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Aria
Directed by Pjotr Sapegin タグ:sapeginaria 投稿日: May 27, 2007, 4:29 am 閲覧数: 8108 投票: 4.70(５点満点) 35 人の平均
pjotr - meisjes - ketnet 2008 zo is er maar een cup
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Pjotr zingt "meisjes" in Ketnet programma "Zo is er maar een de cup" op 8 april 2008. Pjotr is de grote winnaar. Gefeliciteerd Pjotr ! タグ:meisjeswinnaarketnet2008zo 投稿日: April 19, 2008, 6:13 am 閲覧数: 17170 投票: 4.60(５点満点) 34 人の平均
pjotr leschenko - "tchernye glaza", tango !
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Another "Russian-exile" tango of early thirties, composed by Oskar Strok and recorded by Pjotr/Pyotr/Piotr Leschenko/Leshchenko/Leszczenko/Lescenko for British Columbia.
To the middle part of the melody, the composer inserted a piece of the old Russian romance - "Otchi tchernye" - extrememly popular and once recorded by Pola Negri, a photo of whom and two labels of her records may be seen in the video.
Pola was said to have "black eyes" which was not true, they were blueish-grey.
(more) タグ:pyotrpiotrleschenkoleshchenkoleszczenko 投稿日: July 26, 2008, 3:05 pm 閲覧数: 1291 投票: 0.00(５点満点) 0 人の平均
tango from russia: pyotr leshchenko - wino lubwi, 1936
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Pyotr Leshchenko - "The King of Russian Tango", owner of a breathtaking, soft baritone voice - was born on June 14, 1898 in a village Isaeva in Ukraine. His father was a clerk, mother - illiterate. During the First World War, his mother and stepfather moved to Kishinev (now part of Moldavia). As a result Leshchenko has been claimed as a national by Russia, Ukraine, Moldova and Romania. In his early childhood he sang in a church choir and learned how to play the guitar and the balalaika. After the war Pyotr worked at various restaurants performing small theatrical acts, mostly dancing.
After the revolution, in Paris he took some ballet lessons to perform with his Latvian wife Zinaida, who was a dancer. Their act was a mixture of ballet, folklore dance and European tango, which was so popular it led to tours to Egypt, Persia, Turkey, Germany and Britain. It was at Riga, when he improvised a kind of a gypsy/tango singing to make up for the absence of his pregnant wife, that he discovered he could sing in front of an audience. Skon he started to perform regularily. In 1935 he was at the peak of his success. Though he still included old Russian romances, and even Soviet songs , like „Serdtse" („A Heart" ) - tango from the Stalinist movie production, which was originally sung by Leonid Utyosov - in a different version, as „Kak mnogo devushek horoshih" (How Many Goud Girls Are Around!"). ) In his repertoire, one of his favourites was a Polish composer Jerzy Petersburski, but he also sung certain songs composed specifically for him were (Oscar Strok, Mark Maryankovsky and Yefim Sklyarov).
Leshchenko performed for European nobles and "White" Russian emigres at his own "Leschenko" cabaret in Bucharest (dubbed the "Eastern Maxim"). The first part of every performance would typically be dedicated to gypsy music, but during the second part Leshchenko would dress up in a tuxedo, with a white silk handkerchief and sing and dance Argentine tango. He recorded dozens of sides for „Columbia".
In the Soviet Union his work was banned both because he was believed to be a White emigre (which he was not legally) and because the style (tango and foxtrot) was deemed counter-revolutionary. Nevertheless, secretly he was very popular: people would even listen to Radio Tehran to hear his music, '78 plates were smuggled into the country from the Baltics, and specialists would bootleg his music onto "ribs" (used X-ray plates). When during the Second World War and the subsequent occupation of Odessa by the Romanian army, Leshchenko was finally able to perform in the country he still considered his own, people would queue for hours on end to buy a ticket to one of his Odessa concerts. It was at Odessa that Pyotr met his second wife, Vera Georgievna, for whom he would later, back in Romania, divorce Zinaida.
