“virtuosity & splendid musicianship is the keynote…other instruments too between them they provide some very attractive sounds… (including) tremendously exciting Flight of the bumblebee, Dance of the Comedians and the charming Waltz of the Faun… Recording very natural-sounding with wide dynamic range” - Gramophone

Contents:
Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra / Vitaly Gnutov
Rudolf Belov (domra)
1. Fantasy on Two Folksongs (Nikolay Budaschkin)
2. At Sunrise (Trad. arr. Gorodovskaya)
3. The Linden Tree (Pavel Kulikov)
4. Kamarinskaya (Nikolay Osipov)
5. Fantasy on Volga Melodies (Mikhailov-Shalayev)
6. In the Moonlight (Vasily Andreyev)
7. Midnight in Moscow (Vasily Soloviev-Sedoy)
8. Under the Apple Tree (Vasily Andreyev)
9. Snow Maiden, Op.12 (Tchaikovsky) - Dance of the Buffoons
10. The Living Room (Yuri N Shishakov)
11. Evening Bells (Trad/Koslov/Alyabyev)
12. My Dear Old Friend, Please Visit me (Trad. arr Poponov)
13. Waltz of the Faun (Vasily Andreyev)
14. Tale of Tsar Saltan: Suite, Op.57 (Rimsky-Korsakov) – Flight of the Bumblebee
Recorded June 1962, Moscow, for Mercury Living Presence
                             
The Russian Balalaika Orchestra
15. Stepdastep /Steppe all around
16. Down Petershaya Street
17. Blue Duckling
18. Play My Whistle
19. Wind Is Blowing
20. Semyonovna
21. I Was Walking in the Forest
22. Kalinka
Traditional, arranged by Vyacheslav Grokhovsky