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Balalaika Hits on YouTube

Long with YouTube you also can listen to balalaika samples from Amazon (while they are fragments, they are usually of higher quality then YouTube versions and give more correct impression about particular artist (s) performance):

• Amazon.com Balalaika Favorites MP3 Downloads Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra

• Amazon.com Russian Soul Vol. 1. Russian Romances and Folk Songs MP3 Downloads Ossipov Russian Folk Instruments Orchestra Soloists

• Amazon.com Russian Soul Vol. 2. Russian Romances and Folk Songs MP3 Downloads Ossipov Russian Folk Instruments Orchestra Soloists

• Amazon.com Russian Soul Vol. 3. Russian Romances and Folk Songs MP3 Downloads Ossipov Russian Folk Instruments Orchestra Soloists

One Osipov State Orchestra MP3 collection is available from Amazon fro $9.49; It is also available in CD format ).  You can see some of the possibilities of instrument in this recording Balalaika - Aleksei Arkhipovsky - Manege - Moscow 2006 (wait for 3:00-4:00 and 5:00 parts to see really interesting things) as well as in this one Russian Balalaika Music - Paganini Kapric on Balalaika.

Old News

D. Kalinin. Fantasy on Russian folk theme Volga-river

YouTube - A. Varlamov. The Red Sarafan

UW Russian Folk Orchestra performs the Old Polka

G. Zaitcev. Concert for balalaika and orchestra.

"I met You". Old russian romance - balalaika

Los Angeles Balalaika Orchestra Dark Eyes

Вечерний звон - Evening Bells by Russian Folk Orchestra wonderful performance, low quality recording

Unknown Waltz of V.Andreev - Неизвестный вальс В.Андреева wonderful performance, low quality recording

Recommended Links

Osipov State Orchestra

I have found a couple of authentic Osipov performance on YouTube:

• Ossipov Russian Orchestra - Hartaetoi (live, 2001)

• Orchestre Ossipov Korobeiniki (tetris music ;-)

• Osipov Folk Orchestra - Flight of the Bumble-Bee

• Osipov Folk Orchestra - At Sunrise

• Osipov Folk Orchestra - Waltz of the Faun

• Osipov Folk Orchestra - Kamarinskaya

• Osipov Folk Orchestra - Evening Bells

• Osipov Folk Orchestra - The Linden Tree

• Osipov Folk Orchestra - Fantasy on Two Folk Songs

• Osipov Folk Orchestra - Midnight in Moscow
• Osipov Folk Orchestra - Fantasy on Volga Melodies
• Osipov Folk Orchestra - Under the Apple Tree
• Osipov Folk Orchestra - In the Moonlight
• Osipov Folk Orchestra - The Living Room
• Osipov Folk Orchestra - Dance of the Comedians

• Тамара Синявская У крыльца высокого

Other Assorted Hits

• Troika - balalaika Russian folk song "Troika" arrangement for balalaika and orchestra of Russian folk instruments. Dmitry Kalinin - balalaika, Orchestra of radio and television of Russia.

• Unisson balalaika Gnessine Vol du Bourdon Fly of the bumblebee

• Trio Moscow Nights - Valenki Russian Balalaika, Bayan, Bass

• Mozart Turkish March - by Trio Moscow Nights

• Kalinka Russian Folk Song - By Trio Moscow Nights

•  I met You. Old russian romance - balalaika

• Balalaika Czardas Monti

• Russian Balalaika Music - Paganini Kapric on Balalaika

•  Kalinka Russian Folk Song - By Trio Moscow Nights

•  RUSSIAN BALALAIKA DUO

•  Sirtaki played on Russian Balalaika with symphony orchestra

• Balalaika (the second and third piece "Dark Night" and Smuglyanka are really good)

• Pivo Vdvoem - In Grid - Tu es foutu -- pretty funny

• Balalaika балалайка Russian - I've Met You - Я встретил вас

• Balalaika балалайка Russian - Полюшко-поле Poliushko Polye