Italian song (I think)?

[ostland]

Hi guys,

Can anyone help me out here?
In a live recording of a band, this - obvious edit - of a world war 2 era song is played.
Although I hear it's been heavily edited with reverb, I really love the song.
Does anyone know what the original is? I'm guessing it's Italian, but I'm not sure.

http://m40.nl/temp/audio1.mp3

Thanks in advance!

Regards,
-ostland

[GregSingh]

Sounds Russian to me, but unfortunately can't make anything out.
From 0:18 to 0:23 it resembles Suliko, Georgian song, popular in Soviet Union.

[ostland]

Hi Greg,
I’m afraid that isn’t it. Anyone else?

[TISO]

Yep IMHO russian. I think i recognised the melody but your link has really crappy sound.
I mistakenly thought it is ortohodox church music but IMHO it is old russian folk song.

Very "churchy" version:
Хор Сретенского монастыря - Однозвучно гремит колокольчик (Moscow Sretensky monastery quire - The bell rings monotonously)


A bit more similar version. Great soloist:
Златоуст - Однозвучно гремит колокольчик (Zlatoust - The bell rings monotonously)

[GregSingh]

That's the one, thanks TISO !

[ostland]

Wow, that's so great. I've been looking for this song since 2002, believe it or not.
Heartfelt thanks for helping me out! After some further research, I found the original cut of the song:


Thanks so much!