Here you can get acquainted with the work of the Russian composer
Osipov Sergei Alexandrovich
The music I offer is harmonious, melodic, meaningful, diverse in style and sound. Presented about 150 instrumental and vocal compositions, scenes from the unfinished opera "The tale of soldier Fedot" (based on the tale of L.A. Filatov), video
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Albums No. 1-7 contain music similar in style and sound. To listen to the entire album, it is enough to turn on the playback of the first composition.
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On the website neane.ru you can purchase the album «Inner cosmos» in .flac format (compression without quality loss). It includes some of the works presented here.
I sang the songs and all the characters of "The tale of soldier Fedot" myself (to the best of my modest vocal abilities).
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Latest compositions added 10 and 28 September 2024:
"Solitude" and "Jingwen Waltz"
Album Instrumental music No. 4 "Light music"
ALBUMS
Symphonic poem "In the backwoods"
The 1st part was created in 2023 - 2024, 2 and 3 - in 2020.
The total duration of the album is 41:19.
"Seasons"
The compositions for this album were created in 2017, 2021 and 2022.
The total duration of the album is 44:40.
"Winter day"
Image of a winter day, starting in the early morning and ending in the evening.
"Spring"
A composition that combines electronic and orchestral sound. Music paints pictures from the first icicles and streams to nature buried in greenery. From cold electronics to warm orchestra.
"Summer. Sultry noon"
Hot summer day.
"Autumn"
0:00 - Easy sadness. The summer is over. Caught, drizzle rain.
3:30 - Indian Summer. The warmth returned briefly, the sun shines.
6:42 - Again cold, wind, clouds, rains. Leaves fall.
9:18 - Here is the first snow. Nature is immersed in sleep.
"To warmth and light"
This album was created from August 2019 to February 2020.
The total duration of the album is 78:36.
"City"
This album was created from September 2018 to February 2019,
and contains compositions describing various scenes from urban life.
The total duration of the album is 61:14.
On the website neane.ru you can purchase the album «City» in .flac format (compression without quality loss).
1 - "Awakening city" (3:56)
Album introduction.
2 - "To work" (5:03)
3 - "Liqueur vodka factory" (7:17)
The conveyor crawls slowly, the bottles clink, the service personnel inhale alcohol vapors and periodically taste the products. The mood of the staff is gradually getting better. The work turns into a big party.
4 - "Mothers with children on a walk" (6:38)
At this time, young mothers with small children in strollers go to the playground. There the children play, and when they get tired, they again sit in the carriages and, falling asleep, head home.
5 - "Skyscrapers" (6:12)
The road passes by skyscrapers. What are they? The pride of humanity, the great achievement of science and technology? Or monsters, suppressing a people, and towering over them as over the little insects?
6 - "First date" (4:52)
A very young couple is walking on a first date. Time flies by quickly, the clock strikes, it's time to go home.
7 - "On the rink" (5:26)
8 - "The last tree" (6:09)
The last tree in the city is destroyed. Remain concrete, brick, asphalt, metal, glass.
9 - "In the temple" (7:01)
10 - "Bird's-eye view of the city" (8:34)
The total duration of the album is 1 hour.
Instrumental music No. 1
Classical
Instrumental music No. 2
Space
Instrumental music No. 3
Electronic
Instrumental music No. 4
Light music
Instrumental music No. 5
Program music
Music with a plot.
The first listening to the compositions "Greece" and "River" is recommended from the menu Video.
"Zoo" is recommended only together with a movie.
"Zoo"
Music to the film "Zoo" (Video section).
"Old Cinema"
For a film from personal archival film material. The beginning of the music has been removed.
"Dragonfly"
Musical tale based on the fable of I.A. Krylov "Dragonfly and Ant"
0:00 - Appearance on the stage of an ant.
0:58 - Entering the stage of a dragonfly and her first dance.
1:56 - The second dragonfly dance.
3:32 - The third dance dragonfly.
4:31 - Autumn tedious rain begins.
5:29 - It is pouring rain and cold.
5:53 - The dragonfly goes to the ant. Duet of a dragonfly and an ant.
