Years of the life of Raymond Pauls. Biography of Raymond Pauls

And others. Organizer of the New Wave music competition, People's Artist of the USSR.

Childhood and youth

Raymond Pauls was born on January 12, 1936 in Riga. The future maestro had a unique family: father Voldemars Pauls, a Latvian by nationality, worked as a glassblower, and mother Alma-Matilda became a housewife after the birth of her son. However, her profession also turned out to be extraordinary: before starting her family life, Alma-Matilda worked for a long time as a pearl embroiderer.

Raimond Pauls's parents were not at all devoid of musical talent: the father of the future famous composer played drums in the Mihavo orchestra, which was the result of the amateur performances of several self-taught musicians. Rumor has it that shortly after the birth of his son, Voldemar Pauls accidentally came across Arthur Kubert’s book “Paganini”. After reading it, he was so inspired by the example of the famous musician’s work that he bought his son a violin and sent him to kindergarten at the Riga Music Institute.

This happened shortly before the entry of Soviet troops. Soon Voldemar Pauls sent his family from Riga to the village, where his wife and son were safer, and professional music lessons had to be forgotten for some time. But World War II ended, the Paulses returned to Riga, and at the age of ten, Raymond entered the music school named after. E. Darzina, who worked at the Latvian State Conservatory.

At first, ten-year-old Pauls did not do well academically. But his innate talent, Olga Borovskaya’s teaching flair, as well as the chocolates with which she generously treated gifted students quickly did their job. The future composer achieved success in playing the piano and finally fell in love with this universal musical instrument. He subsequently studied piano at the Latvian Conservatory. Jazep Vitol, and then at the same conservatory, but in the composition class.

Even in high school of music school, Raymond Pauls felt an irresistible craving for a musical direction that was far from classical - jazz. As the composer himself later admitted, he “threw headlong into jazz, like into a pool.” The young musician enjoyed playing at dance parties, improvising and playing the piano without notes. Having finally realized that music should become his profession for life, Pauls returned to the conservatory to study composition, as mentioned above.

Music

In 1964, Raimonds Pauls, despite his young age for such a position, became artistic director of the Riga Variety Orchestra. His music acquired a special charm and became recognizable in professional circles. A few years later, the composer’s first original program was presented at the Concert Hall of the Latvian State Philharmonic, and tickets for it, to Raymond’s surprise, were sold out.

In Latvia, Pauls became famous for writing music for Alfred Kruklis's songs “Winter Evening”, “Old Birch” and “We will meet in March”. He is also known to his compatriots as an employee of the Latvian State Television and Radio, where for many years he acted as a conductor, and then as an editor of music programs. The composer was also noted for writing the musical “Sister Carrie” and a number of other works that earned awards at music festivals. The maestro’s popular musicals include the works “Sherlock Holmes”, “The Mysterious Abduction”, “Diabolism”.

In 1975, he recorded the song “Yellow leaves are circling over the city...” that is still popular to this day. The melody of this song could be heard from all radios in the Soviet Union, and it can be considered the real beginning of the all-Union popularity of Raymond Pauls, which continues to this day.

The “finest hour” of the composer’s creative biography is usually called the time of his creative collaboration with Alla Pugacheva in the second half of the twentieth century, when Alla Borisovna was at the peak of her popularity. “A Million Scarlet Roses”, “Maestro”, “Without Me”, “Antique Watches” - these and other hits were warmed by people’s love and became symbols of the era in the history of the Soviet stage.

Alla Pugacheva - “A Million Scarlet Roses”

Not only Alla Pugacheva noticed the talent of the Latvian director - among his creative partners were and remain the exquisite Laima Vaikule and the temperamental Valery Leontyev. Contemporaries say that in the 1980s, Valery Leontiev was not very pleasing to the Soviet authorities, and only the fact that Raymond Pauls calmly continued to invite him to concerts helped the artist stay afloat.

The composer creates masterpieces for singers and singers, for cinematographic films, and for theatrical productions. Thus, his music can be heard in the films “How to Become a Star”, “The Devil’s Servants”, “Robin Hood’s Arrows”, “Long Road in the Dunes” and others, in theatrical productions “The Green Maiden”, “Brand”, “The Count of Monte Cristo” , "Wild Swans". It is noteworthy that each of these theatrical productions subsequently won a prize at the Yugoslav festival. The composer also appeared on camera as an actor. In 1978, Pauls played in the film “Theater”, and in 1986 in the film “How to Become a Star”, in each of which he appeared as a pianist.

