Georgi Vinogradov and Red Army Ensemble -- The Bending Branch

[fikamar27]

Не житьё мне здесь без милой:

С кем теперь идти к венцу?

Знать судил мне рок с могилой

Обручиться молодцу.

Расступись, земля сырая,

Дай мне, молодцу, покой,

Приюти меня, родная,

В темный терем гробовой.

[fikamar27]

То не ветер ветку клонит,

Не дубравушка шумит -

То мое сердечко стонет,

Как осенний лист дрожит;

Извела меня кручина,

Подколодная змея!..

Догорай, моя лучина,

Догорю с тобой и я!

[riverhouse2007]

After listening to all his other stuff, I keep coming back to this. GP always sings a persona - frequently that of the piquantly sad clown Pierrot, but this is not Pierrot. He arranges for and plays his voice as if it were a violin always, and he does that here. But whose character does he assume? It's bewitching and almost impossible to listen to objectively. Someone close to his own persona, perhaps?

[rshnrvrrbrt]

My grandmother in Hollywood, Calif. had this very same 'Stinson' record way back in the early 1950's, and I used to always listen to it as a small boy.

Vinogradov had such a pure voice, beautiful!

brings back so many memories.

wish I could find some CD collections of his popular songs...

does anyone know?

(there are a couple of his classical ones still around)

[Randidan]

@rshnrvrrbrt Get the current(or recent ) issue of The Record Collector from England! It has an (almost) complete discography of him and much of the little information that is known of him, including CD listings of his recordings! Contact me if you don't know how to get it...

[SkifSkolot]

Спасибо! Давно искал эту песню в хорошем исполнении. А исполнение ПРЕВОСХОДНОЕ!

[orkinese]

lisabraun52: torch is rather inaccurate (except as a source of light); luchina is a burning wooden splinter commonly used in peasant households to light the room; it figures prominently in Russian folk songs (see Shalyapin, Plevitskaya Luchinushka)

[lisabraun52]

Yes, louč /loutch/ in czech

[1952410]

I didnt know this song. But, as usual, Russian songs are for me unsurpassed and touch me deep in soul. Do you have the lyrics inEnglish?Thanks for this golden musical moment!

[riverhouse2007]

I believe this is a Czech folk song called Luchina. Also I understand there is a River Lucina in Czechoslovakia, which is famed for its beautiful meanderings. And of course this is a beautifully meandering melody. Perhaps there is some connection.

[lisabraun52]

The song is beautiful, but not czech , it is an russian song / I am Czech/ .

[riverhouse2007]

Thank you lisabraun52. I wonder what Luchina means in Russian then? Sorry I don't speak Russian.

Yes it is beautiful. It was the first G. Vinogradov record I ever heard - and I still think it is his best. The song plays to his strengths.

[lisabraun52]

luchina means torch. The song is about death

[riverhouse2007]

Ah! Of course, another Russian sad and beautiful song about death. Thank you lisabraun52 for letting me know this.

[LHaritonov]

@riverhouse2007

This is a very old Russian folk song... NOT Czech one... Thank you for this! It's great!

[LadyTwenties]

Ой, сколько слез я пролила из-за этой песни!

[riverhouse2007]

Thanks for this. It's beautiful.

[Kievest]

I add to your blessings of good health

and optimism for posting such tender

beauty and exquisite artistry.

[qazqashire]

god bless you, SmilingPessimist! can you upload the russian lyrics {and an english one too}, please??!