This is a list of recordings made by the Alexandrov Ensemble (under various titles) since 1928. Within each section (CDs, LPs, 78s etc.) they are in alphabetical order of record labels.
DVDs
Facets: Leningrad Cowboys - Total Balalaika Show B0007TKHS4 (Region 1 DVD) and B000E8RF24 (Region 2 DVD) (dir: Aki Kaurismäki.For other films featuring the Leningrand Cowboys, see Leningrad Cowboys Go America An unusual and humorous rockumentary with the Alexandrov Ensemble and Leningrad Cowboys recorded live on Senate Square Helsinki in 1993, released 10 May 2005, in English, Finnish, French and Russian, 55 mins.) Included are covers of: Happy Together, Bob Dylan's Knocking on Heaven's Door, Tom Jones' Delilah, ZZ Top's Gimme All Your Lovin' with accordions, Skynyrd's Sweet Home Alabama, Kalinka, Song of the Volga Boatmen, Dark Eyes, Polyushko Pole. NB. The cover of Stairway to Heaven is missing from this DVD.
Kultur: Soviet Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble D1106. . B0013N3LIG Region 1 DVD. (dir: I. Jugashvili. Musical dir: Boris Alexandrov. Compilation of recordings ca.1960 released 29 April 2008, filmed in Soviet Union, in Russian, 71mins. The Russian technique at that time was to make a silent colour film on location, then dub the sound in the studio. However, there are some superb soundtracks here, if a little crackly.)Amazon.com: Kultur DVD D1106 Forward, On the Way or Let's Go (Choir rocks or sways as if marching. Filmed on Red Square near St Basil's Cathedral, Moscow.) The Birch Tree (soloist: N.T. Gres. Filmed on location in countryside.) Under the Elm Tree, Under the Oak (soloist A.T. Sergeev. Filmed on location). Kamarinskaya (arr. M. Glinka. Balalaika soloist: B.S. Feoktistov. Filmed in studio.) The Golden Rye (soloist: E.M. Belyaev. Filmed on location.) Dance of the Soldiers (music: B. Alexandrov. Soundtrack: Alexandrov Ensemble. Ensemble dance troupe filmed in Moscow.) Listen (soloist V. Eliseev. Filmed in studio.) Stenka Razin soloist: A.T. Sergeev. Filmed on location.) Meadowland (Polyushko Pole) (soundtrack: Alexandrov Ensemble. Filmed on location.) Down the Peterskaya Road (soloist: A.T. Sergeev. Filmed in studio.) The Grey Cuckoo (soloist N.T. Gres. Filmed on location.) Dance of the Cossacks (music: B. Alexandrov. Soundtrack: Alexandrov Ensemble. Ensemble dance troupe filmed in Moscow.) Song of the Volga Boatmen (soloist L. M. Kharitonov. Filmed in studio.) The Girl Next Door (Alexandrov Ensemble. Filmed on location.) Kalinka (soloist E.M. Belyaev. Filmed on location.) Lovely Moonlit Night (soundtrack: Alexandrov Ensemble with soloist E.M. Belyaev. Film of moonlit scene.) Dance of the Zaporozhye Cossacks (soundtrack: Alexandrov Ensemble. Ensemble dance troupe filmed in studio.) Forward, On the Way (reprise. Excerpt from track 1.)
Silva America: The Alexandrov Red Army Choir Orchestra - Live in Paris (SILDV 7004, B00076ON32 Region 1 DVD.Described on Amazon.com as Region 1 DVD, but on Amazon.co.uk as an All Regions DVD Live performance in Paris 16/17 December 2003. Dir: I. Jugashvili. Released 8 February 2005, in English, 124 mins.) Included are: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco, Bandits' Chorus from Ernani, Spanish Medley: Amapola y Valencia y Granada, excerpt from Boris Godunov, March of the Toreadors from Carmen, Nessun Dorma from Turandot and Di Quella Pira from Il trovatore, Moscow Nights, Silent Night, Jingle Bells, Smuglianka (duet: S. Ivanov and P. Bogachev) and Kalinka.
CDs
Amiga: Zur Edition (Released 2007. Compilation celebrating Amiga's 60-year anniversary. 4-CD set with 85 tracks, including the folk song Im schönsten Wiesengrunde sung by V. Nikitin recorded at the August 1948 Peace Concert at the Gendarmenmarkt, Berlin.)
