Russian Red Army Choir - The Birch Tree

[agrishko]

These videos will prevail. Others will fade. These will live on.

[egonfmattos]

Amazing!



[MikeyMcCrashCap]

This ain't really my kind of music but it's great! It's better than great! It's freakin' excellent!

[norb1937]

@MikeyMcCrashCap They are great singers.

[isabelvillavicencio]

Una de mis canciones preferidas de todos los tiempos, en una interpretacion simplemente genial!!

[Belit6666]

Transliteration, someone, pretty please with sugar on it, write me transliteration of this piece - I want to sing with them but can't read azbuka to save my life :(

[Yosemited]

They are so bad ass

That buildings can't handle their powerful voices

So they must sing in the open

Where the only foundations that can support them

Are the great mountains of the Russian plains

[aabceacba]

Oh and one more thing, notice how all of them are SITTING while singing; and in those days there was no silly machine that edited anything.....so this is PURE skill, unlike the crappy stuff that people think is music, today. This is the REAL music, you can't get any better than this.

[aabceacba]

When you look for classic, epic, inspiring music, with excellent vocals, a Russian choir is the way to go. And this is coming from an American Capitalist lol. I think Russian music, culture, and language are very interesting, and enough to make me try to sing this song myself, but I don't speek Russian :(. So I therefore, listen to it over and over again............and I got homework to do!.....Oh well, I'll do it later, this is too good to miss.

[Dassocw]

Ein Hochgenuss diese wunderschöne Stimme!

[georgetrzv]

Its called birchtreefaceitis

[favamolle99]

great song!! the tenor has wooden face

[vkon15]

@Ragfell I actually came to listen this after finishing the 4th :). One thing I wonder is which came first.

[antheasharp]

I like the choir looking happy sitting under the trees!

[satualm]

Someone write the lyrics and translation... please...

[fikamar27]

@satualm translation : On the field there stood a birch-tree, on the field there stood the curly birch-tree, Lyuli, Lyuli, there it stood. Lyuli, Lyuli, there it stood. Nobody shall break down the birch-tree, nobody shall tear out the curly birch-tree, Lyuli, Lyuli, break down, Lyuli, Lyuli, tear out. I will go into the forest, I will go, I will fell a white birch-tree, Lyuli, Lyuli, I will go, Lyuli, Lyuli, I will fell.

[badpeq]

@fikamar27 Nobody, not even 1000 volga boatmen, shall ever bring down the mighty birch tree.

Razoviom mi bierozu? Nyet!!

[fikamar27]

@satualm chorus : --Talk and gossips,

White snowflakes fell,

Grey rabbits ran out,

Hunters rode out,

Let all their dogs loose,

Frightened a beautiful girl.

You, girl, stop, stop, stop, stop!

Beauty, sing a song with us, sing, sing, sing!

Bird, my bird, birdie-dee-dee-dee!

What a wonder, the foremost wonder, the wonder of my homeland!—

[Antarath]

Looool'i Looool'i

[Sgsx250]

I'm not slav. Hungarian. But I love this music. A real beauty.

[Sgsx250]

Beautiful song.Great artists!

From Hungary.

[Antarath]

I must be observant... the guy sitting at the bottom right at 1:36 (black hair) is one of the guys in the Song Of The Volga Boatmen video. woohoo

[szergejevics83]

It is very beautiful!

[acerb45666555]

great voice!

[AdorableKoji]

I LOVE that song!!! Where did you get all those old films! GREAT!

[AdorableKoji]

@AdorableKoji and this is Nikolai Gresse.

[Deimose1976]

Correction, I KNOW it was used by Tchaikowsky:)

watch?v=PLHj-eekdNU

about 15 secs in the melody comes up^^

[Deimose1976]

This melody sounds very familiar to me.

I think Tchaikowskij used parts of this tune for the 4th Symphony, last movement!:)

[lordtrabant]

the 5 people that disliked this were : hitler, himmler, theodor eicke, goering, and goebbels

[russiandoll87]

I wish I was in that field with all those sexy, smiling Russian men. I'd take a roll in the grass with all of them. Especially the singer. He looks about as strong as two-and-a-half bulls.

