Alexandrov Ensemble discography


This is a list of recordings made by the Alexandrov Ensemble since 1928. Within each section they are in alphabetical order of record labels.

DVDs

Facets">Facets Multi-Media">Facets: ''[Leningrad Cowboys]'' - ''[Total Balalaika Show]''

Kultur">Kultur Video">Kultur: ''Soviet Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble''

  1. Forward, On the Way or Let's Go
  2. The Birch Tree
  3. Under the Elm Tree, Under the Oak.
  4. Kamarinskaya
  5. The Golden Rye
  6. Dance of the Soldiers
  7. Listen
  8. Stenka Razin soloist: [Alexandrov Alexandrov Ensemble|Ensemble soloists|A.T. Sergeev]. Filmed on location.)
  9. Meadowland
  10. Down the Peterskaya Road
  11. The Grey Cuckoo
  12. Dance of the Cossacks
  13. Song of the Volga Boatmen
  14. The Girl Next Door
  15. Kalinka
  16. Lovely Moonlit Night
  17. Dance of the Zaporozhye Cossacks
  18. ''Forward, On the Way''

Silva America: ''The Alexandrov Red Army Choir Orchestra - Live in Paris''

CDs

Amiga">Amiga (record label)">Amiga: ''Zur Edition''

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Analekta: ''The Red Army Chorus, the Best of the Original Ensemble'', AN28800

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Analekta: ''The Red Army Chorus'', ASIN: B001B5CS7Q

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Ariola: The Red Army Ensemble; Royal Albert Hall

Ariola - released through BMG Enterprises. 1988 BMG Records 353 278 - set of two discs

Bella: ''Boris Alexandrov Ensemble & Russian State Choir'', ASIN: B00000AZLO

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Bellaphon: ''Russland, wie es singt und lacht'' 288.05.017

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BMG France">Bertelsmann Music Group">BMG France: ''Les Choeurs de L'Armée Rouge'' 74321423482

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Le Chant du Monde: ''Les Choeurs de L'Armée Rouge à Paris'', LDX274768

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  1. The Birch Tree
  2. Chant des Partisans
  3. Cold Waves Lapping
  4. Ukraine Poem
  5. On the Way
  6. Soldiers' Choir from Faust
  7. Leaving Song
  8. Polyushko Pole
  9. The Grey Cuckoo
  10. Song of Youth
  11. The Neighbour
  12. Along the Peterskaya Road
  13. The Liberation Song

The Eastern Front: ''Letters From the Front'', Front 003

  1. Invasion: V. Molotov's speech upon Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union
  2. Svyaschennaya Voyna, or Sacred War. Alexandrov Ensemble
  3. Letter 1.
  4. Call for Defence.
  5. In a Front Zone Forest.
  6. Everything is For the Front.
  7. Letter II.
  8. Oh Roads.
  9. Letter III.
  10. Wait for Me.
  11. Letter IV.
  12. This is the Soviet Information Bureau....
  13. Night Over Leningrad.
  14. Two Maxims.
  15. It was time to forget, inspired by Konstantin Simonov's poem Wait For Me, 1941.
  16. Lizaveta.
  17. Nothing bad can happen to me, inspired by Dark Night, originally sung by M. Bernes in the Soviet movie Two Soldiers, 1942..
  18. Song of a Front Truck Driver.
  19. Soldier's Father.
  20. Volchovskaya Drinking Song.
  21. The War Went On....
  22. Song of the Soviet Army, or Invincible and Legendary .
  23. Victory.

EMI Angel">EMI Records">EMI Angel: ''Volga Boat Song. Soviet Army Chorus and Band'', CC30-9078. Out of print

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EMI">EMI Records">EMI: ''Soviet Army Chorus & Band'', CDC-7-47833-2 DIDX-1015

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  1. Song of Youth
  2. The Birch Tree
  3. Far Away
  4. Song of the Volga Boatmen
  5. You Are Always Beautiful
  6. Along Peterskaya Street
  7. It's a Long Way to Tipperary
  8. Ah Lovely Night
  9. Kamarinskaya
  10. Annie Laurie
  11. Polyushko Pole
  12. Kalinka
  13. Bandura
  14. Oh No John
  15. Snowflakes
  16. Ukrainian Poem
  17. Soldiers' Chorus from ''The Decembrists''

