship music B Shainsky M Jordan lyrics M Lisyansky Song of the Young Soldiers music P Akulenko lyrics Ya Shvedov 1950 Long live our Country music Boris Alexandrov lyrics A Shilov duet with Georgiy Babaev unknown operatic aria 1951 Travel Far Ten Thousand Years of Our Country duet with G I Babaev 1951 In a Sunny Forest Clearing Russia unknown song 1954 Our Bodyguard duet with K G Gerasimov 1951 135 Oleg N Razumovsky Edit Russian Oleg N Razumovskij bass baritone soloist With Georgy Vinogradov he recorded We Assumed Polsveta music S Katz lyrics A Sofronov 136 With the Alexandrov Ensemble in the 1940s to 1960s he recorded American Soldiers Song music B Hills In the Battle for the Motherland music Kompaneec Z lyrics L Oshanin In a good hour music K sheets lyrics A Zharov Goodbye Mom music V Solovev Sedoy lyrics A Galic Pub music B Hills As for the Kama the River music V Solovev Sedoy lyrics Vladimir Gusev Krasnoflotskaya Smile music N Budashkin lyrics A Fidrovsky Swallow Kasatochka music E Zharkovsky lyrics O Kolychev Artillery March duet with Yuri Louth music Novikov lyrics S Vasiliev Sailor s Waltz music V Sorokin lyrics S Fogelson It s a Long Way to Tipperary music D Judge lyrics S Bolotin Night Music L D Utesov lyrics I Fradkin Eternal Glory to our Hero duet with B G Shapenko Dance Dance Echo Across the River Farewell Song of the Coachman Song of the Unified 1949 When We Part 137 138 Mark Reizen Edit Mark Reizen Main article Mark Reizen Bass soloist at the Mariinsky Theatre and Bolshoi Theatre With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded The Fond Stone Oh The Road Ekh dorogi transmitted on Soviet All Union radio in 1947 36 Song of the Volga Boatmen trad arr Dmitri Oleg Yachinov 139 Vadim Lvovich Ruslanov Edit Soloist of the Ensemble born 1926 Russian Vadim Lvovich Ruslanov People s Artist of the USSR 1974 bass soloist His mother was an actress he attended drama school and became an actor attached to a Moscow theatre However he still had a passion for music and studied at Gnessin State Musical College He joined the Alexandrov Ensemble in 1958 With the Alexandrov Ensemble during the 1960s and 1970s he recorded And the Song Goes to War music M Fradkin lyrics C Islands Cranes music J Frenkel Lyrics R Gamzatov Solidarity March music S Tulika lyrics A Sofronov A Peaceful Country music A Averkin lyrics A Turkin Angels Brothers or Brothers in Heaven music A Averkin lyrics P Gradov ca 1965 Invisible Soldiers of the Front music Novikov lyrics P Gradov Song of the Faraway Homeland music M Tariverdiyev lyrics Robert Rozhdestvensky Victory music V Shainsky lyrics L Oshanin Regimental Band duet with Vadim V Shkaptsov music L Lyadov lyrics G Hodos Do You Hear Me Paris music A Ostrovsky lyrics L Oshanin Soldiers Pribautki duet with E Belyaev music A Doluhanyan lyrics G Hodos Soldiers Are Always Soldiers music V Solovev Sedoy lyrics M Matusovsky 1960 68 Oh No John Ballad of the Eternal Dance Dance 1975 Take the Mantle 1980 The Wind Sounds 1966 He is a Man Kutuzov s Heart Military Musician Murderers Roam the Earth Farewell Love 1966 Third Battalion Voices of the Earth Song of Unity Sentry Post My Friends I Believe Paris Old Soldier s Song Bravo the Soldiers 1969 Song of Friendship World Peace Daughter is Water 1966 The Stone 1973 Rocket Troops March Ready Rocket Forces duet with I S Bukreev The Russians Want War 1963 64 Song of Russia ca 1965 Song of the Russian Soldiers Our Country Russia 1960 140 Ensign Victor Sanin Edit Sanin died in the 25 December 2016 plane crash Ivan Ivanovich Savchuk Edit Russian Ivan Ivanovich Savchuk tenor soloist With the Alexandrov Ensemble in the 1950s he recorded Smuglyanka duet with Ivan Abramov music Novikov lyrics Ya Shvedov Dark Eyes 1956 Sweet Fruit Nut Brown Girl 1953 1956 Nut Brown Maiden duet with N Abramov 1956 7 Happy Girl Near the Garden trio with I S Bukreev and E Belyaev Bandura both as solo and as duet with V Fedorov 1951 56 59 60 141 I Look Up at the Sky Black Eyebrows 1956 142 Alexei Tikhonovich Sergeev Edit See also Russian Wikipedia article about A T Sergeev Alexei Tikhonovich