Viktoria Tolstoy - My Russian Soul
Viktoria Tolstoy - My Russian Soul
MP3 @320 kb/s | Front Cover | 121.7 MB
Label: ACT | Time: 51:42 | Genre: Vocal-Jazz
On My Russian Soul the Swede with Russian ancestors shows us another facet of her glamorous personality with her brilliant and expressive voice. For many years now, the great-grand daughter of Leo Tolstoy has been keen to explore her Russian musical roots. “I had a conversation with Siggi Loch concerning that side of my music some time ago, but I didn't feel experienced enough for a project that big then. Russian music out of the classical genre has been adapted every now and then by jazz musicians - think of Ellington's 'Nutcracker Suite' - but never by a singer.”
1. Home - 03:32 (P. Tschaikowsky / Anna Alerstedt)
2. Word By Word - 05:31 (P. Tschaikowsky / Anna Alerstedt)
3. The Curtain Falls - 02:35 (P. Tschaikowsky / Anna Alerstedt)
4. Little Pretty - 03:29 (traditional / Anna Alerstedt)
5. Our Stories - 04:44 (V. Vysotsdy / Anna Alerstedt)
6. Stranger In Paradise - 04:35 (R. Wright / G. Forrest / R. Wright / G. Forrest)
7. You Can't Go Home Again - 03:10 (S. Rachmaninov / D. Sebesky / Anna Alerstedt)
8. Silent Rhapsody - 06:06 (P. Tschaikowsky / Susan Osborn / David Densmore)
9. Although You're Gone - 03:34 (traditional / Anna Alerstedt)
10. Our Man - 05:09 (A. Petrov / T. Kalinina / english lyrics by Anna Alerstedt)
11. No News - 04:42 (traditional / Anna Alerstedt)
12. Aftermath - 04:35 (P. Tschaikowsky / Anna Alerstedt)
Personnel:
Viktoria Tolstoy – vocals
Jacob Karlzon – piano & keyboards
Johan Granström – bass & Fender fretless bass
Rasmus Kihlberg – drums & percussion
Joakim Milder – tenor & soprano sax
Nils Landgren – trombone & vocals (”Our Man”)
Lelo Nika – accordion
Further Musicians:
Strings:
Nicola Borurka, Ingrid Sturegård, Helena Frankmar, Cecilia Hunlkrantz, Åsa Rudner, Catherine Claesson, Hanna Eliasson – violin
Per Högberg, Lars Mårtensson, Maria Borud – viola
Claes Gunnarsson, Anders Robertsson – cello
Bo Eklund – bass
Recorded by Lasse Nilsson & Bo Savik at Nilento Studio, Göteborg, April, 2008
Mixed and mastered by Lasse Nilsson at Nilento Studio Kållered Göteborg, May, 2008
Produced by Nils Landgren
Executive Producer: Siegfried Loch