"Annie Laurie" (Scottish Song) - Sung by Former Soviet Red Army Choir

[petermckracken]

omg chill bumps!

[228ANDY]

I am glad you liked it.

[babyorange05]

bravo!!

[228ANDY]

Thank you for watching and sharing the joy of this video with me.

[AnneBowen1]

I never heard of this group before but their rendition of this beaut iful song is superb!

[228ANDY]

Thank you for your comment. Their performance is absolutely great. I am glad that you encountered them here and hope you will go further into their wonderful world.

[anniers7]

This performance was given in England, and a two-album set was recorded. I have the set, but my turntable is kaput. Thanks for letting me once again experience this magnificent ensemble.

[228ANDY]

It's my pleasure to share the appreciation of this great performance with you.

[Ilovemusicramones]

TOOK ME 40 SEC. TO NOTICE THEY WEREN´T MOVING ¬¬

[228ANDY]

Sorry for taking your 40 seconds.

[Ilovemusicramones]

@228ANDY oh yeah! i totally forgot i ASKED YOU

[Huineng10]

Superb!

[228ANDY]

Thank you.

[dhmosquito]

this is by magnificent Evgeny Belyaev.

[tender010]

とても貴重な音源、ありがとうございます！！

[youknowiloveyouuu]

I wish our choir was on their level, but I don't see that happening soon!

[virgy45]

Okay, now I have listened to about a dozen of these, and THIS is the best, albeit with the Alexandrov version at Albert Hall from 1963 coming in second by a nose! Thank you again and again!

[228ANDY]

Thank YOU so much for sharing this wonderful piece with me.

Andy

[virgy45]

DO watch "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" I actually managed to get a public school class to watch part of it. And I think they would likely have gone on to try to watch the whole thing too. But, to give credit where it is due, this full rendition IS absolutely beautiful! Beauty is truth, truth beauty, that is all there is to know, and all on earth ye NEED to know. (Keats)

[228ANDY]

Thank you for your advice. I will find and get a DVD or video of that movie.

[stanxoxo]

I am fortunate enough to own several Russian Red Army Choir CDs and one that contains this song. I also have the film "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn." The Red Army Choir was excellent with any material that they sung. James Dunn's version brought tears to your eyes because he was a drunk that had dreams but he just couldn't get a hold on life and make his dreams come true.

[228ANDY]

Thank you for a nice story. I haven't watched "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" but I would like to now.

[billalbion]

 Absolutely excellent.

[228ANDY]

Thank you. They are just great, aren't they?

[Antarath]

Evgeny Belyaev had a voice that could make the toughest guys cry. I get tears in my eyes when I listen to this version

[228ANDY]

Thank you.

I have tears in my eyes, too, when I listen to this.

This is really a great piece of art.

[bjgreenday]

brought me to tears, gave me chills. Absolutely beautiful

[228ANDY]

I am glad that you got impressed and appreciated it. Thank you.

[19bcm56]

check out the version in the film "the bird people in china"-also very beautiful-barrie ,glasgow

[228ANDY]

Thank you for your kind advice.

[DragonSporks]

Does anyone else remember this song from "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"?

[kermsroomy]

@DragonSporks The expression on Francie's face is absolutely precious. A beautiful scene in a wonderful film. Unfortunately, for some reason the film has not been released commercially in the U.S. yet. I'll probably break down and buy one of the Korean bootlegs if I don't see it soon.

[228ANDY]

Good luck for your procurement.

[mickjethro]

This music is special to me.

[228ANDY]

Oh, is it ?  Thank you.

[BillDFC]

Magnificent.

[228ANDY]

Yes, it really is, isn't it ?

Thank you.

[heehawluck1]

Absolutely marvelous. A complete delight.  Thank you.

[228ANDY]

Thanks. They are a wonderful choir.

[anrchyvk]

Probably the best version I've heard on YouTube. Incredible song. 

[228ANDY]

I quite agree with you that this is THE BEST.

Thank you.

[hgbarmann]

Great rendition.....I'll lay me doon and dee.....great translation....

