Sofia Rotaru (album)

Sofia Rotaru (София Ротару), also known as Ballad of Violins (Баллада о скрипках) is the second album by Soviet singer-songwriter Sofia Rotaru, released in 1974 by Melodiya. The album includes songs performed in Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Romanian languages.

Sofia Rotaru
Studio album by Sofia Rotaru
Released	1974 (USSR)
Recorded	1972—1974
Studio	Melodiya (Moscow)
Genre	Pop, dance, pop folk
Label	Melodiya (USSR)
Sofia Rotaru chronology
Chervona Ruta (1972) Sofia Rotaru (1974) Sofia Rotaru (1976)

Track listing

Side A

The songs recorded on the side A are all performed in foreign languages, with the musical background played by band Chervona Ruta, directed by Anatoliy Evdokimenko. Songs 1, 3, 4 are performed in Ukrainian language, 2 - in Bulgarian, and 5 - in Romanian languages.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Баллада о скрипках" (Ballada o skripkakh; Ballad of Violins)	Vasil Marsyuk	Volodymyr Ivasyuk
2.	"Сказка" (Skazka; Fairy tale)	Daniil Demyanov	Toncho Rusev
3.	"Два перстня" (Dva perstnya; Two rings)	V. Ivasyuk	V. Ivasyuk
4.	"Песня будет с нами" (Pesnya budet s nami; Song will be with us)	V. Ivasyuk	V. Ivasyuk
5.	"Только ты" (Tol'ko ty; Only you)	Ștefan Petrache	Petre Teodorovici

Side B

The songs recorded on side B are all in Russian language. Ensemble Melodiya, under direction of Gueorguiy Garanyan provided the musical background.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Вспоминай меня" (Vspominay menya; Remember me)	Veronika Tushnova	Vyacheslav Dobrynin
2.	"Твоя вина" (Tvoya vina; Your fault)	Andrey Dementyev, David Usmanov	Yevgeniy Martynov
3.	"Я жду весну" (Ya zhdu vesnu; I'm waiting for spring)	A. Dementyev	Y. Martynov
4.	"Расскажи мне сказку" (Rasskazhi mne skazku; Tell me a fairy tale)	Anatoly Poperechny	Leonid Garin
5.	"Алешенька (Баллада о матери)" (Aleshen'ka (Ballada o materi); Alyoshenka (Ballad about mother))	A. Dementyev	Y. Martynov

See also

Sofia Rotaru at Discogs (list of releases)