Yulya Sings Her Favorite Russian Songs

The Russian genre chanson (шансон) is broad and sometimes ambiguous. Although it often refers to prison songs, here Yulya Zapol’skaya Whitney embodies another aspect of chanson—urban romance and the émigré experience. Imagine Yulya performing these songs on a snowy and quiet winter evening in a quaint apartment, not in Moscow but in the Russian émigré boroughs of New York. Yulya brings a new mood and context to these traditional songs about romance, youth, and war: nostalgia for the Motherland. The musical accompaniment consists of simple, delicate strokes on the piano. Liner notes include song lyrics in English and Russian.

Track Listing

101	Ya V Nashei Komnate Odna (Alone in Our Room)	Yulya	02:58
102	Pust Vsyegda Budyet Solntse (Let There Always Be Sunshine)	Yulya	02:56
103	Kak Khorosho Sidyet U Ogonka (How Good It Is to Sit Beside the Fire)	Yulya	02:23
104	Byeznozhenka (The Girl without Legs)	Yulya	03:00
105	Zaklinaniye (Incantation)	Yulya	02:55
106	Kogda Prokhodit Molodost (When Youth Passes)	Yulya	02:40
107	Vchyera Vas Vidyela Sluchayno (Yesterday I Saw You by Chance)	Yulya	02:10
201	Zyemlyanka (In the Trenches)	Yulya	02:13
202	Vtoroye Syertse (The Second Heart)	Yulya	02:35
203	Pyesyenka O Schastye (A Song of Happiness)	Yulya	03:04
204	Lyubushka	Yulya	01:48
205	Gdye Vy Tyeper (Where Are You Now?)	Yulya	02:21
206	Krutitsa, Vyertitsa Shar Goluboy (The Light Blue Balloon Spins And Turns)	Yulya	01:46
207	Starinyi Vals (The Old Waltz)	Yulya	02:35