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Ballad About Violins, also called Sofia Rotaru is the debut album by Soviet singer-songwriter Sofia Rotaru, released in July 1972 by Melodiya. The first long play album was re-released in 1974 for the Soviet and Eastern European market and re-packaged as Sofia Rotaru - 1974. The album includes songs performed in Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Moldavian languages.
Album history
Track listing
Side A
The songs recorded on the side A are all performed in foreign languages, with the musical background played by band Chervona Ruta, directed by Anatoliy Evdokimenko. Songs 1, 3, 4 are performed in Ukrainian language, 2 - in Bulgarian, and 5 - in Moldavian languages.
Side B
The songs recorded on side B are all in Russian language. Ensemble Melodiya, under direction of Gueorguiy Garanyan provided the musical background.
| # |
Title |
Music |
Lyrics |
Production credits |
Time |
| 01 |
"Remember Me"
Russian: -/Vspominay Menya |
Vyacheslav Dobrynin |
Veronika Tushnova |
1974, 1992
was later performed by Irina Allegrova, Alla Pugacheva |
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| 02 |
"Your Fault"
Russian: - -/Tvoya vina |
Evgueniy Martynov |
Andrey Dementyev, David Usmanov |
was later perfomrmed by Aida Vedishcheva, Nina Brodskaya, Irina Ponarovskaya, Leonid Serebrennikov |
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| 03 |
"I'm Waiting for the Spring"
Russian: - --/Ya zhdu vesnu |
Evgueniy Martynov |
Andrey Dementyev |
1974
was also later performed by Evgueniy Martynov, Anna Guerman, Valentina Tolkunova, Heidi Tamme, Natali, Irina Shvedova, Leonid Srebrennikov. The initial text for the same music was called My Love Russian: /Moya lyubovi |
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| 04 |
"Tell Me a Fairy Tale"
Russian: -- /Rasskazhi mne skazku |
Leonid Garin |
Anatoliy Poperechnyi |
1974
was also performed by Nina Brodskaya |
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| 05 |
"Alyoshenika (Ballad about Mother)"
Russian: (- - )/Alyoshenika (Balada o matere) |
Evgueniy Martynov |
Andrey Dementyev |
1974
was also later performed by Evgueniy Martynov, Lev Leshchenko, Leonid Serebrennikov |
5:37 |
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