Program notes ([2] p.) inserted in container. Recording separated into three sections: balalaika, accordion, domra. 101. Concerto for Balalaika: Molto Moderato / Mikhail Rozhkov, balalaika. State ...

206 Travushka (Blue Grass) / Polyanka Russian Gypsy Orchestra. Balalaika. Russian language 205 Moldovanskii Tanets (Moldavian Dance) / Polyanka Russian Gypsy Orchestra. Balalaika. Russian language 204 ...

The largest Russian folk instrument orchestra outside the former Soviet Union is based in D.C., and has performed for more than 25 years The sound of the balalaika is evocative, mysterious and deeply ...

4 Extra Debut. Nick Baker explores the new expanding sound world of Russian virtuoso balalaika player, Alexey Arhipovskiy. From April 2012. This is the story of the humble, three-stringed balalaika ...

To this day there is no well-defined version regarding the origins of the balalaika. According to one version, it was conceived in Russia; a different version insists it was borrowed from neighboring ...

For many, playing the recorder or clanging a triangle at school was a ritual part of growing up, but one musical group in Manchester is offering people a chance to play a more unusual instrument - the ...

Britain's only balalaika orchestra is struggling for members partly because of anti-Russian sentiment within the UK, its founder has said. Common in Eastern European folk music, balalaikas usually ...

Nick Baker tells the story of the humble, three-stringed balalaika and maverick Russian virtuoso, Alexey Arhipovskiy, who has brought to it new attitude, ambition and a surprising new sound. Alexey ...