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Eleutheromania

Mar 17, 2025 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Music

With evanescent

Soviet Lucid Dreams (+ interlude of french and italian estrada)

You doze off into the deep void and dissolve into the iridescent memories of your childhood. If you are lucky, or perhaps, terribly unlucky to have been born in the soviet union or Russia, your ears were blessed with soviet filmography compositions, those sweet sparkly gems that bloomed despite the despotic and opressive rule. Those melodies tell of dream and labour, great feats and human heroism. This show is curated by dad. I love you dad <3

7:05 AM		Edward Artemyev Goodbye to Russia
7:09 AM		Aleksei Ribnikov Progulka
7:11 AM		Maya Kristalinskaya My Younger Brother
7:13 AM		Igor Kondakov Quintet Chase
7:16 AM		Bolshoe Kosmicheskoe Puteshestvie Gonki 2
7:19 AM		Isaac Shvarc Prelude
7:23 AM		Alexey Rybnikov Roma and Katya
7:25 AM		Igor Kondakov Quintet Evening City
7:28 AM		Pahmutova Aleksandra Tri Topolya na Plushine
7:31 AM		Tchetochnye Polya Rybnikov
7:33 AM		Mikael Tariverdiev Boys and the Sea, Pt. 1 (From "Goodbye Boys") Mikael Tariverdiev Film Music (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Earth Recordings / Antique Beat 1975
7:36 AM		Andrei Petrov The Train (From "White Bim Black Ear", 1977) The Best of Andrei Petrov (Russian Film Music VI) Bel Air Music 2000
7:40 AM		Aleksandr Zatsepin marsh troitsi
7:42 AM		Alexey Rybnikov Tatyana's Dreams
7:44 AM		Mikael Tariverdiev Nocturne Mikael Tariverdiev Olga Sergeevna (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Earth Recordings 1975
7:47 AM		unknown Uverture
7:49 AM		Mikael Tariverdiev Vstrecha
7:55 AM		Giya Kancheli Strangers in the Ku
7:57 AM		Dashkevic Uverture from Sherlock Holmes
7:58 AM		Yan Frenkel Chudak is 5 b
8:00 AM		Eduard Tyazhov Hotel
8:02 AM		Alexey Rybnikov Flowers - from the film "Through Thorns to the Stars"
8:04 AM		Zubkov Cygan
8:08 AM		Pahmutov Sport i Mir Dialogue
8:11 AM		Artemyev Pohod - from Sibiriada
8:16 AM		Petrov Fall Marathon
8:19 AM		Eduard Tyazhov Carnival
8:22 AM		Mikael Tariverdiev Memory (Vocal) Olga Sergeevna (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Earth Recordings 1975
8:26 AM		Mikael Tariverdiev Sonnet 76 -- Adam Marries Eve
8:30 AM		Pahmutov Mig Udachi
8:35 AM		Alexey Rybnikov Poezkda -- from Chance
8:36 AM		Alexey Rybnikov Baron Munchausen
8:39 AM		Alexey Rybnikov Theme of Flight
8:40 AM		Alexander Zacepin Posle Examenov
8:42 AM		Mikael Tariverdiev Second Prelude
8:45 AM		Eduard Artemyev Finale -- from At Home Among Strangers
8:54 AM		Joe Dassin Le Jardin du Luxembourg (Version longue) Joe Dassin Le Jardin du Luxembourg Columbia 1976
9:00 AM		Adriano Celentano Bambini Miei
9:03 AM		Marie Laforêt Ivan, Boris et moi (Live Olympia 1969 - Inédit) Récital Olympia 1969 (Live) Universal Music Division Label Panthéon 2020
9:04 AM		Matia Bazar Per un'ora d'amore Matia Bazar The Platinum Collection EMI Marketing 2007
9:08 AM		Pooh Pierre (Remastered) The Collection 5.0 (50th Anniversary Remastered Edition) WM Italy 2016
9:12 AM		Albatros Volo AZ 504 Albatros Volo AZ504 Carosello Records 1976
9:18 AM		Joe Dassin Et si tu n'existais pas Joe Dassin Columbia 1975
9:21 AM		Paolo Conte Gli impermeabili Paolo Conte Paolo Conte CGD/EastWest Italy 2017
9:25 AM		Matia Bazar Stasera che sera Matia Bazar Tutto il meglio dei EMI Marketing 1996
9:28 AM		Maria Laforet Viens Viens Solo Ellas… Magenta 2009
9:32 AM		Riccardo Fogli Storie di tutti i giorni (Sanremo 1982) Storie... D'amore NAR International 2008
9:35 AM		Pooh E' bello riaverti Pooh Opera seconda Pooh 2012
9:39 AM		Loredana Bertè Peccati Trasparenti Loredana Bertè Collection: Loredana Bertè WMI Italy 2017
9:44 AM		Adriano Celentano Storia D'amore Adriano Celentano Il Cuore, La Voce Clan Celentano 2001
9:49 AM		Matia Bazar C'è Tutto Un Mondo Intorno Matia Bazar Dolce Canto Bazar Music 2018
9:53 AM		Toto Cutugno Un'estate con te Toto Cutugno Solo noi Carosello Records 1980
9:57 AM		Gilla Johnny Johnny - Single Gilla 1977