7:19 - The ant goes into the house.
7:31 - Dragonfly freezes.
"Red Riding Hood"
A short ballet in two parts.
00:00 - Introduction.
01:04 - Red Riding Hood appears.
02:48 - The wolf appears.
03:45 - Dance of Red Riding Hood and the Wolf.
06:02 - Introduction to the second scene.
07:10 - Grandma recalls her youth. Grandma dancing.
09:36 - A wolf appears and, after dancing a little with grandmother, eats her.
11:34 - Red Riding Hood arrives.
11:59 - Red Riding Hood talks to the wolf-grandmother.
12:13 - The wolf eats Red Riding Hood.
12:38 - Horn of the hunters.
13:09 - Hunters enter the stage.
13:27 - The hunters see the wolf.
13:43 - They attack him and take him backstage.
13:59 - The wolf is killed.
14:33 - The hunters bring their grandmother and granddaughter onto the stage.
14:52 - All the actors come forward. The wolf comes out last.
"Greece"
-1-
00:00 - View of the outskirts of the city of ancient Greece: mountains, sea.
02:00 - City view.
03:00 - Someone comes to the city administration and reports a treasure on some island in the sea.
03:38 - They begin to equip the ship and assemble a team.
04:46 - The ship sets sail.
05:05 - Sea.
06:12 - A sea monster appears and attacks the ship.
08:42 - The ship's crew enters the battle with the monster.
10:46 - The monster is defeated, the ship sails further.
-2-
00:00 - Dawn over the sea.
01:32 - Morning has come. Sea, blue sky and a ship with white sails.
04:17 - A beautiful island appears ahead.
04:40 - Part of the team disembarks on the shore and goes deep into the island.
06:55 - The further, the more unpleasant the landscape.
08:30 - Coming closer to the place of the treasure.
10:12 - They came to a place.
11:13 - They find treasures.
11:26 - When they take the treasure, people turn into stones.
-3-
00:00 - The same city. Port. Work is in full swing.
01:13 - The working day is coming to an end. Evening comes.
02:40 - A ship appears in the distance.
03:17 - People gather at the pier.
03:36 - People recognize the ship. They shout happily and wave their hands.
04:24 - But the ship responds with silence.
04:42 - The ship slowly coming to the pier.
05:19 - The petrified travelers are carried out of the ship.
07:04 - The funeral procession moves to the walls of the city.
08:14 - The authorities are rushing from the city to the port.
09:32 - The processions are moving towards each other.
10:43 - The processions merge and now move together into the city.
11:44 - They all left, it became quiet.
"River"
00:00 - High in the mountains. Around snow.
04:02 - The snow begins to melt under the sun.
05:58 - Creeks run from tops of the mountains.
07:07 - Small creeks gather into a large one.
09:44 - The stream goes into mountain caves.
15:36 - The stream flows into a lake in a huge cave.
20:19 - A small river flows out of the lake.
25:43 - The river goes out of the mountain, turning into a fast river.
29:09 - The river flows into a wider river.
30:11 - There is a waterfall ahead.
31:00 - The mountain river flows into a huge river in the plain.
31:23 - A huge river.
35:26 - The ocean is raging ahead.
36:26 - The river is approaching the ocean.
38:10 - The river flows into the ocean.
38:24 - The river and the ocean have merged.
38:49 - The storm dies down.
39:28 - Black clouds disappear.
40:58 - Quiet.
"Escape from the city"
00:00 - Millions of cars.
02:00 - Millions of people.
03:46 - I get out of town to village.
04:25 - In Nature.
08:04 - But here too there is noise, rubbish, cars, motorcycles.
Hunters roam near the village.
Airplanes and helicopters fly overhead.
08:53 - I run further.
10:18 - Nature is more and more beautiful.
12:05 - An unknown land opens up.
12:38 - I'm on the doorstep of the Earth.
13:00 - One last look back.
13:14 - I go away to another world.