[lacatuscovalschi]

Communism was made by jews to destroy The christian Russian people

[Hayashizaki]

@lacatuscovalschi The Jews of the revolution wanted to end all separations between people, including ending Jewish identity. They wanted to unite as proletarian culture that was internationalist without religious or ethnic distinction. Obviously it didn't work, because people like you still think it terms of race and religious conflict. Ever heard of the pogroms? There's a reason they wanted to put an end to these distinctions.

[russiandoll87]

@Hayashizaki Agreed. The writer Isaak Babel details the horror of pogroms and Jewish discrimination in post World War I Odessa, none the less, but the same things were happening in Russia. Jews were discriminated against terribly. His uncle, by the way, was KILLED in a pogrom, and his father suffered a nervous breakdown.

[dudemantwo]

@lacatuscovalschi Is that a bad thing?

To destroy Tzarist Fascism...

lacatus...you are a Fascist ass...it looks like we didn't get you...

[dudemantwo]

@lacatuscovalschi How come you don't say your shit to my face?

Bet you won't...

[mz250ts1]

greatest Choir ;)

THx mz (Germany)

[alexp9999]

beautiful title!!!! too bad everything else about it scares the crap out of viewers =/

[0helmut]

eine der besten stimmen die ich gehört habe

[windsock3]

I'd like to know how they miked this performance out in the woods?! Or how they lip sync'd it so well with this video back at the studio. Fantastic sound!!

[poojjjjj]

@windsock3 Those who didn't lip-synced well have been sent to Siberia.

[0helmut]

die musik alleine würde schon rußland unvergessen machen

[Jerseyjones1]

I will crush you after I finish this eloquent verse.

[ToonTownTerrorist]

@Jerseyjones1 Hahaha.

- T3

[TheGenetic1]

its like robin hoods back up singers :D

[PreOMFS]

looooooooooleeeeee looooooooooooleeeeeee

:D

greating from arabia

[zeeneea]

j'adore cette voix , puissante AH1 ces RUSSES

[tania2769]

maladzi,horosho poiut

[fishingpiano]

why cant more music be like this?

[SoviMusic]

@fishingpiano they are unique

[DrEaMsOfAnOvEl]

@jonedellerman I agree. Just because these guys aren't making records doesn't mean that it's not still really good music. Matter of fact, I have the sheet music for clarinet and piano from all the way back when I was in fifth grade, when I played at my first competition. But like I was saying, these guys seem to be happy as clams singing under these trees, instead of in a studio. And Thecommonandcoarse, you are SO RIGHT!!

[Turboman2005]

@DrEaMsOfAnOvEl

Какие-же вы дураки, не понимаете элеиентарных вещей..

[jeffyoung60]

These guys can really jam. They should be singing and cutting records in New York or Los Angeles instead of singing out in the woods under the trees. I think the main singer was the same dude who growled out, "The Volga Boatman", only he looked much younger then.

[jonedelleman]

@jeffyoung60 Are you sure that singing in LA is more fun than singing under the trees ? : ) The soloist is Ukrainian, while the Volga Boatmen singer is Alexander Kharitonov, who is from Siberia. This man is not a baritone either.

[kalito31]

I love this performance!!!! Also the other songs by the original ensemble.

[jjsjsjs111]

I love those voices, so special, different from Non-Slavic...

[aviomaster]

Nice ...

[waltermax8]

I ran across this version around 50 years ago when I was in college. It moved me then, and it moves me now. Amazing voices.

[TheReedpipe]

Nikolay Gres is the soloist.

[padoomtish]

Who is the soloist?

[TheReedpipe]

@padoomtish Nikolay Gres (Николай Гресь).

[TheReedpipe]

Who is the soloist?

[TheReedpipe]

I have not yet heard a better performance of this song. Is there an mp3 version of this song? Thank you for supporting Russian culture by posting these great performances here for everyone's enjoyment.