Chat is archived.

good morning!!

Fascinating theme, evanescent

a very special show this morning...soviet filmography music

Ribnikov is one of the giants of soviet film composers. His lyricism is unmistakable!

this track lays a foundation of a bach fugue but takes a modern twist on it

I wish I could alert my Russian coworker, he would really enjoy this nostalgic trip

yes, summon the russians!!

all of these melodies are from movies which were heavily censored under the soviet regime

there was a strict control of music as well. all western music was banned and sold underground. my dad, who was born in the 70's, got western records by exchanging self-recorded cassettes with friends

Good morning evanescent and DtO. We're enjoying your show down here in cloudy Maryland

hey rob! schucks, i was hoping the weather would be nicer in maryland than in nj

got soaked under the rain this morning while walking to the radio

Did the film industry receive State support like other arts like opera or ballet?

yes, precisely. majority, if not all, movies were state-sponsored.= and thus part of the propaganda strategy

but you know, music has its ways...

this song is from Two Captains, a movie adapted from the same-named book

really recommend the russian adaptation of sherlock holmes! you can find it on youtube

We're going to head out shortly (sadly). Have a great (and dry) day!

have a great day rob! thanks for tuning in

the most loyal wprb listener award goes to

another gem from The Return of Budulai, a movie about a Romani veteran of WWII building his life back up after war

my great grandmother used to cry to this melody

shakespeare's 76 sonnet used as lyrics

this is such a sweet theme

all credit to dad<3

its the finaleee

going into european estrada after this

this movie, At Home Among Strangers, is available on youtube for free w english subtitles. tells the story of post revolutionary chaos in the country. heavy themes of friendships, loyalty, and humanity as you can feel from the music

joe is singing about being single for yet another day

We're back.. And you're playing I Pooh again, and I missed Adriano Celentano

celentano is making a comeback real soon

He's still alive?! Lordy! :-D

oh he'll stick around for a bit more I'm sure. even iggy pop is still alive despite all the odds

Though the only song I know of his is "Prisencolinensinainciusol" ... I had a 7-inch of that from when I lived in Europe in high school in the early 70s, but I lost it the last time we moved (yes, I am as old as the dinosaurs)

oh damn where in europe did you live?

My father was in the US Navy and he was stationed in Naples, Italy.

Oooh more Adriano <3

I listened to a little bit of Italian radio. But when I found that I could receive Radio Luxembourg's after-dinner English-language broadcast, I was ecstatic! It was 1973 so I was hearing Slade, David Bowie, Suzi Quatro, Wizzard, and the like. I was in heaven

sounds a lot like my dad's childhood music experience~!

sounds like you had a very interesting childhood

Yay dad! (He selected all these Italian songs, right?)

my contribution is the matia bazar tracks! which he introduced to me, but i insisted they are to be included

Yeah, I attended an American high school, which was not on base, and we lived off-base too. And I was already watching birds so new birds and new music for a couple of years :-))

Did your dad live in Italy?

oh, never. italian estrada was really popular in the soviet union for similar sound during the 70s

Thanks for the Soviet music this morning. It reminded me of the stuff played on the late night weather forecast loop in early 2000's Japan. Maybe one of my most memorable set lists ever.

I think I may listen to these Italian songs in the coming week, especially the ones I missed while I/we were out

Ah, I see (about Italian estrada)

Thanks, DJ evanescent and evanescent’s dad for the show

another italian song i didnt get to play today but is a gem is Rocky Roberto Stasera mi butto

hi josh!

thank you so much for listening and being so open minded to new genres(:

I'll check Rocky Roberto out after the show. This has been a great show, evanescent and dad, and I'm sorry I was away for so much of it!

isnt it crazy how my dad listened to all this music in russia growing up, immigrated to the united states, and is now curating playlists for a radio that broadcasts to major cities in the US? gosh i love music