Sergee 143 soloist of the Ensemble Russian Aleksej Tihonovich Sergeev Born 24 January 1919 in Gerasimovka in the Tambov region of Russia People s Artist of the USSR 1967 State Prize of the USSR Graduated from Gnessin State Musical College From 1940 to 1968 he was bass singer with the Alexandrov Ensemble promoted to soloist 1950 Performed in recitals from 1968 144 With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Ballad of the Tank music IE Zharkovsky lyrics Yuri Kamenetsky M Kravchuk 1951 Memoirs of Algiers music B Muradeli lyrics E Dolmatovskaya Duma of the Motherland music S Tulika lyrics V Malkov Stars Lovely Homeland music I Dunaevsky lyrics M Matusovsky 1965 Nothing Was Said music V Solovev Sedoy lyrics A Fatyanov On the Rocks Granite Rocks music B Terentiev lyrics AN Bukin Bryansky Partisan Song duet with E Belyaev music D Kabalevsky lyrics V Lebedev Kumach Song of the Ballistic Missile music S Tulika lyrics M Andronov Third Battalion music B Mokrousov lyrics A Fatyanov Soldiers Carry Out the Order music O Feltsman lyrics V Sergeev Stenka Razin 1951 56 63 145 146 147 148 Along Peterskaya Road Street trad arr Dmitri Oleg Yachinov 1956 60 66 149 150 151 152 153 Ah Nastasia trad arr B Alexandrov 1968 154 155 unknown operatic aria Song of the Volga Boatmen Ukrainian Poem 1956 60 63 156 157 See the Village unknown song Under the Elm Under the Oak 1963 2007 158 Can You Hear Me Brother Marching Song Cossack Cossack Work Song 1956 Her Son in Law Cheesecake If I Had a Hammer 1956 159 The Motto of the Struggle Uncle 1951 Red Sun 1960 Rain Bryansk Forest Old Urals Soldier s Farewell Star Song of the Poplar Groove Ballad of the Moscow Boy The Little Bells Night Spend an Evening 1977 Lenin Lived Here Story of Russia Only Russia 160 He is buried in Moscow not far from his fellow soloist Evgeny Belyaev in a section of Novodevichy Cemetery affiliated branch Russian Novode viche kla dbishe located in Kuntsevo District 161 Boris G Shapenko Edit Soloist of the Ensemble Russian Boris G Shapenko bass soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre Honoured Artist of Russia With the Alexandrov Ensemble in the 1960s he recorded It is the Soviet Navy music K Sheets lyrics V Guryan Song of the Volga Boatmen music M Fradkin 162 The Long Range Guns Are Silent music M Blanter lyrics M Matusovsky Rodina music S Tulika lyrics Yu Polukhin Evening on the Road Night on the Road 1980s duet with E Belyaev music V Solovev Sedoy lyrics A Churkin Eternal Glory duet with O N Razumovsky Song of the Red Army Cavalry Country unknown opera aria Spring in Berlin 1965 The Fun and Joy 1969 Song of Russia 163 Boris Shemyakov Edit Russian Boris Shemyakov bass baritone soloist from the 1970s onward With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Sailors March duet with V Shkaptsov Spring 1945 duet with I S Bukreev Hawks 164 Vladimir Shkaptsov Edit Soloist of the choir Russian Vladimir Shkapcov bass soloist in the 1960s and 1970s In 1957 he graduated from Gnessin State Musical College With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Regimental Band duet with Vadim Ruslanov music L Lyadov lyrics G Hodos Sailors March duet with B Shemyakov Song of the March Past duet with A S Sibirtsev Hail to the Infantry duet with V Chernykh 165 Vasily Ivanovich Shtefutsa Edit Vasily Shtefutsa Also spelled Chtefoutsa Russian Vasilij Ivanovich Shtefuca current tenor soloist People s Artist of the USSR 1993 From a farming family in Ukraine He sang in the choir of the Uzhhorod School of Music then attended Gnessin State Musical College graduating in 1965 With the Alexandrov Ensemble he was at first in the choir then as a soloist from 1970 he recorded You are One of Us music A Doluhanyan lyrics M Lisyansky Moscow music D Tuhmanov lyrics B Dubrovin Kalinka 166 167 and Korobeiniki 168 both trad arr Dmitri Oleg Yachinov He won a prize in the Polish song festival of 1972 169 Alexander Sergeievich Sibirtsev Edit Soloist of the choir born 1935 Russian Aleksandr Sergeevich Sibircev dramatic tenor soloist People s Artist of the USSR Studied at Gnessin State