BULAT OKUDZHAVA (Булат Окуджава) .. Soviet Bards 1950s-1991
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Bulat Okudzhava (1924-1997) is the greatest Soviet bard. He was born in Moscow to a Armenian mother and a Georgian father who served as military officer but was executed during the great purge in 1937. Okudzhava’s first poems’ collection was published in 1956 and he began producing homemade recordings of his songs in 1957.
These were distributed in the Soviet magnitizdat market where they became immensely popular in the 1960s. His first LP album was released by the French label ‘Le Chant du Monde‘ in 1968 but the first official Soviet release of his songs only took place in the late 70s. Okzudzhava wrote more than 200 songs, published 15 fiction books and collections of poems, and his songs appeared in 28 Soviet films. He lived in Moscow, Georgia, Kaluga, Moscow again and died in Paris while travelling.
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∙ 1957 ∙ Sentimental march / Сентиментальный марш (ver. 1962 movie ‘Ilyich’s Gate’) ∙ 1958 ∙ Goodbye kids / До свидания, мальчики ∙ 1959 ∙ Three sisters / Три сестры ∙
∙ 1961 ∙ Song about the infantry / Песенка о пехоте ∙ 1962 ∙ The last trolleybus / Последний троллейбус (ver. movie ‘Chain reaction’) ∙ Paper soldier / Бумажный солдат (ver. 1970s) ∙ Song about the open door / Песенка об открытой двери ∙ 1963 ∙ Hopes for a small orchestra / Надежды маленький оркестрик (ver 1967, movie ‘We urgently need a song’ / Фильм ‘Срочно требуется песня’) ∙
∙ 1964 ∙ It’s sad anyway (The past can’t be brought back) / А всё таки жаль (Былое нельзя воротить) ∙ When I see this woman I go dumb / Эта женщина, увижу и немею ∙ The main song / Главная песенка ∙ 1965 ∙ The prayer / Молитва ∙ 1969 ∙ Georgian song / Грузинская Песня ∙ Song about Mozart / Песенка о Моцарте ∙
1972 ∙ A song about fools / Песня о дураках ∙ 1975 ∙ Put your coat on, let’s go home / Бери шинель, пошли домой ∙ Arbat romance / Арбатский романс ∙ 1976 ∙ Your Honor / Ваше благородие (movie ‘White sun of the Desert’) ∙ 1977 ∙ Historical novel / Исторический роман ∙
1982 ∙ About Volodya Vissotski / О Володе Высоцком ∙ 1984 ∙ Musician / Музыкант ∙ The young hussard / Молодой гусар ∙ 1987 ∙ Listen, the boots are rumbling / Вы слышите, грохочут сапоги (53′ concert) ∙ During the fall of the Roman empire / Римская империя времени упадка ∙ At night in Sretenke / На Сретенке ночной ∙
1994 ∙ Departure / Отъезд ∙
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FULL LP ALBUM 1979 ∙ Bulat Okudzhava (21 songs) ∙
DOCUMENTARY 2011 ∙ Arbat romance (51′) ∙
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