Konstantin Sokolskij sings tango "Ein Lied der Balalaika"

[Matvey57]

В те года можно было записать...песни оккупантов...а с приходом демократии уж больше нет таких прекрасных песен...

[mayatatyana1]

Jurek, thank you for this beautiful Tango. Maya

[Alex75Rus]

geiles lied ^^

[AdminSkaz]

classic!

[Tetrafonia]

Beautifull !!!

Thanks "xmilenako" and You ...

[parlophonman]

An other beautiful version, what a surprise !

[dairyman716]

I don't know why, but I noticed your video today the first time. This recording is wonderful. If I didn't know that this tune is by Schmidseder, I would think it is Russian origin.

[GW828]

No proszę, co potrafi muzyka! Żywą historię piszą ludzie. To wielka wartość. G.

[jurek46pink]

Niemiecki oryginał pojawi się niebawem.

[GW828]

..and ..is Old German Tango in a Russian

style..

Jakże piękne ! G.

[DiStelvio]

I am moved totears when I hear these beautiful Tangos! even though I cannot understad the lyrics, ( and I thank the person that translated a few verses - it is beautiful and nostalgic...it brings me back to the time when I was growing up, in Buenos Aires; In those days (in the forties) Argentina was getting emmigrants from all over the world and I remember my Polish and Russian, and Austrian neighbours listening to this kind of music...

Thank you! +10

[jurek46pink]

And I am moved be your sensitive reception !

And may promise that this tango will appear on my channel in original, German version, within a month or two...-

Till that time, perhaps you may find still something interesting for you in my present corner.

Dziękuję !

[horsebackarchers]

This not only music and voice... I spreads out a very lyric perfume in sepia colour...

[barynya]

sounds more like Piotr Leshenko

[berbentos]

No it doesn't. Leshenko had peculiar accent and slightly richer voice.

[cossack207]

great!

[niby77]

Chwała Ci i cześć, Panie, za te czasowe podróże. Śmiało kontynuuj swoją misję!

[gmmix]

I'm developing a real liking for this kind of music which, when I live, is just about available only on YouTube. Thanks for this video.

[jurek46pink]

It is pleasure for me to see you here !

I observe that for Anglo-Americans (if I can generalize that way) these things are usually unknown and therefore sometimes 'exotic'...:)

[dzheger]

Here you have a German tango recorded in Russian in Latvia; in the previous post it was a Georgian singing a Polish song in Russian. It's the original European Union...

It's a beautifully played and sung tango. A glowing passionate voice.

[jurek46pink]

We can say this NOW. When we direct our thoughts to the times when those things were conceived, the matter does not seem to be so simple.

This Russian-Latvian version is far better than German original. They actually knew what Balalaika meant and what feelings it may arise.

[zwerskij]

Konstantin Sokolskij has lived in pre-War Latvia.He was a "restaurnat" singer, very popular in émigrés circles from Riga to New York. He was lucky to survive in Soviet Latvia, and died about 10 years ago in independent Latvia.

[21031903]

Ну, пой мне, балалайка, о Родине моей далекой,

Ну, плачь же, балалайка, о том, чего уж нет,

К чему же всё это, коль в сердце нет ответа,

Не надо, балалайка, ведь это всё прошло...

So beautiful tango and one of my favourite, is it really German? I imaging to have sheet music of it. +5!

[jurek46pink]

There were few German tangos 'about balalaika'. One thing was imagination and love for exotic details, the other politics and aggression - as we know.

I do not have sheet, I have 'somewhere' German recording, when I find it you may hear it.

Большое спасибо для русских слов.

[21031903]

It will be great! As for this tango, it is named "The song of Balalayka" or " Balalayka's sound" (misic - Shmidtseder, words - Konstantin Sokolskij.

This tango, like Bayanova's "Volga - nostalgia about Russia. For those who don't know russian language I will translate its words into english.

[21031903]

Well sing me, balalayka about my distant Motherland,

Well, cry, balalayka, about what has been lost.

What for this all, when I don't have answer in my heart?

Stop, balalayka... all has past.

[jurek46pink]

Nice - thanks !

[jurek46pink]

May we then after "Volga" and present "Balalayka" add "Zhuravli" as a third tango in that series of Russian nostalgy ? Do you have it perhaps ?...

[DiStelvio]

Thanks for translating the lyrics...it is wonderful!

[jurek46pink]

"The song of Balalayka" seems to be a translation from some edition or some further Anglo-American version of the song.

[21031903]

I translated it from russian because in russian it is named "Песня балалайки" (Pesnya balalayki).

Balalayka - folk russian musical instrument has only 3 strings, but its sounds made russian emigants to feel sick at heart because these sounds remembered them about their lost Motherland.

[TheSister58]

@21031903 пока мы знаем и помним -ничего не прошло.

[novakauskiene]

@TheSister58 как меня затронула ваше мнение спасибо я с вами согласна Пока мы помним -мы живем

[kspm01]

A really haunting, greatly orchestrated tango, and Sokolskij's voice is gorgeous. Thank you for uploading!

[genia106]

The violins + the balalaikas + the hauntingliy beautiful voice and performance of Konstantin = ONE SUBLIME RUSSIAN TANGO! Thank you Jerzy.