Finding Babel - official soundtrack

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1.	Healing 07:44	info	buy track
2.	Tyrants Fear The Poet 01:42		buy track
3.	Lviv 00:57		buy track
4.	Crossing the River Zbrucz 02:17		buy track
5.	Brody 01:04		buy track
6.	Zamość 02:00		buy track
7.	Odessa Circus 01:43		buy track
8.	My Dovecote 01:38		buy track
9.	Rue Dante 00:47		buy track
10.	Shlyagerochek 01:35		buy track
11.	The King 03:01		buy track
12.	Maria 02:07		buy track
13.	Paris Waltz 00:54		buy track
14.	Tango of Benya Krik (music by Alexander Zhurbin) 00:57		buy track
15.	Butyrka 03:06		buy track
16.	Healing Reprise / Epilogue 03:05		buy track

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"FINDING BABEL"
a documentary film by David Novack

Original score composed, orchestrated and conducted by
Ljova

except #14 (Tango of Benya Krik), composed by Alexander Zhurbin and arranged by Ljova

©2015 Ljova Music (ASCAP)

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released December 11, 2015

performed by:
Ljova
fadolín, viola

Michael Ward-Bergeman
accordion

Julian Kytasty
bandura

Pete Rushefsky
tsimbl

Joe Brent
mandolin

Andrew Rehrig
flute

Keve Wilson
oboe

Dmitri 'Zisl’ Slepovitch and Michael Winograd
clarinets

Adrian Morejon
bassoon

Ron Caswell
tuba

Eric Poretsky
piano

Adam Fisher and Ashley Bathgate
cello soloists

Jordan Morton
bass

Finding Babel String Cavalry:

Violins:
Sami Merdinian
Gokce Erem
Zach Brock
Guillaume Pirard
Brooke Quiggins
Dana Lyn

Violas:
Jessica Meyer
Angela Pickett
Carrie Frey

Cellos:
Adam Fisher
Ashley Bathgate
Sasha Novack

Basses:
Jordan Morton
Pedro Giraudo

strings session score producer
Magda Giannikou

strings recorded by Joe Marciano & Max Ross
at Systems Two, Brooklyn

additional home recording by Michael Winograd, Michael Ward-Bergeman & Ljova

music mixed by Max Ross and Don Godwin
mastered by Steven Berson

additional music preparation
Philip Rothman / NYC Music Services

A very special thanks to
Osvaldo Golijov
Nancy Marciano
Dylan Hansen-Fliedner
James Sizemore

with love to my parents, Alexander Zhurbin & Irena Ginzburg
my wife Inna, and our dear kids Benjy & Yosif

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Ljova New York, New York

Lev "Ljova' Zhurbin was born in Moscow, Russia, in 1978. He divides his time between composing music for film, concert, and dance; performing with his own ensemble LJOVA AND THE KONTRABAND, and arranging music for the Yo-Yo Ma & Silk Road Ensemble, Kronos Quartet, Alondra de la Parra, Brooklyn Philharmonic and many others. ... more

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