Musical College From 1963 he was a soloist of the Opera and Ballet Theatre in Gorky In 1964 he spent a year 170 as a soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble then became soloist of Perm and Samara Opera With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded My Friends duet with N T Gres unknown song duet with N T Gres Song of the March Past with N T Shkaptsov 171 B Slastnoi Edit With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Bella Ciao duet with I Bukreev Italian partisan song arr B Pogrebov 172 173 Anatoly Borisovich Solovyanenko Edit Main article Anatoliy Solovianenko Anatoly Borisovich Solovyanenko 174 175 guest soloist born Donetsk Ukraine 25 September 1932 died 29 July 1999 Ukrainian Anatolij Borisovich Solov yanenko Russian Anatolij Borisovich Solovyanenko People s Artist of the USSR before 1978 People s artist of Ukraine State Taras Shevchenko prize winner 176 He was born into a mining family and graduated from Donetsk Polytechnic Institute in 1954 having taken singing lessons at Olexander Korobeichenko from 1950 He began his career in Donetsk where there is now a monument in his memory 177 He did 12 performances at the Metropolitan Opera in Kiev then graduated from Kiev Conservatory in 1978 For 30 years he was soloist at the Taras Shevchenko National Opera and Ballet Theatre in Kiev and performed at Expo 67 in Montreal 178 He performed as soloist for Alexandrov Ensemble during its UK tour 1988 singing Kalinka and others 179 He recorded 18 LPs arias romances and songs 180 Ivan Stolyar Edit Ivan Stolyar born in Kostroma 16 September 1977 died 25 December 2016 Bass baritone Graduated from the A Schnittke Moscow State Institute of Music in 2002 He was a soloist of the Tver Philharmonic from 1999 to 2000 then joined the Ensemble in 2005 As of 2010 he sings for the Ensemble as a guest soloist 181 With the Ensemble he has performed in various concerts including Quebec 2008 where he sang the song known in the west as Those Were the Days but which is a Russian song called Dorogoj dlinnoyu or By the Long Road by Boris Fomin Died in the 25 December plane crash A Syrovatko Zolotarev Edit Russian A Syrovatko Zolotaryov tenor soloist With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded I Am From Berlin music I Dunaevsky lyrics L Oshanin Barseg Tumanyan Edit Barseg Tumanyan 182 guest soloist born Yerevan 1958 Renowned Armenian bass soloist Russian B R Tumanyan People s Artist of Armenia soloist of Yerevan Opera and the Metropolitan Opera the winner of the Tchaikovsky contest With the Alexandrov Ensemble in ca 1960 he sang Granada 183 and the Toreador Song from Bizet s Carmen and received a seemingly endless ovation 184 In 2008 he celebrated his 50th anniversary as a bass soloist with the Opera 185 In 2007 Tumanyan was interviewed by M Zatikyan 186 187 Alexei Ivanovich Usmanov Edit Alexei Ivanovich Usmanov 188 born Moscow 1916 d 1990 Russian Aleksej Usmanov tenor soloist He began singing in the amateur choir of the Automobile Club before World War II He wanted to join the choir of the All Union Radio but World War II began As a soldier he fought bravely when an armoured personnel carrier was hit for this he was awarded the Order of the Red Star In the late 1940s he became a soloist of All Union Radio and in the early 1960s began to record duets with Victor Selivanov 189 With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded You Often Write Soldier music B Terentiev lyrics S Bencken In 1954 he took part in a recording of The Enchantress by Pyotr Tchaikovsky with the Moscow Philharmonia State Orchestra and Radio USSR chorus Georgi Pavlovich Vinogradov Edit Main article Georgi Pavlovich Vinogradov Russian G P Vinogradov tenor soloist born in Kazan 16 November 1908 died in Moscow 11 November 1980 Honoured Artist of Russia 1949 From about 1937 he sang jazz opera and Soviet lyric songs on Radio Moscow and in World War II he sang with the USSR Committee of Defense Model Orchestra From 1943 to 1951 he was a soloist with the Alexandrov Ensemble however in 1951 there was apparently a bar room brawl