Compilations and classic songs that put you in mind of the city, from Traveler’s city playlist.
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Ultimate Tchaikovsky, Various Artists (2007)
A 5-CD set released by Decca of the best of Tchaikovsky, performed by a glittering array of international superstars from the classical music world.
The Male Choir of St. Petersburg (1999)
Conducted by Vadim Afanasiev, an album of traditional choral masterworks by the choir founded in 1993.
Shostakovich–Leningrad Symphony (Symphony no. 7), St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy and performed by the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra (2000), this is a brilliant performance of Dmitry Shostakovich’s tragic musical portrayal (1941) of Leningrad life under Stalin and during the Siege of World War II.
Gergiev Opera Collection: Boris Godunov, Prince Igor, Ruslan and Lyudmila
The Mariinsky Theatre’s genius is shown off in this lavish six-DVD set released 2003.
Some Combinations of Fingers and Passions
Sergey Kuryokhin’s avant-garde genius at its moody best (1991). Powerful piano improvisations tinged with jazz and classical traditions. Great reworking of Dave Brubeck’s “Blue Rondo.”
Zvezdy, kotorye ne gasnut. Eduard Hil. Ostayus leningradtsem (Stars that can’t go out. Eduard Hill. Still a Leningrader)
Eduard Hil’s 2002 album of nostalgic Soviet popular/variety songs from the ’70s and ’80s, with his famously optimistic “Solnechnaya Ballada” (Sunny Ballad).
Edita Piekha. Zolotaya Kollektsiya (Gold Collection) (2006)
Tracks from the still performing, multi-award-winning female star of ’60s and ’70s Leningrad pop.
Everything is Fine/Good Mood
Dancer Faroukh Ruzimatov and Petersburg jazz pioneer David Goloshchekin (Leningrad Jazz Ensemble) combine in a double DVD (2007) of amazing, daring jazz-dance performance. Good Mood is a full-scale concert film.
Classic Songs:
1. “Kozli” by Aquarium
2. “Rechka-Fontanka” by Various Artists
3. “Leningrad” by Billy Joel
4. “Leti” by Russki Razmer
5. “Samolet” by Tequilajazzz
6. “White Night” by DDT
7. “Leningradskoe nebo” by Multfilmy
8. “V lunnom siyanii” by Evgeni Yur’ev
9. “Nichego ne vizhu” by Edita Piekha
10. “Kak provozhayut parohody” by Eduard Hil
11. “Gori, Gori moya zvezda!” by Sergey Zakharov
