Don Cossack Chorus conducted by Serge Jaroff: Russian Fair

From 1944 here’s the second album on Columbia Masterworks from Serge Jaroff’s Don Cossack Chorus, Russian Fair, a four-disc set.

Russian Fair: Merry-Go-Round / Blind Man Sings an Old Ballad / Side-Show

Russian Fair: Street Organ / Man with a Bear / Two Dancing Songs

Two Guitars

Monotonously Rings the Little Bell

In Praise of Raspberries

Song of Stenka Razin

Snowstorm

Dark Eyes

For reference, here’s what the front cover of this bastard looked like prior to restoration:

Album audio & artwork

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