Raymond Pauls. Music for the film "Long Road in the Dunes"

In 1986, Raymond Pauls took the initiative to create the International Competition “Jurmala”. The event was held for 6 years.

In 1989, Raimonds Pauls took the post of Minister of Culture of Latvia, and four years later he became the adviser to the President of the country on culture. Moreover: in 1999, the composer ran for president of his native country. But the musician soon realized that he was not ready for such responsibility. Having won in the first round and gained a majority of votes in parliament, he withdrew his candidacy.

Pauls devotes a lot of time to public affairs. Having bought land near Riga with a former school building, the composer opened a center there for talented children. In the capital of Latvia, the musician simultaneously headed a cultural and entertainment center. The composer has several restaurants serving national cuisine.

A political career and public life did not prevent the musician from expanding his own discography. In the early 2000s, the musician delighted fans with the new musicals “The Legend of the Green Maiden” and “Ladies’ Happiness.” A decade later, the works “Leo. The Last Bohemia" and "Marlene". But the most famous was the musical play “All About Cinderella,” released in 2014. Pauls wrote the music for the production at the request of Mikhail Shvydkoy for the Russian Musical Theater.

In the new century, the songs of Raymond Pauls became decorations on the albums of famous Russian performers.

Now Raymond spends most of his time in Latvia, maintaining contacts with pop performers, working in theaters in Riga and regularly presiding over the New Wave competition, which he himself created in collaboration with.

Until 2015, the music festival took place in Pauls’ homeland, and later moved to Sochi. The festival has become a launching pad for many popular performers, including,.

In recent years, Pauls has delved into performing activities. As a pianist, he visited most Latvian cities with recitals.

Personal life

At the end of the 1950s, Raymond Pauls went on a long tour with the Riga Pop Orchestra. One of the cities where the composer visited during his first tour in his life was Odessa. His future wife lived there: Lana (Svetlana Epifanova, that was the girl’s full name) captivated the young musician with her beauty. The girl graduated from the Faculty of Foreign Languages at the university. Philological education subsequently helped Lana adapt to Latvian society.

Despite the average height (170 cm with a weight of 72 kg), ordinary appearance and the lack of deafening popularity that awaited Raymond only in the future, Lana reciprocated her admirer’s feelings.

The lovers got married in Pardaugava. The newlyweds did not even have witnesses; they were an employee of the registry office and a janitor. But Raymond and Lana did not pay attention to everyday difficulties. Soon their daughter Aneta was born.

As Pauls himself later admitted in an interview, throughout his creative career he had problems with alcohol more than once, and it was precisely this side of life, such as family and children, that helped him quit.

Although in Soviet times the press often spread rumors about the romance of the gifted maestro and Alla Pugacheva, Raymond is still devoted to his wife. There were no shocks in the composer's personal life. This amazing marriage has already existed for more than half a century, and even in the photo from 2016 you can see with what tenderness the spouses look at each other.

The Pauls' only daughter became a television director, married a Dane of Polish origin and gave her parents two granddaughters and one grandson. In an international family, they speak several languages: Russian, English, Latvian. So far, only granddaughter Monica, who plays the piano, has followed in her grandfather’s footsteps.

In 2012, the Pauls couple celebrated their golden wedding. The composer decided not to attach excessive solemnity to the event, but simply organized a family dinner in the Latvian style in the rural house “Lici” near Salaca. This decision was largely influenced by the health status of the author of popular songs. A year before, Raymond underwent heart surgery, due to which he was forced to cancel a number of concerts and even participation in the anniversary concert of a friend and colleague, a poet.

Raymond Pauls and the children's ensemble "Cuckoo"

However, by 2016, on the date of his 80th birthday, Raymond Pauls had already become strong enough and performed an anniversary concert in Moscow. The capital of Russia always welcomes the Baltic maestro with joy, so all Russian pop stars gathered at the celebration.

Raymond Pauls now

In 2018, the composer traditionally attended the opening of the musical season in Jurmala, the first sold-out concert of which took place in the Dzintari hall. Having taken the stage with his opening remarks, the maestro was in a good mood and even amused the audience with a humorous tale. It turned out that the policeman stopped Raymond's car and, not recognizing the composer, asked him to take an alcohol test.