[EMI Classics]: ''Red Army Ensemble'', 0946-3-92030-2-4

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  1. Song of Youth
  2. A Birch Tree
  3. Far Away
  4. You Are Always Beautiful
  5. Kalinka
  6. Along Peterskaya Street/Road
  7. Bandura
  8. Soldiers' Chorus
  9. Beautiful Moonlit Night
  10. Kamarinskaya
  11. Annie Laurie
  12. Black Eyebrows
  13. Ukrainian Poem
  14. Oh No John
  15. Song of the Plains/Meadowland or Polyushko Pole
  16. Snowflakes
  17. Song of the Volga Boatmen
  18. Nut-brown Maiden
  19. The Little Bells
  20. Dubinushka
  21. It's a Long Way to Tipperary
  22. ''God Save the Queen''

EMI">EMI Records">EMI France: ''Les Choeurs de L'Armée Rouge'', 8334342

  • .
  • Included are: Kalinka, Lovely Moonlit Night, Along the Peterskaya Road, Kamarinskaya, You Are Always Beautiful, Cossack Dance, Ukrainian Poem, Song of Youth, The Birch Tree, Bandura, Oh No John, Song of the Volga Boatmen, Annie Laurie and the Soldiers' Chorus from The Decembrists.

Ensemble Independent: ''70th Anniversary: The Alexandrov Red Army Chorus'', AA980001-2

Forever Gold: ''The Red Army Choir'', FG317

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  1. Kalinka
  2. Beautiful Mum
  3. The Birch Tree
  4. Kalinouchka
  5. Polyushko Pole
  6. Listen
  7. Doubinouchka
  8. Chant des Partisans
  9. Out of the Woods
  10. Funeral Song

His Master's Voice">His Master's Voice (British record label)">His Master's Voice Classics: ''Red Army Favourites'', His Master's Voice 5730452

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Madacy">Madacy Entertainment">Madacy: ''Alexandrov Red Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble 1, Live'', ASIN: B00063QKEQ

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Madacy">Madacy Entertainment">Madacy: ''Alexandrov Red Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble 2, Live'', ASIN: B00063QCEO

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[Melodiya]: ''Sacred War'' (in Russian">Russian language">Russian), MELCD60-00938/1

  1. Echelon song: Holy War or Svyaschennaya Voyna
  2. Two Maxims
  3. Oh the Road
  4. Odessa: Love is Shrouded in Mist
  5. In the Dugout or Zemlyanka
  6. Sinij platochek
  7. Tyomnaya noch'
  8. Treasured Stone
  9. Zhdi menya
  10. Rustling Bryansk Forest
  11. Artillery March
  12. Goodbye City and Hut
  13. Come On
  14. Accidental Waltz
  15. Song of the Front Driver
  16. My Favourite
  17. Song of a War Correspondent
  18. In a Sunny Forest Clearing/Meadow
  19. Nightingales
  20. It's a Long Time Since We Weren't Home .

[Melodiya]: ''Wartime Choruses, in memory of 9th May 1945'', MCD207, Out of print

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[Melodiya] Russian: ''50th Anniversary of Victory Day 1945'', RDCD00434

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[Melodiya] Military Archives Records: ''Red Army Ensemble Military Music'', MAR-RAM1967

[Melodiya] Bomba: ''Best Lyric Songs'', BoMB033-204

  • , I Took You Into the Tundra, unknown song, Let's Go!, Sky-Blue Eyes, You Are Always Beautiful, Our Friends, Before the Long Journey, Nightingale, Nut Brown Girl, Fatherland, ''Crane''

[Melodiya]: ''Eh Dorogi'', MELCD6000615

  • , 5. Friends, 7. John Cornflower, 9. Treasured Stone, 12. Rustling Bryansk Forest, 17. Evening on the Roadstead, 19. Katyusha, Oh Roads or ''Eh Dorogi''

[Melodiya]: ''Kalinka, Popular Russian Songs'', ASIN: B000E1JO0W

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[Melodiya]: ''Moonlight Over Moscow'', ASIN: B000003ETF

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Olympia: ''Slavonic Farewell'', MKM 85

  • , Soldier's song from the opera The Decembrists, The Sun has Disappeared Behind the Mountain, Nightingales, Field, Along the Valleys and Mountains, Doncy-guys, Rock, The Cossack Was Riding over Dunai, My Beloved One Lives, Dark Eyes, Twelve Robbers, The Bell is Ringing Monotonously, I Will Harness a Troika of Swift Steeds, Slavyanka Partying, ''Masculine Boldness Went on the Spree''

Olympia: ''Wartime Choruses: Alexandrov Song and Dance Ensemble of the Soviet Army'', ASIN: B000Y15TLU