Analekta: The Red Army Chorus, the Best of the Original Ensemble, AN28800 (ASIN: B00005UCGV. Released October 2002; re-released February 2008. Soloists include Barseg Tumanyan. 69 mins. Tracks: Riders' March, Troika, Polyushko Pole, When Soldiers Sing, Nightingales, Dark Eyes, Brave Don Cossacks, from Ernani: Evviva! Beviam! Nel vino cerchiam, The Song of the Volga Boatmen, Russian Song, Kalinka, from Boris Godunov: Hark, 'tis the knell of death, from Carmen: Toreador, Dear Soul, Ukrainian Folk Song, Midnight in Moscow, excerpts from May Night, I Got Plenty o' Nuttin''' from Porgy and Bess, Granada, USSR National Anthem.)Amazon.co.uk: Analekta ASIN: B00005UCGV
Analekta: The Red Army Chorus, ASIN: B001B5CS7Q (Released September 2008. Conductors A. Maltsev, I. Agafonnikov. Soloists include Barseg Tumanyan and Peter Gluboky.)Amazon.co.uk: Analekta ASIN: B001B5CS7Q
Ariola: The Red Army Ensemble; Royal Albert Hall (2-CD set. Same content as cassette: "Ariola: The Red Army Ensemble, Royal Albert Hall, 503 278" - see below.)
Ariola - released through BMG Enterprises. (c)(b) 1988 BMG Records 353 278 - set of two discs
Bella: Boris Alexandrov Ensemble & Russian State Choir, ASIN: B00000AZLO (Released October 1995.)Amazon.co.uk: Bella ASIN: B00000AZLO
Bellaphon: Russland, wie es singt und lacht 288.05.017 (Released 1990. Conductor B. Alexandrov. Included are; Dance Dance, Suliko, Winter Evening (1951) (soloist V. Nikitin).)
BMG France: Les Choeurs de L'Armée Rouge 74321423482 (Released 1996. 2-CD set. Conductor: B. Alexandrov. Included tracks are: Polyushko Pole, Along the Peterskaya Road, Katyusha, Kalinka, Oh You Rye, The Elm and the Oak, Dark Eyes, The Birch, In a Sunny Field, Rough Sea Spray (duet E. Belyaev and A. Kusleev), Crane.)Translated Japanese webpage: BMG France 74321423482
Le Chant du Monde: Les Choeurs de L'Armée Rouge à Paris, LDX274768 (dir: Boris Alexandrov, recorded Paris 1960, released 1961, re-released 1993):Information from CD packagingThe Birch Tree () (1960)Chant des Partisans () (1960)Cold Waves Lapping () (1960)Ukraine Poem () (1960)On the Way () (1960)Soldiers' Choir from Faust () (1960)Leaving Song () (1960)Polyushko Pole (Oh Fields My Fields) (, Ma Plaine) (1960)The Grey Cuckoo () (1960)Song of Youth () (1960)The Neighbour () (1960)Along the Peterskaya Road () (1960)The Liberation Song () (1960)
The Eastern Front: Letters From the Front, Front 003 (Compilation of original recordings alternating with modern atmospheric artworks, released May 9, 2006 "to celebrate the 61st Anniversary of Great Victory in World War II". Dedicated to Soviet fighters and their allies in World War II. Sold in a thick A3 paper, folded into a triangle to imitate the triangular-folded World War II servicemen's letters from the Soviet front. A facsimile World War II photo of Soviet servicemen is included. The CD contains a bonus video of the Moscow Victory Parade of 1945. CD in Russian; paper cover in English.)Information from CD packaging.Discogs: Eastern Front, Letters from the Front 003 Invasion: V. Molotov's speech upon Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union (June 22, 1941) Svyaschennaya Voyna, or Sacred War (music: A. Alexandrov). Alexandrov Ensemble (June 1941) Letter 1 (Westwind, France, 2005). Call for Defence (Joseph Stalin's speech, 1941). In a Front Zone Forest (G. Vinogradov, 1945). Everything is For the Front (Joseph Stalin's speech, 1941). Letter II (Westwind, France, 2005). Oh Roads (G. Abramov, 1945). Letter III (Westwind, France, 2005). Wait for Me (G. Vinogradov, 1942). Letter IV (Westwind, France, 2005). This is the Soviet Information Bureau . . . (Yuri Levitan's broadcast, February 1943, after the end of the Battle of Stalingrad). Night Over Leningrad (Klavdiya Shulzhenko, 1942). Two Maxims (G. Vinogradov, 1942). It was time to forget, inspired by Konstantin Simonov's poem Wait For Me, 1941 (Storm of Capricorn, 2005/06). Lizaveta (P. Kirichek, 1943). Nothing bad can happen to me, inspired by Dark Night, originally sung by M. Bernes in the Soviet movie Two Soldiers, 1942. (Neon Rain, France 2005/06). Song of a Front Truck Driver (M. Bernes, 1945). Soldier's Father (Silence and Strength, Israel, 2006). Volchovskaya Drinking Song (Unknown soloist, 1942). The War Went On . . . (Silence and Strength, Israel 2006). Song of the Soviet Army, or Invincible and Legendary (music: A. Alexandrov) (Alexandrov Ensemble, 1945). Victory (Yuri Levitan's broadcast, May 9, 1945, the day when the Soviet Union marked V-E Day, and the Red Army entered Prague.).