which embarrassed the Soviet government and finished his career 190 See his own page for further information With the Alexandrov Ensemble he recorded Two Maxims recorded 1943 191 Oh the Road 192 In a Forest at the Front recorded 1945 Nightingale recorded 1950 Dark Night recorded 1945 36 In the 1940s he also recorded Nightingale as a duet with the baritone Vladimir Bunchikov 37 and The Bending Branch or Luchina 193 as a solo with the Alexandrov Ensemble 194 195 1 95 Igor F Volkov Edit Russian I F Volkov Bass soloist of the Novosibirsk Opera House He sang with the Alexandrov Ensemble in the 1970s and 1980s and performed Dark Eyes Black Eyes 1978 196 Boris Grigorievich Zhayvoronok Edit Boris Grigorievich Zhayvoronok 197 born 1938 Russian Boris Grigorevich Zhajvoronok bass baritone soloist People s Artist of Russia and Honoured Artist of Ukraine 1972 In 1964 he graduated from the Kharkiv Institute of Arts From 1965 he was soloist at the Kharkiv Opera and Ballet He was with the Alexandrov Ensemble 1981 1998 and he recorded The Enemies of the Burned Home music M Blanter lyrics M Isakovsky My Moscow music I M Dunaevsky lyrics S Agranyan M Lisyansky Ogonek lyrics M Isakovsky It is time to Take the Road music V Solovev Sedoy lyrics S Fogelson Farewell Rocky Mountains music E Zharkovsky lyrics A N Bukin Troika and Granada 198 Other soloists EditLev Leshchenko born 1942 a soloist with the Ensemble from 1962 With the Alexandrov ensemble he performed Den Pobedy on Soviet TV 1976 199 A I Mischenko Russian A I Mishenko from GABTa Current soloists EditValery Gavva Vasily Ivanovich Shtefutsa Edward Maxovich Labkovsky S V Ivanov Honoured Artist of Russia P D Bogachev Honoured Artist of Russia V P Maystruk Honoured Artist of Russia A A Gvozdetsky Honoured Artist of Russia B M Mizyuk Honoured Artist of Russia Dmitry Bykov Ensign Vadim Petrovich Ananyev Mr Kalinka Tatiana Deryabkina Honoured Artist of Russia Boris Diakov 200 See also EditAlexandrov Ensemble Alexandrov Ensemble choir Alexandrov Ensemble discographyReferences Edit a b c Guildmusic Onlineshop for CDs and DVDs from Classical Worldmusik Jazz Blues Gospel www guildmusic com Retrieved 22 January 2023 Information from Leonid Kharitonov who was a member of the Ensemble 1953 1972 CD Melodiya Sacred War in Russian MELCD60 00938 1 Bryansk Forest Translated narod ru webpage biography of G Abramov permanent dead link a b Retro samnet Biography of Georgi Abramov Retrieved 29 December 2009 Translated narod ru webpage G Abramov biog and songlist Already as the Sea permanent dead link a b CD EMI Classics Red Army Ensemble 0946 3 92030 2 4 Nut Brown Maiden CD EMI Classics Red Army Ensemble 0946 3 92030 2 4 The Little Bells Translated Japanese webpage Nicolai Abramov Retrieved 22 January 2023 DVD Kultur Soviet Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble D1106 Listen the singer credited with the performance of Listen on this DVD is Vasily Eliseev identified by Leonid Kharitonov who sang in the Alexandrov Ensemble with both singers Na bortu razbivshegosya Tu 154 byli vse artisty hora ansamblya im Aleksandrova krome treh chelovek in Russian Echo of Moscow 25 December 2016 Retrieved 25 December 2016 Translated Russian webpage birth date of Georgy Andryushchenko Japanese Red Army webpage biography of Andryushenko Archived from the original on 29 May 2009 Retrieved 22 January 2023 Russian Wikipedia Bolshoi Opera Company page list of performers with dates of service Translated operamusic ru webpage Famous Russian Soviet Singers Retrieved 22 January 2023 Slovari Yandex Andryushenko Georgij Yakovlevich Andryushchenko Georgi Yakovlevich Archived from the original on 22 December 2012 Retrieved 20 January 2011 dic academic ru Andryushenko G Ya Andryushchenko G Y Retrieved 20 January 2011 Andryushchenko Georgy Deiz IOANN PAVEL II I RUSSKIJ MEDVED John Paul II and the Russian Bear Dei Disillusionist magazine 09 Retrieved 1 October 2017 Epinions Review of Khovanshchina recording 1979 Archived from the original on 24 March 2012 Retrieved 18 April 2009 Mussorgsky Khovanshchina Full opera 1 Retrieved 