Календарно-обрядовые песни / Гусляр // CALENDAR AND RITUAL SONGS / GUSLIAR (LIVE 1979-1980)

CD 1 - Календарно-обрядовые песни / Calendar and Ritual Songs (76:11)
Winter Songs:
1. Ой, дзе ж мы ходзім / Oh Where We Walk (Christmas Carol) (2:59) 1980
2. Калядачкі / Carols (2:42) 1980
3. Ганулька / Ganulka (7:49) 1980
4. Цярэшка (Калядныя iгрышчы) / Carol Games (Extended version) (4:54) 1980
Spring Songs:
5. Жавароначкi, прыляцiце / Larks, Come Flying (3:55) 1980
6. Даўно, даўно тое было / It Was Long-Long Time Ago (5:21) 1980
7. Ой, не шум шуміць (Траўка-мураўка) / Green Grass (2:48) 1979
8. Ой, на моры, на сінім Дунаі / On Blue Danube (4:56) 1980
Summer Songs:
9. Сёння Купала, заўтра - Ян / Kupala Night Turns to St. John's Day (Extended version) (3:40) 1979
10. У балоце касец косiць / The Mower Cuts in the Swamp (2:28) 1979
11. Чаму селязень (То-то) / Why the Drake (Is Sad)? (2:08) 1980
12. Каліна / Guelder Rose (Mother Married Her Son Off) (5:20) 1980
13. Дажынкi / Dazhynki (Harvest Festival) (2:39) 1980
Autumn Songs:
14. Удоль па вулцы ходзіць Ваня / Vania Walks Along the Street (3:26) 1980
15. Паехаў я ў сваты / I Went to Matchmaking (2:57) 1980
16. А дзе была вуціца? / Where Was the Duck (Wedding Song) (4:50) 1980
17. Добры вечар, паненачка / Good Evening, Young Girl (2:15) 1980
18. Чарачка / Charochka (Silver Shot Glass) (9:09) 1979
19. На новае лета / For the Next Year (1:55) 1980

CD 2 - Гусляр / Gusliar (Live version) (78:20)
1. Гусляр / Gusliar (Poem-legend) (Live version) (41:20) 1979
Bonus tracks - Rare songs played in 1979 - early 80s:
2. Фантазия на тему белорусской народной песни "Сонца рана засвяцiла" / Fantasy on the theme of the Belarusian folk song "The Sun Began to Shine Early"(5:46) 1980
3. Готика Святой Анны / Saint Anna's Gothic (6:39) 1982
4. Ганулька / Ganulka (Alternative version) (7:32) 1980
5. Цярэшка (Калядныя iгрышчы) / Carol Games (Short version) (2:41) 1980
6. Жавароначкi, прыляцiце / Larks, Come Flying (Alternative version) (3:45) 1980
7. Матуля / Mother (4:09) 1980
8. Ой, дожджык ідзе / Oh, It's Raining (4:20) 1979
9. Бывайце здаровы / Good Luck! (2:08) 1980

Total Time 154:31

- Vladimir Mulyavin / lead and backing vocals, guitars, leader
- Leonid Bortkevich / lead and backing vocals, hurdy-gurdy
- Anatoly Kasheparov / lead and backing vocals, hurdy-gurdy
- Valery Daineko / lead and backing vocals, viola
- Vladislav Misevich / flute, saxophones, folk wind instruments, vocals, backing vocals
- Vladimir Tkachenko / violin, guitars
- Igor Palivoda / keyboards (grand piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Minimoog synthesizer, Farfisa organ)
- Vladimir Nikolaev / keyboards (Farfisa organ, Minimoog synthesizer), lead vocals (on CD 1, track 14)
- Leonid Tyshko / bass, backing vocals
- Alexander Demeshko / drums, percussion, timpani, lead vocals (on CD 1, track 18)
- Mark Shmelkin / cymbalo, xylophone, percussion, drums
- Oktaj Ajvazov / trombone
- Evgeny Pozdyshev / trumpet

- Cheslav-Victor Poplavsky (CD 2, tracks 1, 8) / violin, backing vocals
- Igor Penia (CD 2, tracks 3, 4, 6, 7) / lead and backing vocals
- Arkady Eskin / keyboards (CD 2, track 3)
- Boris Bernshteyn / bass (CD 2, track 3)
- Vladimir Belyaev / drums (CD 2, track 3)

Two of the most significant works by PESNYARY - "Calendar and Ritual Songs" suite (released for the first time in its entirety) and previously unreleased live version of "Gusliar" rock oratorio.
Bonus tracks on CD 2 are rare songs played by the band in 1979 - early 80s and 3 alternative
versions of songs from "Calendar and Ritual Songs" suite.

All tracks played live in concerts and at rehearsals (soundboard recordings), except two studio versions (tracks 3 and 8 on CD 2).

Sound engineer (original recordings): Anatoly Schiolokov
Audio restoration and CD mastering: Nikolai Neronski

2CD Kovcheg - BYA0123001, BYA0123002 (September 2023, Belarus)