After Romania switched sides during World War II and the Soviet army came to Romania, Leshchenko was not arrested and became the protege of General Bulganin. Some sources believe this was due to Marshall Zhukov being a secret admirer of his music - Pyotr probably thought so, and after the War, wrote many letters to friends in the Soviet Union asking them to contact high-level officials so that he and Vera may be allowed back to the country of their birth.
In 1951, immediately after receiving an from the Soviet government an official letter granting them permission to settle in the USSR, he and his wife were arrested by the communist Romanian militia. Vera was sent to the Soviet Union (where she was condemned to penal labour for amongst other things, "marrying a foreigner") and Pyotr was imprisoned near Bucharest. Both outlived Stalin, but Pyotr died in a prison hospital on July 16, 1954, without Vera (who had already been released but did not know her husband was still alive) at his side.
Recording: Pyotr Leshchenko - Wino Lubwi (Wine of Love), Columbia 1936 タグ:1930stangorussianromance78sshellack 投稿日: October 25, 2007, 7:39 am 閲覧数: 28070 投票: 4.80(５点満点) 68 人の平均
pjotr - met de trein naar oostende 2008 ketnet
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Pjotr (10 jaar) zingt: "Met de trein naar Oostende in Ketnet programma "Zo is er maar een cup" タグ:pjtormetdetreinnaaroostende 投稿日: March 14, 2008, 4:30 am 閲覧数: 13591 投票: 4.50(５点満点) 17 人の平均
スターe polskie tango: 'przyznaj się !' - in russian !
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'Confess your guilt !', composition of Artur Gold, here sung by a Russian singer, Pjotr Leschenko (1898-1954) of Ukrainian and Moldavian roots who in 30's made a great career as a singer in countries of Western Europe, as an emigrant prohibited in USSR until late 80's (long after his death). Recorded in Berlin, London, Paris, Riga, Bucarest and Warsaw. Used to include to his repertoire Polish songs and wrote for them his own Russian lyrics, the present one included.
Rec. for French Columbia, 1934. タグ:polandtangoleschenkorussia78rpm1930's 投稿日: July 13, 2007, 4:49 am 閲覧数: 10149 投票: 4.70(５点満点) 31 人の平均
hanka ordonówna by pjotr leschenko !
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Pjotr Leschenko had Varsovie (!) on his way when was traveling from Riga to Bucuresti, loved to make stops in the capital of Poland and was enriching his vast repertoire. Fell in love with a hit of Ordonka, wrote his own lyrics and was perfoming the song with a true feeling.
However, the message was changed: not "Love will forgive you everything" (as it is in the original) but - "For love - I will forgive everything". Less disinterested declaration ?...:-)
My Columbia is in a poor state, I know and I regret. タグ:polandpolskarussialeschenkomiłośćordonówna 投稿日: January 7, 2008, 3:39 am 閲覧数: 3599 投票: 5.00(５点満点) 9 人の平均
russian romance: "karavan" - pjotr leschenko
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"We met so strangely
and strangely will drift apart...
With a smile of tenderness
our affair has come to the end."
..............................
With thanks to Shura-Alex for support and 'supply'. タグ:oldrussianromancekaravanleschenko 投稿日: March 16, 2008, 10:15 pm 閲覧数: 2338 投票: 5.00(５点満点) 10 人の平均
pjotr leschenko (1898-1954) "poj zigani" about 1932
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Pjotr Leschenko & orchestra on Austrian Columbia DV 1561
Pjotr Leschenko (1898-1954) of Ukrainian and Moldavian roots who in 30's made a great career as a singer in countries of Western Europe, as an emigrant prohibited in USSR until late 80's (long after his death). Recorded in Berlin, London, Paris, Riga, Bucarest and Warsaw. Used to include to his repertoire Polish songs and wrote for them his own Russian lyrics, the present one included タグ:(peter)lescenko"pojzigani"about 投稿日: June 30, 2008, 8:58 pm 閲覧数: 553 投票: 4.80(５点満点) 6 人の平均
pjotr leschenko: zavut tibja (tango)
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Pjotr Leschenko: Zavut Tibja (Schapiro, Leschenko). タグ:leschenkozavuttibjatangomilonga 投稿日: February 28, 2008, 1:13 am 閲覧数: 1813 投票: 5.00(５点満点) 7 人の平均