22 January 2023 via www youtube com Narod ru Photograph of Andryushchenko as Marquise in The Gambler to see the picture click on the image titled Andryushenko Georgij Retrieved 21 January 2011 Wayback Machine web archive org Retrieved 22 January 2023 Translated narod ru webpage biography of V I Anisimov permanent dead link Translated Japanese webpage biog of Belyaev Retrieved 22 January 2023 DVD Kultur Soviet Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble D1106 Oh the Rye Kalinka CD Melodiya Sacred War in Russian MELCD60 00938 1 Nightingales CD Silva Classics The Best of the Red Army Choir SILKD6034 Smuglianka The Samovars Translated Japanese webpage Pyotr Bogachev Retrieved 22 January 2023 Translated Library Karelia ru short biog of Bukreev Retrieved 22 January 2023 These are Russian descriptions of voice types which may not precisely reflect the European voice types YouTube www youtube com Retrieved 22 January 2023 CD Silva Classics The Best of the Red Army Choir SILKD6034 Moscow Nights Bella Ciao Translated Japanese webpage Ivan Bukreev Retrieved 22 January 2023 Translaged narod ru webpage biography of V Nechaev permanent dead link Translated narod ru webpage biography of VA Bunchikov permanent dead link a b c d Soviet Wartime compositions www armchairgeneral com Retrieved 22 January 2023 a b Georgi Vinogradov and Vladimir Bunchikov Nightingales Solovi Retrieved 22 January 2023 via www youtube com Translated kkre 20 narod ru webpage Biography of Bunchikov permanent dead link CD Melodiya Sacred War in Russian MELCD60 00938 1 It s a Long Time Translated Japanese webpage Victor Buzurov Retrieved 22 January 2023 Translated Japanese Website source for possible duet with Andryushchenko Retrieved 22 January 2023 Translated Japanese webpage Vladimir Chernykh Retrieved 22 January 2023 a b c D1106 ISBN 0 7697 8690 1 B0013N3LIG published by Kultur ca 1960 dir I Jugashvili Musical dir Boris Alexandrov filmed in the USSR See Alexandrov Ensemble discography for further details a b Important Before editing this critical commentary please read the section Critical Commentaries on the article discussion page Wayback Machine web archive org Retrieved 22 January 2023 a b c CD EMI Soviet Army Chorus amp Band CDC 7 47833 2 DIDX 1015 a b c d CD EMI Classics Red Army Ensemble 0946 3 92030 2 4 Translated Japanese webpage Biography and songlist of Didenko permanent dead link Wayback Machine web archive org Retrieved 22 January 2023 Narodnyj klub lyubitelej russkih basov Artur Ejzen bas bass Eizen www rusbass ru Retrieved 22 January 2023 Translated narod ru 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25D1 2580 25D0 25BE 25D0 25BB 25D0 25BE 25D0 25B2 26sl 3Den 26tl 3Dja Translated Japanese website Biography of S Frolov Retrieved 22 January 2023 Mark Fradkin m fradkin narod ru translate goog Retrieved 22 January 2023 CD The Best of the Red Army Choir SILKD6034 The Red Cavalry Translated Japanese webpage Biography of S Frolov Retrieved 22 January 2023 a b Japanese Red Army webpage biography of Gavva Archived from the original on 29 May 2009 Retrieved 22 January 2023 Les Yeux Noirs Otchi Tchernye Red Army Choir Retrieved 22 January 2023 via www youtube com CD Silva Classics The Best of the Red Army Choir SILKD6034 Dark Eyes His patronym is alternatively said to be Petrovich CD EMI Soviet Army Chorus amp Band CDC 7 47833 2 DIDX 1015 Tipperary CD EMI Classics Red Army Ensemble 0946 3 92030 2 4 Tipperary Translated Japanese webpage Biography and songlist of KG Gerasimov permanent dead link グルボキー web archive org 29 May 2009 Retrieved 22 January 2023 Japanese Red Army webpage biography of Gluboky Archived from the original on 29 May 2009 Retrieved 22 January 2023 Translated Japanese webpage Vladimir Gorlanov Retrieved 22 January 2023 L M Kharitonov who knew Gres says this was 1950 1960 a b Slovari Yandex Vocal and encyclopaedia Gres Nicholas T 1920 in Russian Archived from the original on 21 December 2012 Retrieved 22 December 2010 Leonid Kharitonov who knew Gres says this was 1964 1965 Information from Leonid Kharitonov who knew him