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Toive, Karelian Folk Music Ensemble, "INGRIAN FOLK SONGS"

Second album of the Petrozavodsk University's Folk Music Ensemble "TOIVE". Most songs are from Ingria, the historical area around Saint-Petersburg, but the CD also includes a few from Karelia and Finland. All tracks are arranged by Igor Arkhipoff.

1. Korvessa Kuusen Juurella (Beneath Spruce Boughs)
2. Lankesin Mie Kanavaan (I Fell Into A Ditch)
3. Elettige ennen (This was the life before)
4. Imatran Rannalla (On The Shores Of Imatra)
5. Oi Miks On Meita Nain Vahaisen (Oh Why Are We So Few?)
6. Paaskylainen Paivalintu (Swallow Day Bird)
7. Maanitus (Persuasion)
8. Kaunis Oli Koivu (Beauteous Was The Birch)
9. Kolme (The Trio)
10. Laksin Koista Kulkomaha (I left my home to wander)
11. Kaksi Neitoa (Two Maids)
12. Lie Mie Kiitan Naita Maita (I wander through this land)
13. Miks Ei Mulla Niin Kuin On Muilla?(Why Not For Me As All The Rest ?)
14. Muamoni Minuu Tsakkai (My mother scolds me)
15. Nuku,Nuku (Sleep,Sleep)
16. Suka Mereen (Comb In The Sea)
17. Tjock (Tiukan Menuetti, Polska ja Polkka), Suite of Finnish dances
18. En Mie Laula (I Sing Not)
19. Ei Pia Manna (You Shouldn't Go)
20. Kuokkijat (Uninvited Guests)
21. Manin Soille (I Went To The Marches)
22. Etahalla, Ylahalla (Far Away And High Beyond)

This album is a collection of Ingrian and Karelian folk songs including wedding songs and melodies, ballads, cradle songs, dance tunes and joking songs. Sung in dialects of the Finnish and Karelian. Performed by students of the Petrozavodsk State University.

Recorded in Petrozavodsk by Alexander Berdino and Andrey Zdorov.