Ukraine: Traditional Music / Various Ukraine: Traditional Music / Various CD

Modern-day Ukraine is the largest country entirely within Europe, bordering Russia to the east, Moldova and Romania to the southwest, Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west, Belarus to the north, and the Black Sea to the south. It's varied terrain and interaction with neighbors have defined the specific regional characteristics of Ukraine's folklore. Traditional Ukrainian music fits into one of two broad categories: ritual and non-ritual. Ritual folk songs are generally older and include incantations, lamentations, calendar songs, and wedding songs. Non-ritual songs include dumy, or historical and political songs, and lyric songs of love, family life, and lullabies. This collection of 34 folk songs was recorded prior to the breakup of the Soviet Union and the subsequent independence of Ukraine in 1991.

1. Overture: Trembitas with Folk Orchestra - Trembita Players and Folk Orchestra of the Ivano Frankivske Region 2. In the Mountain the Peacocks Parade - Folk Ensemble of Ivanivka Village in the Yarmolyntsi District of the Khmelnitski Region 3. Vesnianka: Spring Song - Folk Ensemble of Stariy Koni Village in the Zaretnianski District of the Rivne Region 4. Vesnianka: Spring Song - Folk Ensemble of Vovtitsi Village in the Zaretnianski District of the Rivne Region, Solo: Pelageia Kovtunovitch 5. Vesnianka: Oh, on the Mountain - Folk Ensemble of Krasylivka Village, Zhytomyr Region 6. Vesnianka: The Herdsman - Folk Ensemble of Stariy Koni Village in the Zaretnianski District of the Rivne Region 7. Medley of Carpathian Melodies: Vinotchok - J. Pavliuk, V. Lliuk, M. Maximiuk 8. We Are Going to Decorate a Shrub - Dominika Tchekun 9. On the River Near the Willow Tree - Folk Ensemble of Ivanivka Village in the Yarmolyntsi District of the Khmelnitski Region 10. Today Is the Festival of St. Peter - Folk Ensemble of Lipniki Village in the Kugini District of the Zhytomyr Region 11. The Reapers - Folk Ensemble of Kozelets Village, Chernihiv Region 12. The Sunset - Choral Ensemble of Klyntsi Village in the Ovruch District of the Zhytomyr Region 13. The Sheperd Departs - Orchestra of Folk Instruments of the Forest Industry of the Transcarpathian Region 14. For a Garland - Folk Ensemble of Vovchik Village in the Kozelets District of the Chernihiv Region 15. Why Do You Weep, Why Do You Lament? - Folk Ensemble of Alexeevka Village in the Starosiniaski District of the Khmelnitski Region 16. Wedding Melodies for Drymba - M. Netchai 17. Duma About Marussia of Bohuslav - F. Jarko 18. Lullaby: Oh, Liulonki - Dominika Tchekun and Nadejhda Tchekun 19. Ritornello for the Telenka - Folk Ensemble of Teresva Village in the Rakhiv District of the Transcarpathian Region, Solo: Anton Huzak 20. The Willow Tree with Many Leaves - Folk Ensemble of Polessa Village in the Sosnitsa District of the Chernihiv Region 21. I Am Going to the Mountain - Ivankivtsi Village in the Starosiniavski District of the Khmelnitski Region, Solo: Ivan Kovalchuk 22. The Mountain Behind the Mountain - Choral Ensemble of Kovalikha Village in the Smila District of the Cherkassy Region 23. The Rogues - Instrumental Ensemble of Zherdino Village in the Chemerdytsi District of the Khmelnitski Region 24. Good Evening, Little Mother - Ivan Village in the Mour Kourilivski District of the Vinnitsia Region, Solo: Anna Movtchan 25. Oh Owl, Do Not Announce Any More Misfortunes - Vasil Nechepa 26. Mama the Dawn - Folk Ensemble of Bonuslavka Village in the Kharkiv District 27. The Seducer - Vladimir Trachuk, Victor Panchuk, Vladimir Zherebets, Valentina Tarassova 28. Oh, Thou with the Curly Locks, Do Not Leave Me - Uliana Kot 29. On the Wide Danube - Folk Ensemble of Ostriv Village in the Boug District of the Lyiy Region 30. Hutsulka - Roman, Ivan and Vasily Vatamaniuk 31. The Red Mountain Ash - Rosa Zhuk, Liudmilla Chijhuk, Maria Dorodko 32. Hopak - a. Kozitski, M. Bugrim, I. Chikhar, G. Pekar 33. Chumak Song - Folk Ensemble from Kybytsi Village of the Myrhorod District of the Poltava Region 34. Arcan: The Lasso - Folk Ensemble of Song and Dance "Vesselka" of the House of Culture of Dolina, Ivano Frankivske Region