Franko Crimea 16 Turchin I in Russian and Ukrainian 2001 Archived from the original on 13 August 2011 Retrieved 23 December 2010 DVD Kultur Soviet Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble D1106 The Birch Tree Translated Japanese webpage Nicholas Gres Retrieved 22 January 2023 although this film was made by a German company filming in Russia Important Please read the section Critical Commentaries on the article s discussion page before editing this commentary Thank you CD Silva Classics The Best of the Red Army Choir SILKD6034 Smuglianka CD Silva Classics The Best of the Red Army Choir SILKD6034 The Samovars Translated Japanese webpage Sergei Ivanov Retrieved 22 January 2023 SILDV 7004 Live performance in Paris 16 17 December 2003 Dir I Jugashvili Released 8 February 2005 See Alexandrov Ensemble discography for further information They have a strong fanbase in Japan where people perform their songs in Red Army costume Important please read the Critical Commentary section on the article s discussion page before editing this commentary Thank you CD Silva Classics The Best of the Red Army Choir SILKD6034 Troika NB In Troika dance a man dances with two women which may explain some of the humour in this song i e the title could be taken to mean threesome CD Silva Classics The Best of the Red Army Choir SILKD6034 Gandzia Possibly this is Ave Maria a b Google Images images google co uk translate goog Retrieved 22 January 2023 Translated narod ru webpage biography of L M Kharitonov permanent dead link VHS Kultur Soviet Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble Volga Boatmen DVD Kultur Soviet Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble D1106 Volga Boatmen Translated Japanese webpage biography and songlist of L M Kharitonov Retrieved 22 January 2023 コズロフスキー web archive org 29 May 2009 Retrieved 22 January 2023 Japanese Red Army webpage biography of Koslovsky Archived from the original on 29 May 2009 Retrieved 22 January 2023 Khrushchev Nikita 2004 Khrushchev Sergei ed Memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev Volume 1 Commissar The Pennsylvania State University Press ISBN 0 271 02332 5 This could be identical with Shooting Kommunarov Japanese Red Army webpage biography of Kusleev Archived from the original on 29 May 2009 Retrieved 22 January 2023 Translated narod ru webpage biography of Boris Kuznetsov He could possibly be identical with I Kuznetsov permanent dead link https translate google com translate hl en amp langpair ru 7Cen amp u http www ensemble aleksandrova ru index php 3Fid 3D234 amp prev translate s 3Fhl 3Den 26q 3D 25D0 25AD 25D0 25B4 25D1 2583 25D0 25B0 25D1 2580 25D0 25B4 2B 25D0 259C 25D0 25B0 25D0 25BA 25D1 2581 25D0 25BE 25D0 25B2 25D0 25B8 25D1 2587 2B 25D0 259B 25D0 25B0 25D0 25B1 25D0 25BA 25D0 25BE 25D0 25B2 25D1 2581 25D0 25BA 25D0 25B8 25D0 25B9 26sl 3Den 26tl 3Dru https translate google com translate c hl en amp sl ja amp u http www katch ne jp alexandrov solo labkovsky html amp prev search 3Fq 3Dbelyaev 2B1926 1994 26hl 3Den 26rlz 3D1C1CHMP en USGB292GB303 26sa 3DG amp usg ALkJrhjTQyrgmuZC4r6QDFuloK7u59HMxg https translate google com translate hl en amp langpair ru 7Cen amp u http kkre 31 narod ru labkovski htm amp prev translate s 3Fhl 3Den 26q 3D 25D0 25AD 25D0 25B4 25D1 2583 25D0 25B0 25D1 2580 25D0 25B4 2B 25D0 259C 25D0 25B0 25D0 25BA 25D1 2581 25D0 25BE 25D0 25B2 25D0 25B8 25D1 2587 2B 25D0 259B 25D0 25B0 25D0 25B1 25D0 25BA 25D0 25BE 25D0 25B2 25D1 2581 25D0 25BA 25D0 25B8 25D0 25B9 26sl 3Den 26tl 3Dru Translated Narod ru webpage biography of EM Labkovsky Translated Narod ru webpage Biography of EM Labkovsky K onlajnu Putinu zadali 360 tysyach voprosov Life ru 14 December 2010 Retrieved 22 January 2023 Translated Japanese webpage Edward Labkovsky Retrieved 22 January 2023 Translated renatibragimov ru webpage biography of Labkovsky with incorrect birthdate Retrieved 22 January 2023 Wayback Machine web archive org Retrieved 22 January 2023 http kkre 32 narod ru lisovski jpg Translated narod ru webpage biography of K Lisovsky permanent dead link