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Женя Шевченко легендарная исполнительница цыганских романсов

Фильм о Жене Шевченко "Zhenya! The Singing Legend" ("Женя! Поющая легенда") содержит интервью 2006 года в квартире певицы, интервью 2006 года в центральном парке в Манхеттене, а также видео с двух выступлений Жени Шевченко с нью-йоркским ансамблем Барыня (директор и основатель Михаил Смирнов).

Женя Шевченко благодарит всех, кто принимал участие в записи и создании этого проекта:

Музыканты: Лев Забежинский (балалайка), Шломо Лейдерман (фортепьяно), Геннадий Гуткин (баян), Алексей Синявский (балалайка, гитара), Михаил Смирнов (гармошка, гитара), Леонид Брук (балалайка контрабас), Сергей Рябцев (скрипка), Валерий Жмуд (скрипка), Руслан Хаин (контрабас); певцы: Сергей Побединский, Александр Меньшиков, Василий Янкович; танцоры ансамбля Барыня: Валентина Квасова, Ольга Шпитальная, Ганна Макарова, Виталий Вертерич, Михаил Нестеренко, Андрий Цыбик, Илья Панкратов, Наталья Ежова; камера: Александр Фейгин, костюмы: Светлана Гаврилова

Особая благодарность Алексею Синявскому ("As-Is Recording and Video Studios") и Михаилу Смирнову, продюссеру, основателю и руководителю ансамбля Барыня

order:
http://www.barynya.com/mp3/zhenia.htm

Daniel Cooper dance from "War and Peace" by Tolstoy

Somebody just sent me this question, if a dance that appears early in
the novel and movie "War and Peace" by Tolstoy is real, and if so,
what are its origins?

The dance is called the "Daniel Cooper". It certainly does not sound
Russian. Do you know anything about this, or do you have suggestions
about who could have information about this?

Thank you

Mikhail Smirnov
Russian dance and music ensemble Barynya
http://www.barynya.com

It was a dangerous time for music in 1948 when Shostakovich was
completing his First Violin Concerto-during Stalin's regime, a month
after the notorious Zhdanov Decrees had censured the composer for
"bourgeois, formalist deviations." When he and other composers were
summoned before Zhdanov 's conference, his works were deemed to appeal
to "foreign bandits and imperialists." Still, it would be seven years
before the dedicatee, David Oistrakh, courageously premiered the
Violin Concerto. Two months later, he joined the New York Philharmonic
for its U.S. premiere. From ominous Nocturne to spectacular Burlesque,
it has become not only a virtuoso vehicle for the soloist but a
masterpiece for all time. Lisa Batiashvili, violinist, born in
Tbilisi , Georgia , will perform this demanding piece.


Join host Peter Schickele in an entertaining and insightful commentary
and musical examples to help you enjoy Shostakovich's "First Violin
Concerto" even more. A complete performance by the New York
Philharmonic follows.
Sakari Oramo, Conductor
Lisa Batiashvili, violinist
Peter Schickele, host


Shostakovich's "First Violin Concerto", Wednesday, April 11th at
6:45pm At Avery Fisher Hall
Tickets $24-$60
For information or tickets, visit
http://www.nyphil.org/insidethemusic3
or call 212-875-5656


Mikhail Smirnov
Ensemble Barynya
http://www.barynya.com