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Russian Romances

News Russian Music  Female Singers Male Singers Classic Russian Songs Russian Waltzs Russian Choirs Russian Duets
My star Those Were the Days Dark Eyes aka Les Yeux Noirs Only Once  Ytro Tymannoe (foggy morning) Otgovorila rotcha zolotaya Coachman Don't Spur On The Horse Ya vas lubil
Ya Vstretil Vas Love and separation Beliy Akatsii Grozya Dushistie Klen tu moy opavshiy Vashe blagorodie
 (Your nobility, lady Luck)
Ocharovana Okoldovana Do not awaken recollections Temnaya Noch
Letter to mother Glyadya na lush purpunogo zakata Ne zhaliyu ne zovu ne plachu Eh dorogi Dorogoy Dninnoyu Ya eihala domoy Dve Gitary The last word (A Cruel Romance)
          Otcveli uzh davno chrisantemy v sadu Russian Musical Humor Etc

See also Selected Russian Songs

Old News ;-)

Иосиф Кобзон и хор В.Минина - Живет моя отрада

Ольга Храмцова Ночь светла

Ryahin

Sred Shumnogo bala (at the ball)

 

Otcveli uzh davno chrisantemy v sadu

 

Галина Кияшко исполняет романс "Очарована, околдована..."

"Две гитары - Dwie gitary" śpiewa Borys Somerschaf

Romance from Russia - Keto Dzaparidze - Utro Tumannoie

Rare Record- Nastya Polyakova "Rasstavajas', ona govorila"

YouTube - Людмила Гурченко Уйди, совсем уйди

YouTube - Singer Zara Мне грустно на тебя смотреть Певица Зара

YouTube - АХ, ЭТА КРАСНАЯ РЯБИНА

YouTube - Группа Лицей песня Мой костер живое исполнение

Олег Погудин "Мой костер в тумане светит..."

YouTube - караоке Мой костёр в тумане светит dan

[Apr 21, 2008] Арбенина и Трофим - Я спросил у ясеня (Две зв, #3, 31.12.07)

[Apr 5, 2008] Русское поле

[Apr 5, 2008] YouTube - Владимир Ивашов Над окошком месяц

[Apr 5, 2008] YouTube - Романс On govoril mne bud ty moeyu

[Apr 5, 2008] YouTube - Сергей Любавин Пускай ты выпита другим...

[Apr 4, 2008] YouTube - Я спросил у ясеня

My star

From youtube comments

This song is very, very beautiful.
I take the liberty to post here the English version I have recently obtained:
"Shine , shine my star,
Star of love, how inviting you are!
You are my only and one light,
there will never be another .
As the night falls down to Earth
lots of stars will shine on sky.
But you're the one, my lovely star ,
shining pleasant rays on me". (continues...)

 

"Star of hope ,
star of love and magic days.
You will always be here,
by my troubled soul.
And your strong and bright rays
will illumine my being.
Should I die, on my grave you will
shine, shine my star

 

Dark Eyes aka Les Yeux Noirs

Dark Eyes (song) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dark eyes (Ochi chornye, Black Eyes), folk song Information and Much More from Answers.com

Those Were the Days

Those Were the Days (song) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Music was written by Boris Fomin (1900-1948). The  first performer was Vertinski.  Lyrics by Gene Raskin is different from the Russian variant (although general nostalgia theme is very close), so this is a different song with the same music. Re-birth of the song  was due to  mary hopkin - those were the days-68  arranged by Paul McCartney. Mary Hopkins/Paul McCartney interpretation had a hit, yet no one knew about the origin of the melody and the original composer was never credited.  Anyway few suspect that the melody is exact copy of a Russian song.

Best performers include Vicky Leandros, Gigliola Cinquetti,   and Dalida. Many other singlers permed it, for example Helena Paparizou

 
English text by Gene Raskin
Once upon a time there was a tavern,
Where we used to raise a glass or two.
Remember how we laughed away the hours,
And dreamed of all the great things we would do.

Refrain:
Those were the days my friend,
We'd thought they'd never end,
We'd sing and dance for-ever and a day,
We'd live the life we choose,
We'd fight and never lose,
For we were young and sure to have our way.
Lalala lah lala, lalala lah lala
Those were the days, oh yes, those were the days.

Then the busy years when rushing by us.
We lost our starry notions on the way.
If by chance I'd see you in the tavern,
We'd smile at one another and we'd say:
Refrain:

Just tonight I stood before the tavern,
Nothing seemed the way it used to be.
In the glass I saw a strange reflection,
Was that lonely person really me.
Refrain:

Through the door there came familiar laughter.
I saw your face and heard you call my name.
Oh, my friend, we're older but no wiser,
For in our hearts the dreams are still the same.
Refrain:

French version Le temps des fleurs is a single made famous by French singer Dalida but I prefer Vicky Leandros perfomanvce.  It was released in 1968.

This is one of my most favourite songs. It is the only song from her that I like very much. However, the song is originally Russian...
Namely, I was quite surprised when I discovered that the song was exact copy of Russian song "Dorogoj Dlinnoju" from 1920s (I heard it on a new CD of Manca Izmajlova).
Other artists

richpat (8 months ago)

Not an exact copy (crunchy3d) the music was written by Boris Fomin who was Russian, the Lyrics used on mary's version were writtrn by Gene Raskin, an American, he and his partner Francesca were the duo whom Paul McCartney heard singing the song, which he later produced for Mary Hopkin...
The words in the Russian song you refer to "Dorogoi dlinnoyu" were written by Konstantin Podrevskii and have a different meaning.
for more information go to maryhopkin.net 

Old russian interpretation

Beliy Akatsii Grozya Dushistie

Only Once

 Ytro Tymannoe

Klen tu moy opavshiy

Love and separation

Otcveli uzh davno chrisantemy v sadu

 

Coachman Don't Spur On The Horse

Ya Vstretil Vas

Do not awaken recollections

Temnaya Noch

Ya vas lubil

Ya pomnya vasa zvuk prelestniy

Otgovorila rotcha zolotaya

The last word (A Cruel Romance)

А напоследок я скажу (singing by Valentina Ponomareva)

It's a romance highlighting a famous Russian film A Cruel Romance (1985) filmed by Eldar Ryazamov and based on the classic play The Dowerless Girl by the 19th c. playwright Alexander Ostrovsky. The beautiful Larissa, daughter of an impoverished noblewoman, lives in a small town on the Volga River. She falls madly in love with Sergei, who returns her feelings as long as it serves his purposes. It's all very sad!

Ocharovana Okoldovana

YouTube - гр.Санкт-Петербург - Очарована,околдована - Песня-90

Ya eihala domoy

YouTube - Тайна русского романса

Glyadya na lush purpunogo zakata

Ne zhaliyu ne zovu ne plachu

Letter to mother

YouTube - Russian Guitar Romance есенин 'Письмо к матери'

YouTube - Russian Guitar Romance есенин 'Письмо к матери'

Eh dorogi

Dorogoy Dninnoyu

See Those Were the Days

Kalitka (Open the gate gently)

Dve Gitary

Ya pomny valsa zvuk prelestnyi

YouTube - Георг Отс Я помню вальса звук прелестный

O chom zadumalsys detina

YouTube - Troika - balalaika

Etc



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