YouTube www youtube com Retrieved 22 January 2023 CD Silva Classics The Best of the Red Army Choir SILKD6034 The Birch Tree Translated narod ru webpage biography of K Lisovsky permanent dead link https upload wikimedia org wikipedia commons thumb 8 8f D0 9C D0 B0 D1 80 D1 82 D1 8B D0 BD D0 BE D0 B2 png 411px D0 9C D0 B0 D1 80 D1 82 D1 8B D0 BD D0 BE D0 B2 png http kkre 33 narod ru martynov a jpg CD The Best of the Red Army Choir SILKD6034 The Roads Translated narod ru webpage biography of Pavel Mihailov could be identical with P Mikhailov permanent dead link a b Information from Leonid Kharitonov soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble Information from Nikitin s daughter Liudmila Gurkova Another version says that he joined the Ensemble in 1935 Kompaniets Anatoly April May 2000 The Newspaper Culture No 16 Pastoral over the ruins Archived from the original on 16 July 2011 Retrieved 25 March 2010 Translated Japanese webpage Album Les Choeurs de L Armee Rouge Nikitin s Kalinka Retrieved 22 January 2023 Sovmusic Comments 2007 2007 Retrieved 25 March 2010 Yuferova Jadwiga 13 December 2007 Union Belarus Russia no 338 Fire bird flocks do not fly Interview with Leonid Maleev director of Alexandrov Ensemble Retrieved 25 March 2010 Translated narod ru webpage biography of baritone Georgi G Pankov probably not identical with v Pankov permanent dead link CD EMI Soviet Army Chorus amp Band CDC 7 47833 2 DIDX 1015 Ah Lovely Night A better translation of this songtitle is needed CD Silva Classics The Best of the Red Army Choir SILKD6034 My Country Translated Japanese webpage Biography and songlist of V Puchkov permanent dead link Translated narod ru webpage list of 78rpm Melodia records made by G Vinogradov permanent dead link Translated Japanese webpage Oleg Razumovsky Retrieved 22 January 2023 Oleg Razumovskij Anno Domini UMKA Retrieved 22 January 2023 CD Silva Classics The Best of the Red Army Choir SILKD6034 Song of the Volga Boatmen Translated Japanese webpage Vadim Ruslanov Retrieved 22 January 2023 Translated Japanese webpage Ivan Savchuk Retrieved 22 January 2023 CD EMI Classics Red Army Ensemble 0946 3 92030 2 4 Black Eyebrows https translate google com translate c hl en amp sl ja amp u http www katch ne jp alexandrov solo sergeyev html amp prev search 3Fq 3Dbelyaev 2B1926 1994 26hl 3Den 26rlz 3D1C1CHMP en USGB292GB303 26sa 3DG amp usg ALkJrhhQ75D LvmNxs3rl2zYHyWTWFPZFg THE NAMES CONCERNED TO THE TAMBOV REGION www tstu ru Retrieved 22 January 2023 YouTube www youtube com Retrieved 22 January 2023 VHS Kultur Soviet Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble Stenka Razin DVD Kultur Soviet Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble D1106 Stenka Razin Translations of song titles may be slightly inaccurate CD Silva Classics The Best of the Red Army Choir SILKD6034 Along Peterskaya CD EMI Soviet Army Chorus amp Band CDC 7 47833 2 DIDX 1015 Along Peterskaya CD EMI Classics Red Army Ensemble 0946 3 92030 2 4 Along Peterskaya VHS Kultur Soviet Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble Along Peterskaya DVD Kultur Soviet Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble D1106 Along Peterskaya CD Silva Classics The Best of the Red Army Choir SILKD6034 Ah Nastasia Translated Japanese webpage Alexei Sergeev Retrieved 22 January 2023 CD EMI Soviet Army Chorus amp Band CDC 7 47833 2 DIDX 1015 Ukrainian Poem CD EMI Classics Red Army Ensemble 0946 3 92030 2 4 Ukrainian Poem DVD Kultur Soviet Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble D1106 Under the Elm Under the Oak CD EMI Classics Red Army Ensemble 0946 3 92030 2 4 If I Had a Hammer Translated Japanese webpage Alexei Sergeev NB Many songtitles are duplicated in the article due to different translations from various sources Information from Leonid Kharitonov a fellow soloist who knew him YouTube www youtube com Retrieved 22 January 2023 Translated Japanese webpage Boris Shapenko Retrieved 22 January 2023 Translated Japanese webpage Boris Shemyakov Retrieved 22 January 2023 Translated Japanese website Vladimir Shkaptsov