Souvenirs of Russia / Czar's Guitars

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Label
Sono Luminus
Release Date
June 29, 2010
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      PETTOLETTI MORKOV SOR SYCHR
    • PERFORMER
      Czar'S Guitars
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 29, 2010
    • UPC
      053479211224
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      DSL-92112
    • LABEL
      Sono Luminus
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. Fantaisie, Op.18, "God bless the Tzar!"

      Composer: Pietro Pettoletti

      Performer: Oleg Timofeyev

    2. Potpourri of Russian Folk Songs I

      Composer: Vladimir Ivanovich Morkov

      Ensemble: The Czar's Guitars

    3. Souvenir de Russie, Op. 63

      Composer: Fernando Sor

      Ensemble: The Czar's Guitars

    4. Krasniy sarafan (The Red Sarafan) (arr. A. Sychra)

      Composer: Alexander Varlamov

      Ensemble: The Czar's Guitars

    5. How Did I Upset You? (arr. O. Timofeyev)

      Composer: Semion Aksionov

      Ensemble: The Czar's Guitars

    6. Souvenir de Moscou (after A. Varlamov's The Red Sarafan and I Will Saddle My Stallion)

      Composer: Ivan Klinger

      Ensemble: The Czar's Guitars

    7. Motif de chant national (arr. V.I. Morkov)

      Composer: Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

      Ensemble: The Czar's Guitars

    8. I Will Saddle My Stallion (arr. V.I. Morkov)

      Composer: Alexander Varlamov

      Ensemble: The Czar's Guitars

    9. Jenny Lind Polka (arr. V.I. Morkov)

      Composer: Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

      Ensemble: The Czar's Guitars

    10. Polka (arr. O. Timofeyev)

      Composer: Nikolai I. Alexandrov

      Ensemble: The Czar's Guitars

    11. Potpourri of Tyrolean Waltzes

      Composer: Vladimir Ivanovich Morkov

      Ensemble: The Czar's Guitars

    12. Potpourri of Russian Folk Songs II

      Composer: Vladimir Ivanovich Morkov

      Ensemble: The Czar's Guitars

    13. God bless the Tzar! (arr. O. Timofeyev)

      Composer: Vladimir Ivanovich Morkov

      Ensemble: The Czar's Guitars


The unique guitar duo The Czar's Guitars was founded in 2004 by the well-known lute and guitar virtuoso, John Schneiderman and Oleg Timofeyev, the expert on the Russian seven-string guitar. The musicians joined their forces to revive the legacy of the Russian guitar, the instrument that unlike it's Western-European cousin is only now gaining the respect and recognition it deserves.

Souvenirs of Russia is considered to be a Russian tribute to the Spanish composer, Fernando Sor (1778-1839), or even more specifically, to his famous guitar duet Souvenir de Russie (Op. 63). Sor's masterpiece is the foundation of this album. It is surrounded with real Russian guitar music that would create an unusual context for Sor's piece and would also illustrate how the Russian musical culture was organically connected to the repertoires in Western and Central Europe.