Music
Finding or meeting love (с любовью встретиться) is a difficult problem (проблема трудная). The planet spins round and round (планета вертится круглая, круглая) and flies into the distance (летит вдаль) through the clamor of days (сквозь суматоху дней).
The new year begins with “New Day” (Novyy den’), fully titled Новый день (наша Родина – Революция, ей единственной мы верны): The Revolution is our Motherland, and we are loyal to her alone.
Two by Marina Tsvetaeva, one by Joseph Brodsky, one by Nikolai Gumilyov. Four poems sung the way more should be sung. By
Polina Agureeva (=
Полина Агуреева, Volgograd, 1976). First and foremost an actress, but listen to this.
From the film
Два бойца (Two Soldiers, 1943).
Mark Bernes (1911-1969) with a guitar, between two battles.
Тёмная ночь, Dark night. Только пули свистят по степи, Only bullets whistle across the steppe. Только ветер гудит в проводах, Only the wind hums through the wires, Тускло звезды мерцают, Dimly the stars flicker.
Oleg Gazmanov (= Олег Газманов, 1951) loves Russia and doesn’t hide it. This makes him both friends and enemies, but that won’t stop Oleg Gazmanov. Чем выше давление, the higher the pressure, тем крепче бетон, the stronger the concrete.
Надежда Кадышева (1959), a cross between Dolly Parton and the Zangeres zonder Naam. See that photo on Wikipedia,
English or
Russian; more bio and portrait on
24 СМИ and
Узнай всё. She hails from
Tatarstan or
Tatarstan, and was lucky enough to
pose for a picture with Putin. Here, she sings about nights, likely with someone else.
A poem by
Mikhail Lermontov (
Михаил Лермонтов), written long ago (1841), shortly before his life came to an end. It was set to music by
Elizaveta Shashina in 1861 and has since been performed by many.