EMI Angel: Volga Boat Song. Soviet Army Chorus and Band, CC30-9078. Out of print (Same contents as EMI CDC-7-47833-2)Translated Japanese webpage: EMI Angel CC30-9078
EMI: Soviet Army Chorus & Band, CDC-7-47833-2 DIDX-1015 (dir: Boris Alexandrov, recorded 1956/1963, compiled 1986):Song of Youth (1956)The Birch Tree (1956) (soloist: I. Didenko)Far Away (1956) (soloist: E. Belyaev)Song of the Volga Boatmen (1956) (soloist: A. Eisen)You Are Always Beautiful (1956) (soloist: E. Belyaev)Along Peterskaya Street (1956) (soloist: A. Sergeev)It's a Long Way to Tipperary (1956) (soloist: K. Gerasimov)Ah Lovely Night (1956) (soloist: N. Polozkov)Kamarinskaya (1963) (Balalaika soloist: B.S. Feoktistov)Annie Laurie (1963) (soloist: E. Belyaev)Polyushko Pole (Song of the Plains/Meadowland) (1956)Kalinka (1956) (soloist: E. Belyaev)Bandura (1956) (soloists: I. Savchuk; V. Fedorov)Oh No John (1956) (soloist: A. Eisen)Snowflakes (1956)(soloist: I. Didenko)Ukrainian Poem (1956) (soloist: A. Sergeev)Soldiers' Chorus from The Decembrists (by Yuri Shaporin) (1956)
EMI Classics: Red Army Ensemble, 0946-3-92030-2-4 (dir: Boris Alexandrov. Most tracks recorded London 1956 (The Ensemble's first UK visit); a few in 1963 and 2007. Compiled 2007):Voce del leone webpage: Review of /EMI Classics CD: Red Army EnsembleTranslated Japanese webpage: EMI Classics 0946-3-92030-2-4Musicweb International CD review of EMI Classics 3 92031 2Song of Youth (1956)A Birch Tree (1956) (soloist: I. Didenko)Far Away (1956) (soloist: E. Belyaev)You Are Always Beautiful (1956) (soloist: E. Belyaev)Kalinka (1956) (soloist: E. Belyaev)Along Peterskaya Street/Road (1956) (soloist: A. Sergeev)Bandura (1956) (soloists: I. Savchuk; V. Fedorov)Soldiers' Chorus (1956)Beautiful Moonlit Night (1963) (soloist: E. Belyaev)Kamarinskaya (1963) (Balalaika soloist: B.S. Feoktistov)Annie Laurie (1963) (soloist: E. Belyaev)Black Eyebrows (1956) (soloist: I. Savchuk)Ukrainian Poem (1956) (soloist: A. Sergeev)Oh No John (1956) (soloist: A. Eisen)Song of the Plains/Meadowland or Polyushko Pole (1956)Snowflakes (1956) (soloist: I. Didenko)Song of the Volga Boatmen (1956) (soloist: A. Eisen)Nut-brown Maiden (1956) (soloists: N. Abramov; I. Savchuk)The Little Bells (1956) (soloist: N. Abramov)Dubinushka (1956) (soloist: A. Sergeev)It's a Long Way to Tipperary (1956) (soloist: K. Gerasimov)God Save the Queen (2007)
EMI France: Les Choeurs de L'Armée Rouge, 8334342 (Conductor: Boris Alexandrov. Apparently much of this is re-mastered 1956 tracks from EMI CDC-7-47833-2. . Soloists include: Evgeny Belyaev and Ivan A. Didenko).Translated Japanese webpage: EMI France: 8334342 Included are: Kalinka, Lovely Moonlit Night, Along the Peterskaya Road, Kamarinskaya, You Are Always Beautiful, Cossack Dance, Ukrainian Poem, Song of Youth, The Birch Tree, Bandura, Oh No John, Song of the Volga Boatmen, Annie Laurie and the Soldiers' Chorus from The Decembrists.
Ensemble Independent: 70th Anniversary: The Alexandrov Red Army Chorus, AA980001-2 (2-CD set. Compilation released 1998, 70yrs after the Ensemble was created in 1928. Conductors: Boris Aleksandrov, Igor Agafonnikov, Victor Fyodorov. Packaging includes information booklet in Russian, English, French and German. Included are: The Birch, Katyusha, Little Bells, Polyushko Pole, Sacred War (Svyaschennaya Voyna), Samovars, Along the Road to Peterskaya, Nightingales, Kalinka, Rough Sea Spray (duet E. Belyaev and A. Kusleev), Nut Brown Girl, The Elm and the Oak, Road, Black Eyes, Let's Go!.)Translated Japanese webpage: Ensemble Independent AA980001-2
Forever Gold: The Red Army Choir, FG317