tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post3186548507489023589..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Russian choir that worked with KarajanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-44443682109630652742009-08-19T12:55:06.645+01:002009-08-19T12:55:06.645+01:00Another email received:
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Fingers typing too...<i>Another email received:</i><br /><br />OOPS!<br /><br />Fingers typing too fast.<br /><br />I meant Noah Greenberg, not Joel Greenberg.<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />David CavlovicPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-60887627587647676592009-08-19T07:31:51.429+01:002009-08-19T07:31:51.429+01:00Email received:
I would think the original requir...<i>Email received:</i><br /><br />I would think the original requirement of having fled the Bolshevik Revolution in order to join the choir no longer applies.<br /><br />The Canadian actor Arthur Hill recounted a story of growing up in the Prairies of Alberta and Saskatchewan in the 1930’s. The Don Cossack Choir was scheduled to perform in his town, which was a bit of a hike through the wheat fields from the train tracks. He recalls, as a boy playing in the fields, seeing the choir members approaching, all of them in tears. He asked one of them why they were crying. The member replied the land reminded them so much of the Steppes back home, and of course, they will be singing for Ukrainians and Russians. They were homesick.<br /><br />The initial recordings of the Don Cossacks were originally for Columbia Records. When they switched to American Decca, the reciprocal agreement of leasing with DGG kicked in and so that’s how they appeared in the European market (same with Joel Greenberg’s early music ensemble). It seems they became bone fide Polydor/DGG artists in the mid-60’s.<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />David CavlovicPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-37187536478427295142009-08-18T17:31:05.239+01:002009-08-18T17:31:05.239+01:00The Don Cossack Choir are back on the road with a ...The Don Cossack Choir are back on the road with a Dutch conductor. Does this explain the Brilliant Classics re-issue? -<br /><br />http://static.rnw.nl/migratie/www.radionetherlands.nl/radioprogrammes/voxhumana/061215vh-redirectedPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.com