"Lost Island"
The story of a man and a woman who escaped by boat after a shipwreck. The music starts from the moment they have been on the high seas for several days. No strength left. But suddenly an island appears ahead. There is hope, and with it, strength. They row to the shore. Having reached the shore, they leave the boat and fall exhausted on the sand.
"He found peace"
This is a story about how a son comes to visit his father. But the father becomes infected with the coronavirus and dies.
"Invasion"
Space-symphonic film music.
"Revival"
Space-symphonic film music.
Instrumental music No. 6
For relaxation
Instrumental music No. 7
Songs without words
These compositions were created as songs,
but became instrumental compositions,
etaining the couplet structure.
(Starting from the 2nd composition, the author of the main melody of the couplet Osipov A.S. (father))
Songs
Starting from the 6th song ("Barge"), the author of the main melody of the couplet Osipov A.S. (father),
except for the 14th song ("Sleep well"), in which the author of the melody of the couplet is Osipov D.A. (brother)
Unfinished opera "The tale of soldier Fedot"
(I sang all the characters)
2 scene. Fedot walks through the forest looking for a partridge. Sees a pigeon.
3 scene. Fedot comes home. Sits down, grieves. Pigeon turns into Marusya.
4 scene. The general makes a report to the Tsar.
5 scene. General goes to the old witch.
6 scene. The Tsar calls Fedot.
7 scene. Fedot comes home.
8 scene. The Tsar is waiting for Fedot.
9 scene. The general enters.
10 scene. General goes to the old witch.
--- Added a scene with evil spirits in the forest at the old witch.
--- 1 - Dance of ghosts.
--- 2 - Dance of Koshchei the Immortal.
--- 3 - Chorus of evil spirits.
--- 4 - The general arrives.
11 scene. The Tsar calls Fedot again.
12 scene. Marusya sits by the window and dreams. He sees Fedot walking. Begins to quickly set the table for dinner.
3 scene. Fedot comes home. Sits down, grieves. Pigeon turns into Marusya.
4 scene. The general makes a report to the Tsar.
5 scene. General goes to the old witch.
6 scene. The Tsar calls Fedot.
7 scene. Fedot comes home.
8 scene. The Tsar is waiting for Fedot.
9 scene. The general enters.
10 scene. General goes to the old witch.
--- Added a scene with evil spirits in the forest at the old witch.
--- 1 - Dance of ghosts.
--- 2 - Dance of Koshchei the Immortal.
--- 3 - Chorus of evil spirits.
--- 4 - The general arrives.
11 scene. The Tsar calls Fedot again.
12 scene. Marusya sits by the window and dreams. He sees Fedot walking. Begins to quickly set the table for dinner.
Full text of the opera:
The translation of the original text of the tale is taken from the site https://www.beesona.ru
Fedot
What affliction! What a shame!
There isn′t any trace of game.
Pr’haps that’s the bird I have to shoot,
It′s at least some kind of food!
They say pigeon meat is bad,
I should not agree with that,
When you have it with a sauce
It′s like a grouse, or not worse.
Pigeon
Please, don′t hurt me, dear Fedot,
It′s quite worthless, is it not?
Just one bird is not enough
For a dish or pillow stuff.
Your foreigner might like to eat
Some kind of very special meat,
Whereas my meat′s just enough
To make a wild cat laugh.
Fedot
Is the goblin somewhere here?
Are these tricks of the evening air?
Is there anything the matter
With my eyes or with my ear?
Has the Tsar decreed
That pigeons
Should now speak
Like human beings?.
Pigeon
Don′t do wrong to me, Fedot,
Take me home, and you know what:
When you bring me to your chamber
I shall be your destined lot!
I shall sew and wash and cook,
Never give you a rebuke,
I shall keep the house clean,
And I′ll play the violin!
Fedot
What a story, what a gag!
All right, get into my bag,
When we get home I′ll find out
What this trick is all about!
Show text of 3rd scene
Marusya
Hello, Fedya, from now on
You and I will get along,
I′m Marusya, your good wife,
Or should I say, your better half.
Why are you silent? Have you got
A bone or something in your throat?
Maybe, you don′t like my head-dress,
Or, maybe, you dislike my coat?
