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Russian Records hosts a tremendous, actively growing collection of labels produced in Russia from 1888 until recent times. Rich metadata makes it possible to isolate selections not only by label and year but also by the intended speed of rotation of the disc and other parameters of manufacture. Associated documentation is also provided. Upward of 15,000 items (10,000+ "major label" titles; 11,000+ pre-World War II Soviet titles) are listed, and all recordings have an associated sound file. The site also includes foreign labels, cylinder recordings, experimental works, and pirated labels from Aurora (1911) to Zolphone (1905). The sound file below contains a gypsy dance ("Le Manteau de Neige") by Mark Maryanovsky, arranged by René Cloereg, with violin soloist Pepito Sanchez (Saturn label, 78 rpm, n.d.).

RDF

data.open.ac.uk

TYPE

Repository

HOMEPAGE

visit the homepage of the project

EXTENT

<10000 items

LICENSE

Open Access

SUBJECT

Media

TASKS

purposes or situations wherein to reuse the resource:

music listening

SCOPE

items are gathered by

Geographical

,

Temporal

AUDIENCE

amateurs

MUSIC FEATURES

for each item is described:

Descriptive Metadata

FEATURES AND SERVICES

the resource provides:

Browsing

,

Human Consumption

,

Interoperable format

,

Playable

,

Query Interface