# Russian Music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 16, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-music/380732 "2006-11-16T20:50:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-music/380732/1 "2006-11-16T20:50:14Z")
My friends and I are having a ‘Russian’ Party soon, and I’d love to hear recommendations for good Russian music. Choral music, russian punk, it’s all fair game, but I’d especially be interested in any Soviet-style martial music if anyone knows any. Fire away! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-music/380732/2 "2006-11-16T20:56:11Z")
[Here.](http://www.amazon.com/Hunt-Red-October-Original-Soundtrack/dp/B000002O7C/sr=1-1/qid=1163710445/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-4034745-0278204?ie=UTF8&s=music) And [here](http://www.amazon.com/Russian-Military-Marches-Leningrad-Headqurters/dp/B0002IQTNC/sr=1-1/qid=1163710497/ref=sr_1_1/103-4034745-0278204?ie=UTF8&s=music). And [here](http://www.amazon.com/Sacred-war-Military-Svyacshennaya-Voennye/dp/B000J1EQ6E/sr=1-11/qid=1163710497/ref=sr_1_11/103-4034745-0278204?ie=UTF8&s=music). ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-music/380732/3 "2006-11-16T21:06:06Z")
[This](http://www.amazon.com/Shostakovich-Film-Album-Dmitry/dp/samples/B00000I08B/ref=dp_tracks_all_1/103-5441172-6654232#disc_1) is a good primer for Soviet-style popular/classical music, while an Amazon search for ‘russian orthodox’ will provide plenty of options down that route. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-music/380732/4 "2006-11-16T21:20:01Z")
The Russian Easter Overture by Rimsky-Korsakov was always one of my favorite classical pieces. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-music/380732/5 "2006-11-16T21:21:01Z")
[QUOTE=winterhawk11] The Russian Easter Overture by Rimsky-Korsakov was always one of my favorite classical pieces. [/QUOTE] Yuk. One of the few composers I actively despise. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-music/380732/6 "2006-11-16T21:31:19Z")
Gotta go with my Man Main Sergei Prokofiev: Symphonies 1 & 5, Lt. Kije, and Alexander Nevsky are all great places to start (not to mention Peter & the Wolf). Not in the same league, but I too like Rimsky-Korsakov. [This](http://www.amazon.com/Rimsky-Korsakov-Suites-Nikolay-Andreyevich/dp/B000000ACB/sr=1-2/qid=1163712537/ref=sr_1_2/104-8066188-6626340?ie=UTF8&s=music) has most everything you’d need, over a nice range (though I’m a particular sucker for “Christmas Eve”). ---
**Author:** ![Mairosu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Mairosu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mairosu)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-music/380732/7 "2006-11-16T21:52:48Z")
Try Gogol Bordello for some russian-gipsy-whatnot flavoured punk rock. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-music/380732/8 "2006-11-16T21:58:25Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] Gotta go with my Man Main Sergei Prokofiev: Symphonies 1 [/quote] No no no no no!!! One of the worst pieces ever written!!! > [@](#): > > 5 Oh, alright, if you have a problem with Shostakovich 😉 (Peter & the Wolf, however…) [QUOTE=Mairosu] Try Gogol Bordello for some russian-gipsy-whatnot flavoured punk rock. [/QUOTE] Now I’m going to be annoyingly nitpicky - I don’t think they’re got a Russian background, but rather an eastern European one. ---
**Author:** ![Mairosu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Mairosu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mairosu)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-music/380732/9 "2006-11-16T22:01:54Z")
[QUOTE=GorillaMan] Now I’m going to be annoyingly nitpicky - I don’t think they’re got a Russian background, but rather an eastern European one. [/QUOTE] The lead singer, guitarist & songwriter is Ukrainian, and the accordion & violin players are Russian. They also frequently include russian lyrics. I think they’re qualified for this thread, personally. 🙂 But for something more “russian russian”, try [DDT](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDT_%28band%29). ---
**Author:** ![Mairosu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Mairosu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mairosu)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-music/380732/10 "2006-11-16T22:05:11Z")
Oh ! Forgot to add a terrific Moldavian band called Zdob zi Zdub, which has a terrific Russian-sang single called “Videli Noci”. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-music/380732/11 "2006-11-16T22:11:35Z")
[Russian Show Tunes!](http://www.castalbumdb.com/lang.cfm) This site doesn’t list the Russian version of the film “Chicago” which is amazing.