Fedot
There is nothing I won′t do
To admire you and be with you,
But I don′t think that I can
Marry you and be your man.
See, this morning I was called
To the Tsar, and I was told
To get, you know′ a sort of a grouse
′nd bring it to the Royal house.
Though it′s not a hunting season
With the Tsar it′s hard to reason,
Then I thought, all right, a grouse
Is not a bison, so it′s easy.
I have tramped the woods all day
But was out of luck today:
There was not a single game bird,
Nothing good came in my way.
So there isn′t any chance
That I go out for a dance,
When I see the Tsar tomorrow
He′ll chop off my head at once.
Without my head... , well, I don′t think
That I′m good for anything,
For it′s my mind that makes the meaning
And the essence of my being!
Marusya
Now, don′t worry, don′t complain!
You will have the meals and game.
Stand before me, Frol and Tit,
Get immediately what we need!
(Marusya claps her hands, and two burly fellows appear in front of her.)
Do you hear what I say?
Go and do it without delay.
Frol and Tit
You don′t have to doubt us,
We have done it many times!
Show text of 4th scene
Tsar
General, you′re feeling blue.
Is it quinsy or the flu?
Or you′ve drunk too much of beer,
Or you′ve lost at cards, have you?
Or your army is too small,
Or you do not want to serve at all,
Or you′ve found some defects
In a cannon tube or cannon ball?
Tell me openly, don′t lie,
What is it that makes you sigh?
I should like to know in detail
When and where and what and why!
General
Well, I went to see Fedot
The other day, and you know what:
When I saw his charming wife
I fell down on the spot.
It′s two days, upon my word,
That I haven′t touched the sword,
There′s nothing left for me but sigh,
I′m afraid, I′m going to die.
Yesterday, I will confess,
I made a sin: I wrote a verse,
The doc is scared for my brains,
It′s a shock of love, he claims.
Tsar
The soldier must be gotten rid of.
Didn′t he know that I′m a widow?
I′ll remind you of your duty:
Go and bring me now that beauty!
As for this insidious man
Wipe him out, if you can,
Grind him out so that he
Mightn′t hang around here!
General
To kidnap her I′ve got wits,
But think of people in the streets,
When they learn it′s your idea
They will tear you to bits.
Tsar and General
People are quite bold today,
They will show their teeth, won′t they?
You and I dislike the soldier
But they′re all the other way!
Tsar
Are you such a fool all days
Or is it just on Saturdays?
Must I tell my minister
Everything in every case?
To prevent the vicious tongues
You must act on legal grounds,
Or, in other words, just try
And do it... on the sly!
I for one give you my word:
You will have a good reward,
Our smiths have been assigned ,
To forge medal for you, mind!
Tsar и General
The medal will be forged by tomorrow!
Show text of 5th scene
Old witch
You are not yoursel today,
Looking pale, struck with dismay.
Are the Turks approaching Moscow,
Or the Swedes stand in your way?
Have this aspen bark, a bit,
It will do you good indeed,
After all, it isn′t nitric,
It′s a gift of nature, isn′t it?
The aspen juice, my General,
Has got a healthy mineral,
No General has died from it,
Just have a taste, and you′ll be fit.
General
Lay off, woman, I′m not ill,
Let us step across the hill,
Scare away those hedgehogs, squirrels,
I must talk to you, it′s serious!
There′s a soldier, Fedot by name,
He thinks he′s got too much brain,
I was told the other day
To put him out of the way.
How? By cutting off his head?
There′ll be a noise, I′m afraid.
Can you give me your advice
As to how to make him dead?
Old witch
Magic, magic, you know what,
Three are here, yours are not,
Ace of diamonds, oaken coffin,
Tell me all about Fedot...
Well, if he′s so prompt and smart
As to dare disregard
Our sovereign, let him get,
By tomorrow, a golden carpet.
It has got to have a grand
Map-like view of the whole land.
If he doesn′t make so bold,
It will be his own fault.
General
What a woman! What a skill!
That′s the end of my ordeal!
You could be a politician
And hold a minister′s position!
