terem quartet
Terem

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Released 02 March 1992

Lyrical Dance
Fantasy
The Legend Of The Old Mountain Man
Cossack's Farewell
Toccata
Variations On Swan Lake
Simfonia Lubova
Old Carousel
Two-Step Nadya
Tsiganka
Letnie Kanikuli
Country Improvisation
Valenki
Barnynia

Liner notes

The Terem Quartet is unique. As classically trained musicians, their technique and expertise are astonishing. As players of traditional folk instruments, their music is startlingly original.

The group came together at the Leningrad Conservatoire in 1986 and are still very rooted in the city of Leningrad (now St Petersburg). With just one accordion, two domras (lutes) and one huge bass balalaika, the Quartet create a swelling and retreating orchestra of sound.

Full of subtleties and contradictions, their repertoire moves seamlessly from gypsy melodies to popular theme tunes to Tchaikovsky. Such an eccentric range of material is completely in tune with the humour of their live performance.