Name:
Louis Alter and His Balalaika Orchestra

Tracks with this artist

Niet Niet Nie Chotchoo

Author:
Traditional
Genre:
Folk/Russian Gypsy
Subject:
Maiden refusing to give up the pleasures of youth.
Song comment:
Title translates: "No, No, I Do Not Want."
On album:
A-051(a) (Louis Alter Echoes of Old Russia)
Track ID:
32980
Arranger:
Lefkowitch, Henry — לעפֿקאָװיטש, הענרי
Bass-baritone soloist:
Cassen, Gerald
Orchestra:
Louis Alter and His Balalaika Orchestra
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Russian
Style:
Concert

An Evening in Moscow (Medley)

Also known as:
Vetcher V. Moskwe
Also known as:
Moskowski Vetcher
Genre:
Folk/Instrumental Medley
On album:
A-051(a) (Louis Alter Echoes of Old Russia)
Track ID:
32981
Orchestra:
Louis Alter and His Balalaika Orchestra
Arranger:
Alter, Louis
Arranger:
Cherry, R.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental

Bayoushki Bayou

Genre:
Folk/Lullaby
Subject:
Sleep my sad, shy one…
On album:
A-051(a) (Louis Alter Echoes of Old Russia)
Track ID:
32982
Bass-baritone soloist:
Cassen, Gerald
Orchestra:
Louis Alter and His Balalaika Orchestra
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Russian
Style:
Concert

Sounds of Eastern Europe (Medley)

Genre:
Medley of popular Yiddish song melodies.
Song comment:
Credited as "traditional" and representing different nationalities of Russia.
On album:
A-051(a) (Louis Alter Echoes of Old Russia)
Track ID:
32983
Orchestra:
Louis Alter and His Balalaika Orchestra
Arranger:
Alter, Louis
Arranger:
Cherry, R.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental

Korubushka — קאָרובושקאַ

Also known as:
The Village Peddler
Also known as:
Yoshke Der Pedler
Genre:
Russian/Folk
Additional song notes:
Based upon a poem with the same name by Nikolai Alekeevich Nekrasov published in 1861
Related information in folder 883:
Comments:
!. Artical from Wikipedia as of Jan 25, 2009 under title "Korobeiniki" providing historical background , and original, transliterated and tranlated lyrics of "Korubushka".
On album:
A-051(a) (Louis Alter Echoes of Old Russia)
Track ID:
32984
Bass-baritone soloist:
Cassen, Gerald
Orchestra:
Louis Alter and His Balalaika Orchestra
Arranger:
Alter, Louis
Arranger:
Cherry, R.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Concert