A. SPARINSKY, "MIDSUMMER NIGHT MAGIC"
| 1. | Midsummer Night Magic (Introduction) | 3’ 47” |
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| 2. | The Way Ivan bathed | 2’ 01” | ||
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3. | Maryna – The Goddess Doll of spring – instr. | 1’ 31” | |
| 4. | A Bunch of Herbs "On St. John’s Day" | 1’ 53” | ||
| 5. | Kupalo on St. John’s Day | 1’ 45” | ||
| 6. | Fortune-telling – instr. | 0’ 47” | ||
| 7. | The Kupalo Girl | 3’ 18” |
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| 8. | Midsummer Night Fires (from Rigveda) – instr. | 2’ 28” | ||
| 9. | Star has Shone | 1’ 17” | ||
| 10. | Flower of Fortune – instr. | 0’ 41” | ||
| 11. | Garland Weaving – instr. | 1’ 21” | ||
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12. | The Garland Headpiece | 1’ 56” | |
| 13. | Kupalo Traditions – "Burn, burn brightly!" – instr. | 3’ 27” | ||
| 14. | You Need to Get up Early | 2’ 00” | ||
| 15. | There is a Trough in the Garden | 0’ 58” |
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| 16. | Witch Solstice – "The Flying Broomstick" | 1’ 42” | ||
| 17. | "Where did you Kupalo spend the night?" | 2’ 37” | ||
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18. | Midsummer’s Kupalo Eve – "The Ugly Witch" | 1’ 47” | |
| 19. | Fortune-telling #2 – "Fall, fall rain!" – instr. | 2’ 30” | ||
| 20. | Oh, it Thundered in the Forest | 3’ 40” | ||
| 21. | The Sun God’s Wedding – instr. | 1’ 53” | ||
| 22. | Awakening – instr. | 2’ 23” |
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Album created, composed, arranged and produced by Alexander Sparinsky |
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Sung by "Berehynia" Ukrainian Folk Theatre & "Berehynka" Childrens Folk ensemble, Nina Matvienko & "Zoloti Kluchi" Trio, "Kralytzia" & "Otava" Authentic folklore groups, Enver Izmailov, Nina Garenetska, Galyna Dovbetska; Played by: "Ars Nova" ensemble, Alexander Sparinsky - keyboards, Roman Hrynkiv - bandura, Enver Izmailov - tapping guitar, Sergei Khmeliov - percussions, Ihor Chernov - saxophones & bass clarinet, Vadym Shevchuk - pipe & hurdy-gurdy. |
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Many Thanks to: Alexander Polishchuk for cover design advices; Valeri Franchuk for his ‘Kupala’s Dream’ painting, M. Buravsky & I. Synelnykov for musicology consultancy; O. Martzyniv for stage adaptation: ‘Korg’ & ‘Ensoniq’ for their synthesizers; „Kyiv” Chamber Choir, “Ljubystok” & “Yavoryna” Children’s ensembles, “Budivelnyk” & “Lybid” Folk Choirs, S. Jamalodinova, Australian aboriginals didjeridoo players, Ukrainian trymbita, wood-flute, chembalo and violin players, Armenian duduk players for their samples. All rights reserved (c) & (p) 2009 |
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