Discography

1966 - “Latvian Variety”
1970 - “Songs by R. Pauls to the words of A. Kruklis”
1971 - “Pop songs by R. Pauls based on Latvian folk texts”
1980 - “The melodies of the French composer F. Fourmier are played by R. Pauls”
1981 - Jaak Joala “Songs of R. Pauls to the words of Anatoly Kovalev”
1982 - “We have a maestro visiting us. Evening of Raymond Pauls December 29, 1981"
1984 - Andrei Mironov “Old Friends”
1984 - Valery Leontyev “Dialogue”
1985 - “R. Pauls. Choir named after T. Kalnina sings songs to the words of J. Peters"
1986 - Aya Kukule “Songs of Raymond Pauls”
1987 - Valery Leontyev “Velvet Season”
1987 - Group CREDO “Scream”
1987 - Rodrigo Fomin “Path to the Light”
1988 - Laima Vaikule “Songs of R. Pauls to the verses of Ilya Reznik”

Several little-known facts from the life of the all-Union maestro from Riga, who will turn 80 on January 12, were collected by Vladimir SERGEEV (Komsomolskaya Pravda).

1. Born in Riga in the family of glass blower Voldemar Pauls, son Ojars Raimonds was assigned - at the request of his father - to the unique Riga musical kindergarten from the age of 3. But until he was 10 years old, he was very reluctant to study music, so his father often urged Raymond to the piano with a belt. Over time, Raymond began to study music with passion and in 1953 he was already a student at the Latvian Conservatory. Professor Herman Braun instilled in him a love of the classics, and young Raymond dreamed of the stage, working part-time in orchestras.

2. Today Raimonds Pauls, who at the age of 49 became a People's Artist of the USSR, is not only a music guru in Latvia, but also a restaurateur, one of the wealthiest residents of Riga, although he once suffered from Latvian banks. And in the 1970s - 1980s, every restaurant where Pauls’ songs were performed donated a lot of money to the composer. Pauls says about this time:
- I lived very well! You come to Sberbank, and several thousand have already poured in. And at one time I even surpassed David Tukhmanov in terms of income.

3. Outwardly calm, who seemed to the audience to be always frowning, Pauls often took part in the pranks of the bohemian party. The composer recalls that several times the patient in this regard, Mark Zakharov, who lived in an apartment right next to Pugacheva, became the object of such jokes. So we, friends, now understand to whom Raymond and Alla dedicated their hit “Hey, you up there!”

4. Although Pauls’s daughter Anete grew up among the celebrities who stayed in their house, the maestro forbade her to sing on stage. After graduating from school, Anete worked at a television center, becoming a director. And in 1988, together with Yuri Nikolaev, she hosted a pop song competition in Jurmala, where Alexander Malinin then received the Grand Prix. Anete married a Dane, an employee of SAS airlines. For several years she was in Moscow the assistant to the Latvian Consul General for cultural issues. Pauls' two granddaughters studied at an elite Moscow school with in-depth study of English and French.

5. Having been both the Minister of Culture of Latvia and the Advisor to the President of Latvia on culture, Raimonds Pauls, contrary to his words about the proper apoliticality of a musician and artist in general, in 1999 ran for the presidency from the New Party of Latvia, which he headed. Having won the first round, he withdrew his candidacy before the second. Later he explained this by saying that he would have to be between two fires, since the right advocated for the aggravation of relations with Russia, and the Russians in Latvia have a strong economic position. By the way, having large finances, Russian capitalists did not interfere in any way with Latvia’s policy of oppressing the Russian-speaking population. Pauls's wife, linguist and translator Svetlana Epifanova (they met in Odessa during the maestro's tour), had to take an exam on knowledge of the Latvian language in order to obtain citizenship. This procedure became a personal insult to the famous composer. By the way, in the house the couple communicates in the state language, and when the spouses quarrel, they switch to a more “picturesque” Russian.

6. There are also unpleasant facts in Pauls’ biography. As Minister of Culture, from 1991 to 1993 he closed several Russian schools, as well as the Riga Youth Theater under the direction of People's Artist Adolf Shapiro.

ALCOHOL CHRONICLES

In his youth, Raymond PAULS was a complete alcoholic; he was even fired from the Riga Philharmonic for drunkenness. This is how the maestro himself comments on this biographical fact.