[bearandape]

Great song! These guys have such beautiful voices, and love the balalaika music.

Thanks!!

[akhb1]

Brings back the old times.!!

[0099wrestler]

To clarify, God gives a religion, then most people go against it, all the while they say they believe. So God plays game: Be Soviet, now say no God, see if people act differently? Answer: No many people act same. Test proves most are vain, egotistical, just animals 2 Peter 2:12.

[jkdriscoll]

The music is beautiful, good performance and all, but the video is fucking hilarious, all these men in military uniforms just lounging about in the woods with ridiculous numbers of acordions and stringed instruments

[Megan8959219]

what do you mean Andrejboskov??????

[Megan8959219]

I love this song. We are singing it in choir. In english though of course!

[locnex93]

really, i'm doin it in russian

[Andrejboskov]

how can you sing traditional russian song in english? english is too hard language. it sounds hard, like german. russian is soft and beautiful. russian flows better

[GOfilms01]

thats what americans say about russian.

[ksushka]

@Megan8959219

"in english of course" :))) Too dificult to sing in russian, huh? :)))))

[Greenmirrors]

Are these songs and dances available on video or DVD? Please give details.

[Andrejboskov]

Slavs must unite together. history shows us this. In 1938, czechoslovakia rejected russian support in dealing with hitler. They asked british and french for help. What did they do? They fed our slavic brothers to hitler's meat grinder just to save themselves. It took 7 horrible years of war and 30 million dead slavs to free ourselves of that betrayal

We cannot trust anyone but ourselves. Western Europe does not care about us. They treat us like the slaves of Europe and use us for cheap labour.

[ziggaza]

stfu. its not them or us its politics that dont care...

[jjsjsjs111]

@Andrejboskov

Absolutely true. The big powers that are try to separate us as much as they can.

I am Polish and I regret how our government continues to serve the West - of course our government does not represent the people any more, just like so many governments all over the world. It is enough to meet another Slav and you know right away we are brothers.

[timzawa]

Dont care USRR, I fuck all nationalists, imperalist (Russia, USA, UK, France....). The music is great, the rest is shit!

Love the ukrainian folklore, russian and others, this choir used it very well

[cartoonsfut]

cheers!

[Solechnaya]

@timzawa

You are a fool, you know that?

[Blazejczyk]

Ли, посмотреть и узнать, как была варварская Красной Армии в 1920.правду и только правду.

[Megalommatis]

Lovely ! Enchanting ! Enthralling !

Lyuli lyuli pagulyayu !

Lyuli lyuli zalomayu !

Wonderful interpretation!

Thanks for uploading !

[nameuc]

i like it,remendes power.

any1 knew who is singer?

[revnstpaul]

Nikolay Gres I think

[ChrSad]

Dieses Lied haben wir in unserem Pionierchor gesungen, es war damals (1965) eines meiner Lieblingslieder

[Hibial]

Русским нах не надо Украина))))) Красивая песня

[Swordman85]

It´s interesting that they use brown uniforms, instead of the typical green one.

[Ulanmazurski]

Ukraine was not part of russia in the middle ages when it was annexed by poland, ukraine was always part of poland. Anyway ukrainians and poles were always friends, this friendship was ruined by a POLE called Bohdan Chmielnicki who had a problem with the polish king, so escapes to ukraine (or zaporozia) and revolted the cossacks with lies so he can overthrough the king.

[Swordman85]

Ukraine was not a part of Russia? Ukraine WAS Russia, read about the "Kievskaya Rus", Kiev was the first capital of Russia, until it get destroyed and a new capital be founded by Yuri Long Hands, this city was Moscow, which defeated the Mongol invaders and became the "Third Rome", also hosting a patriarchade.

Poland was always a puppet of the West, unable to stop the Teuton Knights, it became Catholic and adopted an alphabet strange to Slavic people.

[Doughnut189]

I thought St. Petersburg had been the historical capital of Russia, and the capital was retreated to Moscow shortly after the Russian revolution because Moscow was much harder to reach by invaders, and had less political drama in general.

