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From the history of Russian national anthems

Listen to Russian version: MP3 (60.6MB, 25:52, 320kbps), narrated by Konstantin Nikitin

This program was also broadcast in English and in German, but unfortunately I only have Russian recording.
©2006 State broadcasting company The Voice of Russia

In the program, you hear fragments of the following recordings:

1. Kol slaven performed by St. Petersburg Admiralty Navy Band conducted by Alexei Karabanov (2000)
2. Preobrajensky March performed by St. Petersburg Admiralty Navy Band conducted by Alexei Karabanov (2000)
3. Song «We are known to Turks and Swedes» performed by the Male choir of the “Valaam” Institute of Choral Arts (recorded in 1997)
4. Thunder of Victory performed by the Male choir of the “Valaam” Institute of Choral Arts (recorded in 1997)
5. Kol slaven performed by the Male choir of the “Valaam” Institute of Choral Arts (recorded in 1997)
6. The Prayer of Russians performed by the Male choir of the “Valaam” Institute of Choral Arts (recorded in 1997)
7. God Save the Tsar performed by St. Petersburg Admiralty Navy Band conducted by Alexei Karabanov (2000)
8. God Save the Tsar performed by the Male choir of the “Valaam” Institute of Choral Arts (recorded in 1995)
9. The Internationale performed by the choir and orchestra of Bolshoi Theatre conducted by G. Rozhdestvensky (1977)
10. Anthem of the USSR (1977) performed by the choir and orchestra of Bolshoi Theatre conducted by Yuri Simonov
11. Patriotic Song performed by the Large symphony orchestra of All-Union radio conducted by A. Gauk (old Soviet recording)
12. Anthem of Russia (2000) performed by the State Symphony Orchestra conducted by Felix Korobov, and joint choir of the Bolshoi Theatre and the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre (2002)

Russian version of this page contains full transcript of this audio program.