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 In September Come to Me, Look at Me, My Old Love… , a new album by Lisa Monde, was released.
There exists such a phrase - a kind of cliché - as ‘eternal values’. When we say these words, we understand pretty well, that they mean neither silver, nor gold, but something really lofty and splendid, which exists in the heart of every human being. Inexpressible attachment to one’s native land, love towards one’s children, mysterious attraction to a man or a woman, compassion, inspiration – all these are the above said ‘eternal values’, our alter ego (and, indeed, the best one).
Songs of this album are such ‘eternal values’ for all Russians. They were composed in different time, but now they are known, loved and sung by people, belonging to all generations. They are a treat; they are regaled on. Not a single banquet can do without, say, such a romance as ‘The birch-tree wood has already stopped talking…’ , composed to the verse of Sergei Yesenin, the most ‘Russian’ of all Russian poets. If someone starts singing it, you may be sure that all others will take it up in chorus!
These are not songs for every day; they, like to some family jewels, are to be used for special occasions only: for some great event in one’s life or for some exceptionally bright or too sad mood.
You may ask, why these, not any other songs have been chosen by Russians and what they exactly feel when they sing them, but such questions seem to be found too difficult to be answered. Russians just sing them – the way like others may breathe – and they seem to do that quite thoughtlessly. Still, we are going to try answering it. The songs are usually sung when one starts feeling too acutely what a great and vast land Russia is, how tragic its fate is, and how big is the happiness to be born in it; and they are also sung when one understands - though there is pretty much sadness in comprehending the issue - that birch-trees will surely continue having their leaves tousled with fingers of breeze, and the songs will sound forever, even when one is gone. It means there is some continuation of us in them as well as our incomprehensible and inscrutable faith in eternal life!
It was due to Lisa Monde that these songs have been first collected on one CD as translated into English and French.
This CD comprises 12 most famous songs by Russian authors, sung by Lisa Monde, Ilya Vasiliev (5), Viktor Zozulin (8), Piotr Urbanovichus (10), and Soloists of the Studio of Children’s Singing “Debut” (4).
Translated by: Lisa Monde, Mikhail Tarasov, Kety Dolnikova
Come to Me, Look at Me, My Old Love…
1. Come to Me, Look at Me, My Old Love… – 4.03 (á.Akhmatova, V.Biberman)
2. Everything Passes - 4.32 (L.Derbenev, í.Dunayevsky)
3. En ecoutant Vivaldi – 2.41 (á.Velichansky, V.Berkovsky)
4. Wind of Change – 4.26 (N.ïlev, í. Dunayevsky)
5. Emil and Emilia’s Duet – 2.28 (Y.ëim, G.Gladkov)
6. Le petit prince – 4.23 (N.Dobronravov, í.Tariverdiyev)
7. The Birch-Tree Wood Has Already Stopped Talking… - 4.58 (S Yesenin, G.Ponomarenko)
8. La chanson de cavaliers – 3.12 (B.ïkudzhava, I.Shvarts)
9. Golden Fortress – 2.52 (á.Khvostenko, á.Volokhonsky)
10. Let’s Say It Not Loudly – 4.19 (Y.ëim, G.Gladkov)
11. Swan Love – 5.02 (á.Dementyev, Y.íÁrtynov)
12. And finally I want to tell… - 3.10 (B.ákhmadulina, á.Petrov)
The project was realized according to a demand by The Moscow City Administration, and the album is released as a special gift issue.
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Come to Me, Look at Me My Old Love … - a new album by Lisa Monde