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Silva Classics: ''The Best of the Red Army Choir'', SILKD6034

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Disk 1

  1. Kalinka
  2. Chant des Partisans
  3. Suliko
  4. Korobelniki
  5. On the Road
  6. My Country
  7. The Red Army is the Strongest
  8. Moscow Nights
  9. Along Peterskaya Street/Road
  10. Smuglianka
  11. Troika
  12. Ah Nastassia
  13. Echelon Song
  14. My Army
  15. Civil War Songs
  16. ''Bella Ciao''

Disk 2

  1. National Anthem of the Soviet Union
  2. Polyushko Pole,
  3. The Cliff
  4. The Cossacks
  5. In the Central Steppes
  6. Gandzia
  7. Cossack Song
  8. The Roads
  9. Song of the Volga Boatmen
  10. Dark Eyes
  11. Let's Go
  12. The Birch Tree
  13. The Road Song
  14. The Samovars
  15. Varchavianka
  16. ''Slavery and Suffering''

Silva Screen: Alexandrov Red Army Choir & Orchestra Live in Paris 0738572603823

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Soldore: ''Les Choeurs de L'Armée Rouge'', SOL620

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Supraphon">Supraphon Records">Supraphon: ''Alexandrovci, The A.S.D.E. in Prague'', SU5471-2 301

  1. Guard Song
  2. Long Live Our Land
  3. I Loved You
  4. I Look Up in the Sky
  5. A Tiny Village I See
  6. Peace Shield
  7. The Oath
  8. Mary: Romance
  9. Winter Evening
  10. Stenka Razin arr. B.A. Alexandrov
  11. Far From the Town's Bustle
  12. Rolling on to Prague
  13. Green Grass
  14. Uncle Nitwit
  15. Song of the Mayor
  16. Song of the Volga Boatmen
  17. Sacred War or Svyaschennaya Voyna
  18. Resistance Fighters Song
  19. Troika
  20. Song of Peace
  21. Song of my Country
  22. Polyushko Pole.

[Teldec] Japan: ''Moscow Nights, Red Star Red Army Chorus'' WPCC-5349, Out of print

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[Teldec]: ''Kalinka, Red Star Red Army Chorus'', 090317730721

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[Victor Entertainment]: ''Russian Folk Songs'', VICP-41059-60

  • , Little Bells, Rough Sea Spray, ''Along the Peterskaya Road''

[Victor Entertainment]: VICS-60006-10

  • , Tanks, Men, Oh You Rye, Cantata Alexander Nevsky from ''My Homeland''

Unknown label: МК-МУЗЫКА MKM117


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Audio cassettes

Ariola">Ariola Records">Ariola: ''The Red Army Ensemble, Royal Albert Hall'', 503 278

Fiesta: ''Song of Russia'', ASIN: B00006AWIT, Out of print

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VHS

Kultur">Kultur Video">Kultur: ''Soviet Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble''

Prism Leisure Corporation: ''The Red Army Ensemble'', ''Video Special'', PLATV310

  • ; 2. Cossack Goes to the Danube ; 3. Dance ; 4. Two-Eskimos-fighting dance; 5. Dance ; Brave Soldiers ; 7. Sailors' Dance; 8. Serenade of a Stutterer ; 9. Dance ; 10. ''Kalinka''

Singles and EPs

Singles (7inch, 45rpm)

Columbia">Columbia Records">Columbia: ''The Soviet Army Ensemble'', SEL1605

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[Melodiya]: ''The Alexandrov Song and Dance Ensemble of the Soviet Army'', 45C-001211-2

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EPs (45rpm)

Columbia">Columbia Records">Columbia: ''The Red Army Ensemble'', SEL1706

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[Radio DDR 1] (Gesellschaft für DSF): ''Auf gutem Weg Mit Guten Freunden'', 4 30 033 4 30 033

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  • * A1: Speech by Erich Mückenberger. Als Präsident Der Gesellschaft Für Deutsch-Sowjetische Freundschaft Überreiche Ich Ihnen In Anerkennung Ihrer Verdienste Um Unsere Herzenssache Diese Schallplatte. Erich Mückenberger was chairman of the German-Soviet Friendship Society 1978–1989, and this is his introduction to the recordings.
  • * A2: Im Schönsten Wiesengrunde.
  • * B1: Ich Freue Mich, Ihnen Mein Lied Zu Singen : not a song, but a spoken introduction by Nikitin to his performance of Kalinka.
  • * B2: Kalinka.

