| Description : A l'heure où la "musique" diffusée par les medias populaires a atteind son plus bas niveau, voici ce qu'est un véritable musicien, un virtuose.Soignez vos oreilles, elles ont sérieusement besoin d'une bonne purge.
 
 Alexei Arkhipovsky is a renowned balalaika virtuoso in both Russia and abroad. Enjoy showmanship and virtuosity combined,  Russian style!
 
 Some of the songs featured (times are highly approximate, and he alters them quite a bit, also altering back and forth between various pieces):
 
 1:20
 Für Elise/Bagatelle in A minor
 (Ludwig van Beethoven, Bia 515/ WoO 59)
 
 2:07
 Caprice Nr. 24 in Am
 (Niccol Paganini)
 
 2:36
 Paganiniana
 (Nathan Mironovich Milstein, variations on multiple works by Niccol Paganini)
 
 3:33
 Jingle Bells
 (James Lord Pierpont, 1857)
 
 4:10
 Theme from "Seventeen Moments of Spring" (from the Soviet film series, original title: Семнадцать мгновений весны)
 (Mikael Leonovich Tariverdiev, 1973)
 
 4:43
 The Pink Panther Theme
 (Henry Mancini, 1963)
 
 4:57
 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
 (excerpt from the Soviet film series, original title: Приключения Шерлока Холмса и доктора Ватсона)
 (Vladimir Sergeyevich Daskevich, 1981)
 
 5:18
 Toccata & Fugue in Dm
 (Johann Sebastian Bach, BWV 565)
 
 6:38
 Yes Sir, That's My Baby
 (Walter Donaldson, 1925)
 
 8:00
 Cara Mia
 (Bobby McFerrin, 1985)
 
 More to come, hopefully. I reckon there are some pieces in there that he wrote himself, and some that might be quite obscure folk tunes.
 
 (c) arkhipovskiy.com
 
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