Old Believers: Songs of the Nekrasov Cossacks

1995: Smithsonian Folkways SF CD 40462

1. Po seniam, seniam / Along the passageway

   choir from the village of Kumskaia Dolina

2. Shelkovaia v pole travushka / The Silken Grass in the Field

   Elena gulina and Anastasia Nikulushkina

3. Chto pri vyshnem bylo pri vysokom / Near a High Mound

   Evlantii Banderovsky (zapevala), Mefodii Banderovsky, and Vasilii Popov

4. Soloveikia moi / My Nightingale

   Anastasia Nikulushkina

5. Khoromy moi, khoromushki / The Mansion, My Mansion

   Anna Ramzaeva (zapevala), Seraphima Babaeva, and Ekaterina Sanicheva

6. Oi, tuman, tuman / The Fog

   Elena Gulina, Anastasia Nikulushkina, and Varvara Gorina

7. I krestnushka ty nasha / Oh, Our Godmother

   Maria Elesiutikova and Anna Ramzaeva

8. I matushka moia / Oh, Mother of Mine

   Anastasia Nikulushkina, Elena Gulina, and Varvara Gorina

9. Ne iz sadu / Not from a Garden

   Ivan Banderovsky

10. Vo Vilone, vilone slavnom gorode / In the City of Babylon

    women’s group from the village of Novokumskaia, zapevala Anastasia Pushechkina

11. Kak poshel zhe nash tsar Konstantin ko zautrene / As Our Czar Constantine Went to Morning Prayer

    Elena Gulina

12. Potop strashen podymalsia / The Fearful Flood Was Rising

    Semion Milushkin and Evlantii Banderovsky

13. Kak u kniazia u kniazia nashego Vladimira / At the Duke’s, at Our Vladimir’s

    choir from the village of Kumskaia Dolina, zapevala Maria Chizhikova

14. Ne za rovniushku / Not for an Equal One

    choir from the village of Kumskaia Dolina, zapevala Maria Chizhikova

15. U nashego svata / At Our Svat’s

    Elena Gulina and Anastasia Nikulushkina

16. Khozhu ia khozhu po zelenoi travke / I Am Walking on the Green Grass

    Elena Gulina, Anastasia Nikulushkina, and Varvara Gorina

17. Oi da tam na gorochke / There, on the Mountain

    Elena Gulina and Anastasia Nikulushkina

18. Potianite vy, vetry sil’nye / You, Strong Winds, Blow

    choir from the village of Kumskaia Dolina

19. At the Plastering of a New House

    Anna Ramzaeva, Elena Gulina, Seraphima Babaeva, Ekaterina Sanicheva, and Varvara Gorina

20. Ei, ty zimushka / Oh You Winter

    Anna Ramzaeva, Maria Elesiutikova, and Maria Chizhikova

21. Zharna-zharna zharnitsa / Dawn, Dawn

    Elena Gulina

22. Voh voh yarma da mashchala / Turkish Song

    Anna Ramzaeva and Maria Elesiutikova

23. Tuku-tuku mak / Pounding Poppyseeds

    Anna Ramzaeva

24. Zagoralasia kovyl’ travushka / The Feather-Grass Caught Fire

    Anna Ramzaeva (zapevala), Seraphima Babaeva, and Ekaterina Sanicheva

25. Volkhvy Persidskie Tsari / The Magi, the Persian Kings

    Semion Milushkin

26. V chernem more / In a Black Sea

    Semion Milushkin and Evlantii Banderovsky

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