Kladets
18 songs from the mid-20th century — from crackling records, about the field, a swan with cygnets, a bright falcon, and a drunken husband. They united Russian folklore, Soviet choir traditions, forbidden jazz, and rustic brightness. Only real sisters could sing this way — Ekaterina, Nina, Ninel, Anastasia, and Galina Fyodorova from the village of Stary Borok, one of the USSR’s most famous vocal ensembles of the 1940s–50s. Their songs are studied by the ensemble Kladets, which grew up on this repertoire and also has its own “sisters.” The album Fyodorova Sisters is the first in the ensemble’s history, created over more than ten years of joint music-making. Some songs were recorded in the studio in 2022, others at concerts of different years. Rare tracks are included: “Marusenka” (loved by director Georgiy Daneliya), “Otdavali molodu” (the record that made the sisters famous), and “Nothing Stirs in the Field” (their film debut in Composer Glinka).