[228ANDY]

Thank you for watching this video and enjoying it.

[wbenho]

To me this is the most beautiful rendition of the song. The soloist was outstanding. I believe this version was taken from the European Tour of the Choir back in the late 1950s or early 1960s. I have a CD of selections from this concert. How I wish there was a video of the original choir performing this number. Thank you so much for posting this wonderful rendition of a beautiful song.

[228ANDY]

@wbenho　Thank YOU for watching this video and giving me very interesting words. My affection for Red Army Choir will never cease.

[wisternoffd]

I've listened to a lot of choirs in my time, and this is as good as it gets. Yevgeniy Belyaev's performance is outstanding and his breath control is something to be marvelled at ... than you so much for posting this.

[228ANDY]

I am glad that you liked the video that I posted.

[MsWeaver27]

This certainly brought back memories to me. The Choir used to tour and I went to see them when they came to perform at the Glasgow Empire Theatre (I believe theirs was the last show ever to perform at the Empire before it closed for good). They sang Annie Laurie just like on this video. You could have heard a pin drop and I'm sure a tear glistened in many an eye. I never forgot it and it is a joy to hear it again after all those years.

[228ANDY]

Thank you for your comments, which made me happy. Their songs are magnificent. Deap and loud some time, low and delicate some other time. In my opinion this can be something which can be done only by this male-voice choir, which was raised in the strict standards of the Russian Army. I was lucky that I could see them in their concert held in Portland, Oregon, USA in 1989, when I was assigned there from Japan for business.

[Pabloplenty]

I've listened to many great performances with many musicians from around the world on You Tube. This choral interpretation is as good as lyrical beauty of sound gets. The former Red Army Choir here gives special assurance to anyone who has felt that "Music is love".

[228ANDY]

Thank you for your comments, which are as impressive as this song by the Red Army choir.

[synalag]

Admirable !

Merci.

[228ANDY]

Je vous remercie !!!

[coyote131415]

amazing dynamics! Singing this in my highschool choir, such an amazing song!

[228ANDY]

thank you very much. I am glad that you appreciated it.

[Leavon]

That was very nicely done.

[228ANDY]

thanks. they are so nice, aren't they ?

[SOMAN1983V]

Excellent voices my friend !!!

Happy New Year 2010 !!!

[228ANDY]

Thank you.

Red Army Choir is just great, aren't they ?

[bibabantaro]

素晴しいですね

別世界に引きこまれるような感じです

[228ANDY]

どうもありがとうございます！

赤軍合唱団、素晴らしいですよね。

[kumaore]

画像といっしょに聴くとあたかもコンサート会場にいるような臨場­感が漂いますね。アップありがとうございました。

[228ANDY]

ありがとうございます。　生のコンサートでは、感動の渦に飲み込まれました。

[straytiger]

マジで鳥肌たちました！！

それも体が身震いしながら・・・

ほんとにビックリです！！

素晴し過ぎます！！

あっ、また背中がゾクっとしました。

こんな感動、他では味わえません。

素晴しいビデオありがとうございましたm(_ _)m

[228ANDY]

聞いて頂きありがとうございました。

赤軍合唱団の素晴らしさを一人でも多くの人に知って頂きたいと思­っています。

この前レコード屋の人が言っていました。赤軍合唱団のアルバムっ­て、意外とコンスタントに売れているんですよ、と。　それを聞いて嬉しくなりました。

[228ANDY]

もう１０数年前、アメリカにいた時たまたま公演に来ていた赤軍合­唱団の生のコンサートを、幸運にも見ることが出来たのですが、そ­の時はあまりの感動で、気を失いそうになりました ^^

[rankei818]

こんばんは♪　春の岸辺に　咲きし花よ　君が姿を　何にたとう　その御前に　この身ささぐ　愛し　アンニー・ローリー

アニーローリをたたえた唄でしたね！

アニーローリはなんて幸せな人でしょう・・・

[228ANDY]

ありがとうございます。

愛すること、そして、愛されること、

いいですね。