About A Tribute to Stesha, celebrating the music of Russian-Gypsy diva Stepanida Soldatova (1787-1822), whose talent and imaginative performances influenced several generations of Russian musicians, composers and writers. Professionally trained in bel canto, Stepanida – or Stesha, as she was known to her friends – synthesized her own signature style, combining the qualities of virtuoso operatic technique and the oral performance tradition of Eastern-European Gypsies (Rroma).
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Traditional: Khelebnitko (Dance Tune) (arr. A. Kolpakov)
Traditional: Ivushka (Little Willow Tree) (arr. Talisman)
Alexander Lvovich Guriliov: Uzh kak pal tuman (As the Mist Rose) (arr. S. Soldatova)
Traditional: Mar Dzhandzha (Dance, Dzhandzha) (arr. Talisman)
Traditional: Luchinushka (Little Light) (arr. D. Kashin)
Traditional: Syr mange prikhaipe (Tired of Fighting) (arr. Talisman)
Mikhail Timofeyevich Visotsky: Ia ne znala ni o chom (I Knew No Worries)
Traditional: Shel me versty (I Walked Many Miles) (arr. Talisman)
Traditional: Akh, kogda b ia prezhde znala (Ah, Had I Known Before) (arr. A. Aliabiev)
Mikhail Timofeyevich Visotsky: Akhti, matushka, golova bolit (Ah, Mother, I Have a Headache)
Traditional: Chernobrovyi, chernookii (A Dark-Eyed Lad) (arr. D. Kashin)
Traditional: Chaso palo chaso (Hour After Hour)
Mikhail Timofeyevich Visotsky: Ia tsyganka molodaia (I Am a Gypsy Girl)
Traditional: Syvo, syvo (My Horse, My Horse) (arr. Talisman)
Traditional: Chem tebya ia ogorchila? (How Did I Upset You?) (arr. Talisman)
Traditional: Variations on Luchinushka by G. Rachinsky
Traditional: Golubchik (My Little Dove) (arr. I. Rupin)
Traditional: Ia po tsvetikam khodila (I Walked on the Flowers) (arr. I. Rupin)
Traditional: Kaj jone romale (Where Have the Gypsies Gone) (arr. Talisman)
Khelebnitko (Dance Tune) (arr. A. Kolpakov)