When it starts to get chilly, I listen to this. It's perfect for deep winter too,of course.
For some reason, there's not a single video on YouTube. But you can sample it on iTunes:
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I bought the CD when it came out in 97. Best five bucks I ever spent, I think.
Unlike the massive Red Army Choir type of ensemble, this is a very small group,with an intimate sound,maybe eight singers,and a couple of instruments. And with Diman Pantchev, one of those great Russian bass-baritones.
As a reviewer in Fanfare put it, think "a Russian cafe around midnight, with several empty vodka bottles rolling on the table".
Or I might say,the platoon sitting around the campfire.
I noticed Amazon has a couple of copies:
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