Voice of the Russian soul: Although few Russian composers wrote for it, the balalaika won its place on the concert stage. Russian aristocrat Vasily Vasilevich Andreyev established the first balalaika orchestra in 1888, bringing the music of his native land to the international stage as the 20th century dawned. The ensemble lives on as the “Imperial Andreyev Orchestra of Russia”, bringing arrangements of Russian folk dances and songs with that unmistakable, unforgettable “Russian sound” to the world’s great concert halls.

Disc 1
01 Vospominaniya o Vene - Recollections of Vienna: Waltz  - Andreyev Imperial Russian Orchestra/Dmitri Hochlov
02 Balalayka - Balalaika: waltz  - Andreyev Imperial Russian Orchestra/Dmitri Hochlov
03 Tonkaya ryabina - The slender rowan tree  - Alexander Shipitsyn/Rinat Gafarov/Andreyev Imperial Russian Orchestra/Dmitri Hochlov
04 Zastavil menya muzh parnu banyushku topit - My husband made me stoke up a steam bath: a humorous song  - Alexander Shipitsyn/Rinat Gafarov/Andreyev Imperial Russian Orchestra/Dmitri Hochlov
05 Ey ukhnem! - "Yo, heave ho!": The song of the Volga boatmen  - Andreyev Imperial Russian Orchestra/Dmitri Hochlov
06 Korobeyniki - The Peddlers  - Andreyev Imperial Russian Orchestra/Dmitri Hochlov
07 Vanyusha-klyuchnik - Vanyusha the key-holder  - Andreyev Imperial Russian Orchestra/Dmitri Hochlov
08 No.4 Ya s komarikom plyasala - I Went Dancing With a Mosquito from " Eight Russian Folk Songs for Orchestra"  - Andreyev Imperial Russian Orchestra/Dmitri Hochlov
09 No.6, Kolybelnaya - Lullaby (from 'Eight Russian Folk Songs for Orchestra')  - Andreyev Imperial Russian Orchestra/Dmitri Hochlov
10 No.7, Plyasovaya - Dance tune (from 'Eight Russian Folksongs for Orchestra')  - Andreyev Imperial Russian Orchestra/Dmitri Hochlov
11 No.8, Khorovodnaya - Round Dance (from 'Eight Russian Folk Songs for Orchestra')  - Andreyev Imperial Russian Orchestra/Dmitri Hochlov
12 Kak na Volge-matyushke na bystroy reke - Along Mother Volga  - Andreyev Imperial Russian Orchestra/Dmitri Hochlov
13 Barinya - My Lady  - Marina Fonina/Vladimir Fonin/Andreyev Imperial Russian Orchestra/Dmitri Hochlov
14 Lipa vekovaya - The ancient lime-tree  - Andreyev Imperial Russian Orchestra/Dmitri Hochlov
15 Vospominaniya o Gatchine - Recollections of Gatchina: waltz  - Andreyev Imperial Russian Orchestra/Dmitri Hochlov
16 Babochka - The butterfly: waltz  - Andreyev Imperial Russian Orchestra/Dmitri Hochlov
17 Favn - The faun: waltz  - Andreyev Imperial Russian Orchestra/Dmitri Hochlov
18 Meteor - The meteor: waltz  - Andreyev Imperial Russian Orchestra/Dmitri Hochlov
19 Ne odin to li vo pole dorozhenka prolegala - There was more than one road through the field  - Andreyev Imperial Russian Orchestra/Dmitri Hochlov