Balalaika: Alexei Arkhipovskiy - Sharmanka

Cyrillic: Алексей Архиповский - Шарманка Alexei Arkhipovsky is a renowned balalaika virtuoso in both Russia and abroad. Enjoy showmanship and virtuosity combined, Russian style! Some of the songs featured (times are highly approximate, and he alters them quite a bit, also altering back and forth between various pieces): 1:20 Für Elise/Bagatelle in A minor (Ludwig van Beethoven, Bia 515/ WoO 59) 2:07 Caprice Nr. 24 in Am (Niccol Paganini) 2:36 Paganiniana (Nathan Mironovich Milstein, variations on multiple works by Niccol Paganini) 3:33 Jingle Bells (James Lord Pierpont, 1857) 4:10 Theme from “Seventeen Moments of Spring“ (from the Soviet film series, original title: Семнадцать мгновений весны) (Mikael Leonovich Tariverdiev, 1973) 4:43 The Pink Panther Theme (Henry Mancini, 1963) 4:57 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (excerpt from the Soviet film series, original title: Приключения Шерлока Холмса и доктора Ватсона) (Vladimir Sergeyevich Daskevich, 1981) 5:18 Toccata & Fugue in Dm (Johann Sebastian Bach, BWV 565) 6:38 Yes Sir, That’s My Baby (Walter Donaldson, 1925) 8:00 Cara Mia (Bobby McFerrin, 1985) More to come, hopefully. I reckon there are some pieces in there that he wrote himself, and some that might be quite obscure folk tunes. (c)