Oscar Strok - Golden Collection. Black eyes | The best songs

Oskar Strok is a Latvian, Russian and Soviet composer, an outstanding melodist, nicknamed "the king of tango" during his lifetime.
Already at the age of 12, he not only played the piano perfectly, but also composed his first romance. He studied piano at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, worked as an accompanist on stage and in cinema. Collaborated with many pop stars: Nadezhda Plevitskaya, Konstantin Sokolsky, Yuri Morfessi, Petr Leshchenko
The main years of Strok's life and work were spent in Riga. The composer also lived and worked in Paris, Berlin, Harbin, Alma-Ata, Moscow
Oscar Strok acted as a composer, soloist and accompanist, took part in the competition for the creation of the State Anthem of the USSR, worked on the music for the film "Kotovsky".
During the Second World War, he worked as part of the front-line concert brigades of the army. Oskar Strok organized a musical group with which he performed in front of the soldiers of the Red Army. During the war years, Strok had a joint tour with Claudia Shulzhenko
In 1948, Oskar Strok was expelled from the Latvian Composers Union, his music was recognized as unpatriotic. For many years, the works of Oskar Strok were not in demand in the Soviet Union. All over the world, these melodies sounded without the slightest restriction. In the USSR, new records with recordings of songs and instrumental compositions of the master began to be released only in the early 1970s.
During his creative life, the composer wrote more than 300 works. Oscar Strok is the author of such famous tangos as "Black Eyes", "Tell me why", "Moonlight Rhapsody", "Don't Remember". One of his most popular creations, written in collaboration with Yakov Yadov, is the legendary "Murka"
In 2008 Oskar Strok was reinstated in the Union of Composers of Latvia
Raymond Pauls studied with Oskar Strok and often visited his house. He dedicated a song to the maestro on the verses of Mikhail Tanich "The King composes a tango"
Oscar's Peru owns such tangos as "Black Eyes", "Tell me why", "Moonlight Rhapsody". Many songs were performed by Pyotr Leshchenko.
One after another, "Blue Eyes", "When Spring Comes Again", "My Last Tango" and, finally, the famous tango "Oh, those black eyes" appeared to the world. His music has never known such an amazing success. Not only Riga - soon the whole world began to play this melody.
They say that Oscar Strok considered Peter Leshchenko to be the best performer of the song "Black Eyes".
Thanks to Strok, Petr Leshchenko's repertoire was replenished with wonderful songs, including such as "Katya, Katya", "Musenka", "Sleep, my poor heart."
In turn, world fame came to Strok with the help of Peter Leshchenko, who sang his compositions everywhere.
The track list of the collection "Oscar Strock - Golden Collection. Black Eyes"
The best songs":
01. Peter Leshchenko - Tell me why (00:00)
02. Leonid Kostritsa - Lunar Rhapsody (03:34)
03. Zinaida Tarskaya - In the old garden (06:38)
04. Pyotr Leshchenko - Dear Musenka (09:37)
05. Konstantin Sokolsky - Lieutenant, don't forget (13:04)
06. Marek Belorusov - Black eyes (15:59)
07. Pyotr Leshchenko - Blue Rhapsody (19:30)
08. Claudia Shulzhenko - Former passion (22:53)
09. Konstantin Sokolsky - No need to remember (25:16)
10. Peter Leshchenko - Katya (28:36)
11. Leonid Utyosov - Yellow leaves (31:12)
12. Isabella Yurieva - Cuban song (34:18)
13. Peter Leshchenko - Sleep, my poor heart (37:04)
14. Konstantin Sokolsky - I love Polly (40:18)
15. Vladimir Kondelaki - Gemini (42:54)
16. Peter Leshchenko - Do not leave (44:48)
17. Leonid Utyosov - Stalingrad waltz (48:15)
18. Peter Leshchenko - Blue eyes (50:31)
19. Konstantin Sokolsky - Wedding trio (53:32)
20. Yuri Morfessi - When spring comes again (56:11)
21. Peter Leshchenko - My last tango (59:07)
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