[Swordman85]

Kiev was the first capital of Russia(Rus), then Novgorod(Rus), when Moscow and the Great Duchy of Moscovia firstly appeared, Moscow became the capital, since Kiev was destroyed by tartarians, then, during the times of Peter I, he build a new capital, St. Petersburg.

[Swordman85]

At this time, Russia became "Rossiya" instead of "Rus", given the Bizantine nomenclature, since that Russian Empire claimed to be the Third Rome.

[mihanich]

a bit incorrect... the first capital of pre-russians (not whole rus') was novgorod.

[maxrocks1]

@mihanich The first capital of a large, powerful Rus state was Kiev though. Then Vladimir, etc.

[paddyalcorn]

@Swordman85 - Poland was Catholic in 966 (before Kievian Rus was converted to christianity in 988). The Cyrillic alphabet was developed in Bulgaria in 886 and did not spread to Kiev before Christianity. The Teutonic Knights were not formed until around 1200. Your last paragraph is inaccurate.

[Vovk3]

@Swordman85

Poland will belong to the west for s long time, and Russia will remain a place for people from the northern forests. The land in the middle though... that belongs to the ancient Slavic tribes which created Kyiv'ska Rus.

[Swordman85]

@Swordman85

Just a correction, unable to stop the Teutonic Knighs during the first wave, I know about the Battle of Grunwald.

[niebieskaszklanka]

@Swordman85

Jestem z Polski, ale bardzo kocham Rosję (i Słowian)

I'm from Poland, but I love Russia ( and Slavic people)

[61741467]

@niebieskaszklanka

Yo,same here,brother love to Slavs!

Long live you and your family!

[loki4145]

@Swordman85 You forgot "Novgorod-Rus" which had previously "Kiev-Rus".

[Guoleg]

Ukraine is a part of russia polad and romania.

Kiev use to be capital of Rusi

[Guoleg]

Was called Kievskaya Rusi

[wotri]

ich liebe birken und die russen

[ken028]

Oh yes, one more point...it was Polish religious and tax opression of the Cossacks in these territories which triggered a revolt, the russians allied themselves with the Cossacks and together they routed the Polish-Lithuanian confederacy. Then the Cossacks found their new ally more opressive than the Poles ever were, and lost much of their autonomy. Power politics, very little Democracy in evidence here.

[ken028]

That's what you get for typing in the dark...

[ken028]

You make a point, but the Ukranians my objevt to their homeland being claaed Russian Territories"...

[brykova]

...polish people should'nt be angry about Russia..first they annexed southern russian territories (ukraine) in the Middle Age, then for centuries were trying to knock out the only indepentent russian state of Moscovia..in vain..but later Russians kicked back..so please dont cry.. polish pans played too much democracy in their Seim and that was the end of kingdom of Poland. nowadays they want even more democracy)))

[bergluk]

you are absoluty right, in the civil war poland okkupied land from the soviet union and dont give it back

[MrPloopy]

Ty to masz popierdolone w lbie! Dwuja Ci z historii, durniu skonczony!

[MrPloopy]

The term "Rus" was hijacked by Muscovy and modified into "Rossiya." Rus, however, was the precursor of Ukraine, while Muscovy evolved into Russia. Everything was smothered into one mass when Russia became an empire - even worse when they became the Soviet Union. In Polish we distinguish thusly: ruski is Ruthenian (Ukraininan), and rosyjski is Russian (Muscovite). In the past English parlance knew Belarus as White Russia, Ukraine as Red Russia, and Russia as Black Russia.

[maxrocks1]

@MrPloopy There really isn't a distinction. Muscovy pretty much started with the Rus when the capital of the Rus got moved north to Vladimir from Kiev, and then from Vladimir to Moscow (after it was founded). One people, one nation, one flag!

[timzawa]

ahahaha very funny tell that to people from Western Ukrainian (even Ukraine) or Belarus, dont think they agree, however the idea of nation always create problems

[maxrocks1]

I would and have gladly told people this in the Ukraine, and shall do so again when I am next there. One united people!

