“Russian Dreams” is the first Canadian production of Russian romances performed by an international group of artists. Because of our roots, we could offer both: freshness and originality of perception and depth of understanding of Russian poetry and culture which is only accessible to native speakers.

To choose works for this album, we had to rely mostly on a specific sort of intuition – so-called Russian “avos”. Our desire was to convey the spirit of Russian Romance and to show it in its development and variety. Here you can find both famous and rarely heard works by composers of the last two centuries, from M. Glinka and A. Dargomyzhsky to R. Glière and A. Vlasov.

The album is named “Russian Dreams” not only because the dreams make a very common theme in romances. Psychological nature of romances is very close to dreams: both are short, rarely having a storyline, often reflecting emotional states. English word “dream” has two meanings in Russian – it can mean a state of sleep, or ambition, desire and aspiration. We invite you to travel with us into this parallel reality – the world of Russian romances.