With the foes we must take care,
There′s always trouble in the air,
I would join you on a mission,
Take you with me anywhere.
I can pay you back, I think,
Marten, beaver — anything!
If you want, I′ll give you coins,
Gold or silver — it′s your choice.
Old witch
Keep us without sin this day,
Better put your coins away,
I′m not doing it for money,
I enjoy it, so why pay?
Should you have some trouble again,
Come, don′t treat me with disdain,
After all, I′m not a beast,
I will always soothe your pain.
Show text of 6th scene
Tsar
By tomorrow you must get
A carpet of a spun-gold thread,
Try and do it for all you′re worth,
It′s a state affair, don′t forget!
It has got to have a grand
Map-like view of the whole land.
′cause from my balcony I see
Nothing. Do you understand?
If you don′t fulfil the task
And don′t do as you are asked,
I shall have to hand you in
To the butcher in the mornin!
Show text of 7th scene
Marusya
Tell me, why are you so angry?
Why don′t you eat, you must be hungry.
Is the porridge overdone?
Or the meat is underdone?
Fedot
Dash it! I don′t feel like eating,
The Tsar′s ferocity is killing!
The villain knows no justice, heck!
There′s no keeping him in check!
He has ordered me to get
A carpet with an ornament
Which must be as big as Russia
With the lakes and woods on it!
Marusya
Don′t you worry, don′t you sob!
Never mind the crazy snob!
Stand before me, Frol and Tit,
Get immediately what we need!
(Marusya claps her hands, and two burly fellows appear in front of her.)
Do you hear what I say?
Go and do it without delay!
Frol and Tit
You don′t have to doubt us,
We have done it many times!.
Show text of 8th and 9th scenes
Fedot
I was told to get a carpet,
As you see, I′ve really got it,
Both the pattern and the colour
Are exactly as you wanted!
The whole of Russia is depicted
On the carpet. You may keep it.
It′s my spouse′s gift, brand new,
She has woven it for you!
Tsar
You′re a dodger through and through!
How m′ny maids are you married to?
You cannot be engaged to
An entire weaving mill, can you?
I know you have a wife, Fedot,
She′s the only one you′ve got,
And to weave a thing like this
One has got to have a lot!
Fedot
Is the carpet not so fine?
Or you don′t like the design?
Then I′ll put it on my shoulder,
That′s the end, I draw the line!
Lest my efforts be in vain
I shall sell it to trades men,
And I do not care a damn
If it flows to Amsterdam!
Tsar
I would be so glad to slash
You with a whip or with a lash,
So that you might never again
Play your jokes on serious men!
However, as a man I′m quiet,
And I′m fair, I′ll give you right:
Here′s a coin for you, buy vodka.
Now get out of my sight!
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9th scene
Tsar
Well, my General, I imagine,
You have missed by a small margin,
But this margin will make up
Five years of a prison camp!
You′re broad in shoulders all right,
But you′ve grown dull in mind,
There′s a chance, at state expense,
To restore your mental health.
General
You may jail me any day
For any term, but I should say,
Prison as an object lesson
Will not help me anyway.
I would rather, sword in hand,
Fight for our dear land,
As for these petty intrigues
Count me out of such things!
Tsar
Come, your honour, be a good chap,
Don′t you get into a flap,
Think about how Fedot
Can be laid down without a sword.
If you fool about ′nd refuse,
Then don′t look for an excuse;
I shall wipe your mug, you swine,
With this very fist of mine!
The tsar and the general are singing at the same time, each singing his own text:
Tsar
If you fool about ′nd refuse,
Then don′t look for an excuse;
I shall wipe your mug, you swine,
With this very fist of mine!
General
I would rather, sword in hand,
Fight for our dear land,
As for these petty intrigues
Count me out of such things!
Show text of 10th scene
Choir of evil spirits (female and male)
The day ends.
Choir (female)
How nice it is for us to rest here at the edge of the forest. People bypass the hut of the old witch.
Choir (female and male)
The clatter of axes and the squeal of saws are not heard in these places. Grace is here for animals and birds - there are no killer poachers!