[Andrejboskov]

What does it matter? these are all stupid old words used by dictators to tear our people up and mold us against one another. Russians, Belarussians, Urkainians, Poles, Czechs, Slovaks are ONE PEOPLE. We are all children of Slavia

history should not dictate our future. We are Slavs, we are unique and proud people who have resisted for centuries invaders from Asia like Mongols, and evil Western Europe like Germany. Only together in Slavic solidarity can we prosper and protect ourselves

[tatiyanazzz]

@MrPloopy Sorry, but you give wrong information(

[Mkamalid]

loo lee..

[esuenzet]

I hate russia beacause for many, many years, they lie and destroy my beautiful country Poland

[wisdomofafoton]

extraordinary ! :)

[REDTEROR]

EXELLENT !!!

[65coro]

What an incredible tenor. Beautiful song and a first rate performance

[LadyEmilyElizabeth]

Haha very cute to see them sitting playing the balailaika on the grass under trees. Beautiful music, as always.

[labeteaupoules]

La société quon nous propose est une société valorisant largent et les objets matériels avec les conséquences que cela entraîne : irrespect, violence, détériorations des relations entre les gens, manquement à la parole donnée... Tout le contraire de la martialité !... Je sais que désormais, je ne transmettrai plus aussi facilement ce que je sais.

[MattaSchultz]

Some criticism of society? Could you re-post it in English, please?

[rojocorsa]

Birch trees bring us Mosin Nagants.

[JamieEmmett]

Mosin Nagants bring us victory

[MinisterKGB]

And victory Brings us vodka , And balalikas

[karushi425]

@JamieEmmett hell yes protecting the motherlands for over 100 years now

[RussianSuperPower]

Not just Mosin Nagants though they are great guns,also SVT 40 and SKS. Russian birch makes beatiful stocks,birch is my favorite wood!

[rojocorsa]

No AKs? I'm actually not sure what original AK-47s and AKMs are made out of. Of course today AK-74M and AK-103, etc. are all plastic.

[MrPloopy]

Birch trees in Russia also may cover up mass graves of Polish officers murdered by the NKVD.

[clon1312]

@MrPloopy

Where are the Polish birch, under which the Polish nationalists were shot thousands of Russian soldiers in 1920?

И мне все равно были ли эти солдаты белыми или красными. Они были Россиянами!

Учи матчасть, недоумок!

[elvis633]

@rojocorsa Why yes yes it dose.

[Hellflex]

Это - эпопея.

[Jihadko]

Alexandrovci are one of the best artists on the World

[labeteauxpoules]

regardez la grande UNION SOVIETIQUE et comparer avec la porcherie qu'est devenue l'europe de l'ouest .. du monde de la rue ,au strate du pouvoir ca pue l'infection , la pourriture et la décadence

[nascar10B]

the soviet union killed more innocent people than Nazi Germany ;)....

[0099wrestler]

@nascar10B The Qur'an, Chapter 2, verses 8-20, tell of people like were killed in Russia. They will go to Hell anyway, so the sooner the better. Does not matter the system of belief, for God put the Soviets in power. Soviets say no God, so God says OK, now test the people.

[RussianSuperPower]

voteto cruta!

[Tyhjis1988]

Where could I find Russian lyrics to this song?

[pesez2]

Very nice song! Funny to see the whole ensemble sitting in the grass... I didn`t know that such videos existed!!

[mihanich]

google "vo pole bereza stoyala" or во поле береза стояла

[labeteauxpoules]

5/5

[CirusJohnson]

translation:see the lovely birch in the meadow curly leaves will dance when the wind blows ooli loo when the wind blows ooli loo when the wind blows

[chibibunnymocha]

we had to sing this song for choir, in english though, its really pretty in Russian!

[blackstone0009]

Romantic.

[visu43]

Masterpiece!

[dalferr]

Wonderful!

[Thecommonandcoarse]

Make music, not war, eh?

[lmj22]

yes, exactly :)

[Steppenwulf79]

pravilno, neponimaju, zachem stolko palcov doloj

[Kalinin1917]

Wonderful!