Retrieved 22 January 2023 CD Silva Classics The Best of the Red Army Choir SILKD6034 Kalinka YouTube www youtube com Retrieved 22 January 2023 CD Silva Classics The Best of the Red Army Choir SILKD6034 Korobelniki sic Japanese Red Army webpage biography of Shtefutsa Archived from the original on 29 May 2009 Retrieved 22 January 2023 Leonid Kharitonov who knew him says he was only half a year in the Ensemble Translated Japanese webpage A S Sibirtsev Retrieved 22 January 2023 CD Silva Classics The Best of the Red Army Choir SILKD6034 Bella Ciao Slastnoi may have recorded Bella Ciao in 1966 Retrieved 22 January 2023 http kkre 43 narod ru solovyan jpg http musplanet narod ru Images solovianenko anatoly gif Bank gov ua webpage commemorative coin celebrating Solovianenko 1999 Archived 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine Places of interest and sightseeing in Donetsk Region Ukraine Olymp Travel web archive org 9 August 2007 Retrieved 22 January 2023 Ukrainian music in Canada The Canadian Encyclopedia Archived 8 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Information from VHS packaging see Alexandrov Ensemble discography page Translated narod ru webpage Biography and discography of Solovyanenko Retrieved 22 January 2023 Alexandrov Ensemble website Ivan Stolyar in Russian Archived from the original on 2 October 2011 Retrieved 21 December 2010 Wayback Machine web archive org Retrieved 22 January 2023 YouTube www youtube com Retrieved 22 January 2023 YouTube www youtube com Retrieved 22 January 2023 Barseg Tumanyan TV Propaganda of his 50th Anniversary Concert Retrieved 22 January 2023 via www youtube com Translated Golos am webpage Interview with Barset Tumanyan 2007 Retrieved 22 January 2023 Tumanyan Barseg Robertovich Enciklopediya fonda Hajazg ru hayazg info translate goog Retrieved 22 January 2023 http kkre 45 narod ru usmanov jpg en amp u http kkre 45 narod ru usmanov htm amp prev translate s 3Fhl 3Den 26q 3D 25D0 25AD 25D0 25B4 25D1 2583 25D0 25B0 25D1 2580 25D0 25B4 2B 25D0 259C 25D0 25B0 25D0 25BA 25D1 2581 25D0 25BE 25D0 25B2 25D0 25B8 25D1 2587 2B 25D0 259B 25D0 25B0 25D0 25B1 25D0 25BA 25D0 25BE 25D0 25B2 25D1 2581 25D0 25BA 25D0 25B8 25D0 25B9 26sl 3Den 26tl 3Dru amp usg ALkJrhidzNm hY4k7tT0w9LqhbhU124OJQ Translated narod ru webpage biography of Alexei Usmanov permanent dead link grandi tenori com is for sale HugeDomains Archived from the original on 9 November 2006 Retrieved 22 January 2023 CD Melodiya Sacred War in Russian MELCD60 00938 1 Two Maxims CD Melodiya Sacred War in Russian MELCD60 00938 1 Oh the Road The subject of this folk song may be the Lucina River in the Czech Republic Georgi Vinogradov and Red Army Ensemble The Bending Branch Retrieved 22 January 2023 via www youtube com Translated kkre 22 narod ru webpage Biography of Vinogradov permanent dead link Chernoglazaya kazachka USSR Nostalgia SSSR Nostalgiya 1978 Retrieved 22 January 2023 via www youtube com ジャイヴォロノク web archive org 29 May 2009 Retrieved 22 January 2023 Japanese Red Army webpage biography of Zhayvoronok Archived from the original on 29 May 2009 Retrieved 22 January 2023 YouTube www youtube com Retrieved 22 January 2023 Houston Grand Opera HGO Studio 2010 11 Studio Artist Boris Dyakov baritone 2008 Archived from the original on 23 October 2010 Retrieved 11 October 2010 External links EditAlexandrov Ensemble website biography of Boris Alexandrov listing his soloists Translated Russian English via Google Translation Tool Translated Japanese webpage List of Ensemble soloists with links to biographies and discographies en amp u http retrofonoteka ru pevets photo htm amp tbb 1 amp rurl translate google com amp usg ALkJrhikE6k9wxuarPmTtapUHncz JxL2w Old photos of some of the earlier Ensemble soloists permanent dead link Early and recent Ensemble soloists Wordpress Alexandrov Ensemble blog Some recent choir members Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alexandrov Ensemble soloists amp oldid 1136631857, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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