Polina Agureeva sings Russian Poetry

Artist: Polina Agureeva

Genre: classical

Keywords: Joseph Brodsky Marina Tsvetaeva Nikolai Gumilyov poetry soft

Two by Marina Tsvetaeva, one by Joseph Brodsky, and one by Nikolai Gumilyov. Four Russian poems sung the way more poems ought to be sung. By Polina Agureeva (= Полина Агуреева, Volgograd, 1976). First and foremost an actress, but what a singer she is too.

Мне тебя уже не надо (I Don’t Need You Anymore)

Music by Mikael Tariverdiev (= Микаэл Таривердиев, 1931–1996). The text is a poem (1918) by Marina Tsvetaeva (= Марина Цветаева, 1892–1941). Text here, cover by Сола Монова.

Many versions exist online. Find them here, here, here and here. The selected one shows images of Tsvetaeva.

Моя маленькая (My Little One)

Also based on a poem by Tsvetaeva. The tenth untitled one from Стихи к Сонечке (1919), also known as Ландыш, ландыш белоснежный. Text here, recitations here and here. Also see the История стихотворения (history of the poem).

Scenes from the film Долгое прощание (2004), also known as Long Farewell, which you can watch here. Also check the version with photos of Agureeva (2014).

Пролитую слезу (Shed Tear)

Based on a poem by Joseph Brodsky (= Иосиф Бродский, 1940–1996). Music by Viktor Berkovsky (= Виктор Берковский, 1932–2005). Text here.

Sometimes this is called Колечко (here, here, and here). In the video below it’s Пролитую слезу. Footage from the series Isaev (= Исаев), 2009).

Слово (Word)

A poem (1919) by Nikolai Gumilyov (= Николай Гумилёв, 1886–1921). Text here, text with analysis here, recitations here and here. See also the version with lots of pictures (2014).