LPs

Artia: ''The Red Army Marches in Hi-Fi''

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Columbia">Columbia Records">Columbia: ''The Soviet Army Ensemble'' Volumes 1 & 2, 33C 1049 and 1050

  • 10 inch LPs. Volume 1: 8 tracks. Side 1: Song of Youth, A Birch-tree in a field did stand, Far Away, You are always beautiful. Side 2: Kalinka, Along Peter's Street, Bandura, Soldier's Chorus. Volume 2: 9 tracks. Side 1: Black Eyebrows, Ukrainian Poem, Oh, no! John!, Over the Fields. Side 2: Volga Boat Song, Nut-brown Maiden, The Little Bells, Song of the Hammer, Tipperary.

Columbia">Columbia Records">Columbia: ''The Red Army Ensemble'', SAX 2487 or 33CX 1844

Columbia">Columbia Records">Columbia: ''The Red Army Ensemble Vol 2'', 33C1066

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EMI Angel">EMI Records">EMI Angel: ''The Red Army Ensemble Vol.2'', S36143. Out of print

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EMI Angel">EMI Records">EMI Angel His Master's Voice">His Master's Voice (British record label)">His Master's Voice: ''The Soviet Army Ensemble'', SXLP30062

[Melodiya]: ''The Ensemble's 50th Anniversary set of 2 LPs'', 33C60-11207-10. Out of print

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[Melodiya]: ''50th Anniversary set of 2 LPs'', 33C20-08027-30, Out of print

  • , Kalinka, Song of Youth, Crane, extract from ''Dubinushka''

[Melodiya]: ''60th Anniversary 2-LP set'', C60-08163-6, Out of print

  • , Nightingale, Victory, Kalinka, Road of the Soldiers, Dark Eyes, Heart of the Sailor, Song of Russia, Crane, Catalina, Dance Dance, ''Let's Join the Army''

[Melodiya]: ''The Alexandrov Song and Dance Ensemble'' C-01235-6, Out of print

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[Melodiya]: ''Red Banner, the Soviet Army, Apeksans Androva''

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[Melodiya]: ''The Alexandrov Ensemble, Stenka Razin and other famous Russian folk songs'', OS 2140

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[Melodiya]: ''Alexandrov Song and Dance Ensemble of the Soviet Army'', CM 02873-4

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Saga: ''The Alexandrov Ensemble'', EROS8066

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Sounds Superb/Music For Pleasure: ''Cossack Patrol'', SPR 90022

  • Printed 1966

Sounds Superb/Music For Pleasure: ''The Red Army Choir Conducted by Alexandrov'', MFP 2089

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Supraphon">Supraphon Records">Supraphon: ''Alexandrov Song and Dance Ensemble'', SUA-ST51182 or SUA 11182, Out of print

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Vox: ''Red Army Ensemble''

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Vox: ''Red Army Ensemble'', STPL 515.090

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78s

ASCH-Stinson: ''From Border to Border and The Young Birch Tree'', ASCH3011

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[Melodiya]: ''Soldier Always a Soldier'', 0-30

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Le Chant du Monde: ''Choeurs de L'Armée Rouge: Bandoura'', 614

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Le Chant du Monde: ''[Polyushko Pole]'' and ''Les Partisans'', 620

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Columbia: ''Song of the plains'' or ''[Polyushko Pole]'' Cornet solo: M.K.Lemechko, CL 6335. Disk C-10002

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Unknown label: ''Famous Red Army Songs'', 2-record set

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USSR, Aprelevsky Plant LPs: ''Cold Waves Lapping (Varyag)'', B-20753-4

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USSR, Aprelevsky Plant LPs: ''Down by Mother Volga'' and ''Storm Revel'', B- 9504-8

  • ; B: ''Storm Revel''

USSR, Aprelevsky Plant LPs: ''You Will Come Up, Red Sun'' and ''Oh, Yes You, Kalinushka'', B- 8995-9

  • ; B: ''Oh, Yes You, Kalinushka''

Other formats

[Magnetic tape]s

Unknown label: ''Soviet Army Chorus & Band''

EMI Angel">EMI Records">EMI Angel: ''The Red Army Ensemble Vol.2'', ZS-36143. Out of print

  • , Lovely Moonlit Night, Kamarinskaya, Ah Lovely Night, You Are Always Beautiful, Kalinka, A Birch Tree in a Field Did Stand, Song of the Plains or Meadowland, Ukrainian Poem, Annie Laurie, ''Zaparozhtsi Dance''