ансамбль Александрова - Камаринская (1988)

группа vkontakte “ИСТИНА - В ТАНЦЕ“: Alexandrov Ensemble 1988 UK tour Conductor: Oleg Reshetkiin. Principal conductor: Vladimir Gordeev. Choirmaster: Grigori Novikov. Choreographer: Lev Kulikov. This was filmed in London 1988. The video shows a choir of up to 36; orchestra and dance troupe are the usual size, though. This was originally planned as an Alexandrov Ensemble tour including a 28-piece orchestra, 27 dancers, a choir of 56*, and 12 excellent soloists, and a soundtrack of these was recorded at the Albert Hall, London, 24-26 March 1988. However this may well have been a year of low morale for the Ensemble, between 1987 when their director B.A. Alexandrov retired, and 1989 when the Berlin Wall fell. Perhaps the Ensemble was suffering a funding crisis. When the tour reached Leicester, the tiny but supportive audience talked of rumours of 20-25 defections by Ensemble members, and of V. Kuleshov and his own choristers stepping in to parti