Choir (male)
We are called evil spirits by those who are ready to pollute the whole world. Our reason is not clouded by hubris. Greed and envy are not ours.
Choir (female)
The sun is shining for us, it warms our souls.
Simultaneously:
Choir (female)
A gentle breeze brings freshness to us.
Choir (male)
A gentle wind brings freshness to us.
Choir (female and male)
We are drawn to nature. We see beauty in flowers, white-trunk birches, in mighty pines and oaks. We are nature's children. This world is dear to us, and we do not want to lose it.
Choir (male)
Hush! Hush!
Choir (female)
The wind carries the Russian spirit.
Choir (male)
A guest from people comes to us.
Choir (female and male))
Who dared to visit the old witch at such a late hour?
Choir (male)
As he hurries, and is not afraid of evil spirits that wander in these wild places.
Choir (female)
Maybe the traveler got lost.
Choir (male)
Maybe so, but, most likely, it was the devil who beguiled him! Confused all the paths.
Old witch
Why are you so glum again?
What′s the reason, who′s to blame?
Are the Spaniards too pugnacious?
Do the French lay any claim?
Here′s a mould drink I have made,
Take a gulp, don′t be afraid.
It will help you to forget
All the cares of life, I bet!
Though it‘s out of the way,
It will cool you anyway,
You′ll be healthy by tomorrow
If only...
Choir (female and male)
If only...
Old witch
you do not die today!
General
It′s the soldier-man again,
He has caused me so much pain!
That′s the reason why I′m ailing,
And I′m suffering from strain.
The bloody scoundrel′s so clever!
He has fooled me! Well I never!
All your magic was in vain,
He got the carpet all the same!
Though he doesn′t seem so bright,
He has got a keen mind!
Next time, when you do your magic,
Try to do it damn right!
Choir (male)
Show your witchcraft skills.
Old witch
Magic, magic, you know what,
Three are here, yours are not,
Ace of diamonds, oaken coffin,
Tell me all about Fedot!...
Choir (female and male)
Ace of diamonds, oaken coffin,
Tell her all about Fedot!..
Look, the vision is there.
We have to admit that you can do magic.
You have amused us at this hour before sunset.
How to interpret the vision.
What should find Fedot?
Isn't it time to find out.
Old witch
Ah-a, mm-mm... To my calls
I′ve got the following response:
Let him search and find a deer
With the branch of golden horns.
There′s nowhere in the world
Such a deer, take my word!
I can tell you that for sure
As a naturalist, my lord!
Choir (female and male)
Now everything became clear.
The search will be in vain.
General and Chorus (female and male)
He can't find a deer. No!
General and the old witch
Let him look for a deer with golden antlers!
Go around the whole world,
but there are no such deer in nature!
Show text of 11th scene.
Tsar
Shake off idleness! Today
You′ll have to get under way,
I′m in a desperate need of a deer,
It′s a state mission, I must say.
If you′re a loyal man,
You will do the best you can,
Go across the hills and swamps,
Find a deer with golden horns.
Don′t talk back, and do not scold,
Go and do as you are told,
Or you′ll get to know right off
How your head can be cut off!
If you′re a loyal man,
You will do the best you can,
Go across the hills and swamps,
Find a deer with golden horns.
Show text of 12th scene.
Marusya
Tell me, why are you looking blue?
Does anything worry you?
Has the soup too little salt?
Has the beefsteak any fault?
Fedot
Dash! To eat I′m not willing,
It′s the Tsar again. The villain!
He will call me to account
For the task that he has given.
He′s s more ruthless than a foe!
He has ordered me to go
And find a deer, and he wants
A deer with golden horns!
Marusya
There′s no reason to be sad,
Things are not as bad as that.
I can help you.
The day has passed,
And the night will also pass.
And by morning we will settle everything
And cope with the king's taskь.
Stand before me, Frol and Tit,
Get immediately what we need!
(Marusya claps her hands, and two burly fellows appear in front of her.)
Do you hear what I say?
Go and do it without delay!
Frol and Tit
You don′t have to doubt us,
We have done it many times!