Er.J.Orchestra. The best of lives: volume One.

The main thing that I would like to attract your attention to is the fact that this disc is not just the first compiling of the best live-records by Er.J.Orchestra. Moreover, it is also a collection of rarities – because the greater part of the pieces represented here have not been released neither in the studio nor in the concert versions till now. Well, and enough has already been said about the quality of whatever Er.J.Orchestra creates. This project can be definitely considered today unique for Ukraine, and no doubt that on the world scene it is one of the most interesting projects as well. We already noted before: Er.J.Orchestra creates not music – not only music – but an integral, saturated, harmonious world. Probably, that is the reason why this disc sounds, actually, not as a collection but as a proper balanced album – although recordings from three different concerts that took place in 2002, 2004 and 2007 are represented here. However, should this be surprising? In the end, all of these compositions are live parts of that integral, inspired world, the door to which Er.J.Orchestra constantly opens slightly with all of its work. So, the passage is open – and you are invited...

Alexei Alexandrov: keys (1-3,5), recorders (1), tenor and alto recorders (3), piano (4)
Viktor Krisko: violin (1-5), viola (1,2,5)
Gregory Nemirovsky: trumpet (1,2,4,5), medieval cornet (1,2), flugelhorn (2,3), melodica (4)
Maria Khmeleva: flute (1,5), drymba (1), vocal (5)
Valery Koshman: electric guitar (1-3,5)
Sergey Rybalkin: electric guitar (4)
Dmitry Bem: bass (1,5)
Vladimir Sorochenko: bass (2-4)
Andrei Pushkarev: vibraphone (2-4), kettledrums (4), glockenspiel (4)
Yevdokim Reshet'ko: percussion (1,5), spring drum (1), udu(1), vocal (1)
Alexander Beregovsky: percussion (2-4), snare drum (2), drums (3), hand drum (4)
Oleg Dr. Kobtsev: percussion (2-4), rain stick (3), spring drum (3), vocal (4)
Alex Fantaev: drums (1,4,5)
Oakman: drums (2,3), vocals (2)
Anjei Pozdin: acoustic guitar (3)
Olexa Kabanov: gusli (3)
Andrei Chuguevets: domra (3)
Arkady Shilkloper: waldhorn (4)
"The Elfian Scale" Chamber orchestra (orchestration and conducting by Gregory Nemirovsky): (4)