I'll tell you my story of a musician who played at dances. People always came up to me and offered me wine. Every day I drank more and more often. It turned into a disease. Maybe it all depended on my weak character... I was always drunk. I listened to false compliments, and they kept pouring me more and more. One day I didn’t come to a concert, and I was fired from the Riga Philharmonic.
The binges lasted for weeks. My friends - the actress of our National Theater Lidia Freimane and her husband Osvald Pasternak - constantly told me to go for treatment. My wife also played a big role, convincing me to quit... I could have lost not only my family, but also my life. An abyss loomed ahead. And I made up my mind. I was taken to the hospital.
Injections, all sorts of procedures where you were made to feel sick, lasted three weeks. But before discharge, the doctors said that the hardest part would begin after the hospital. Will I be able to abstain from alcohol? I was able to force myself to refuse even such innocent temptations as a sip of champagne. I haven't drunk since then.

Raymond Pauls and Svetlana Epifanova.

For talented people, the state of falling in love is an invariable element of creativity. For geniuses, the creative component is love. For maestro Raymond Pauls, his wife Svetlana Epifanova became his muse and guardian angel. These two people are remarkably similar in their elegant reserve and in their half-century of happiness.

love melody

Raymond Pauls at the piano.

When Raimonds Pauls graduated from the Latvian Conservatory in piano, he had no idea that this musical instrument would become his destiny. The future maestro made his choice in favor of the Riga Pop Orchestra. Endless tours began, new cities greeted the talented young pianist with applause. It was in Odessa that the eternal melody of love sounded for Raymond.

Raymond Pauls and Svetlana Epifanova at a friends wedding.

During the concert, a girl who was a little late entered the hall and sat in the back rows, trying to see from afar the man who was sitting at the piano. It was He - the man who became her destiny. But on the day when they were introduced to each other, no one could even think that the young student of Odessa University, Svetlana Epifanova, would soon move from her native Odessa to distant Riga to become the muse and wife of the Great Maestro.

It will not be easy for her to get used to the reserved Baltic capital after the emotional, colorful pearl by the sea. But what could any difficulties mean if her beloved Raymond was nearby? And the tender and passionate music of love played for her endlessly.

“Love doesn’t sigh on the bench...”

With daughter Anete, 60s.

They already lived in Latvia, but had not yet officially become husband and wife. Intoxicated with her love, Lana had no idea then how many times she would have to save her husband. The creative and bohemian atmosphere attracted the young musician. After the concerts, he hurried not home, but to the “Shkaf” bar next to the Opera, where he and his colleagues and friends constantly celebrated something. They drank a lot, leaving more or less valuable things as collateral for future payment. Faithful Lana, in some unimaginable way, always came for him at the right moment and took him home.

Birth of a family

Raymond Pauls and his wife.

On August 31, 1962, the two of them entered the doors of the Pardaugava registry office. And then it turned out that the two of them were completely insufficient for marriage. At least two more witnesses are needed who are ready to endorse their voluntary desire to become husband and wife. The female receptionist, seeing how the two looked at each other, decided to go against the existing rules. She called the janitor for help and also signed her name in the registration book.

Quite happy with life, the newlyweds went out into the street. Their joint cash was enough for two movie tickets and also for delicious donuts for three and five kopecks, which they bought after the show at the Palladium. The main thing is that they became husband and wife, and all sorts of conventions like a wedding march or a luxurious banquet could in no way affect their feelings for each other.

Muse of the great composer

Muse of the Great Maestro.

Clever and beautiful, Svetlana could have a successful career. But she preferred the role of a faithful wife, the keeper of the family hearth. One day she tried to go to work, but her husband was categorically against it. Lana decided that family relationships were much more important than her career. She became the very muse who would constantly inspire the maestro to create brilliant works. New couples will meet and fall in love to this music again and again, they will cry with happiness and suffocate with love to it.

They succeeded. Fame came to Raymond Pauls, and family wealth came. Faithful Lana helped establish a fairly close circle of friends, which continued for many years. Two married couples - the poet Janis Peters and his wife Barbara, and the famous sculptor Albert Terpilovsky and his wife Tina, the main director of the puppet theater, will become the closest friends of the Maestro family for many years. With them he will enjoy fishing for trout and having leisurely philosophical conversations.

“Once again the day will be illuminated with the happy light of loving eyes...”

Raymond Pauls with his wife and granddaughter Monika.

The Great Maestro believes that many years ago, in sunny Odessa, the young, radiant Odessa native Lana gave him the most expensive gift in his life. She gave him herself, and with her - love, inspiration and happiness to love and be loved.

She was always a fashionista and even in lean times she knew how to look amazing. She taught this art to her eminent husband, and she always carefully monitored his appearance.

The Maestro himself believes that he has an intolerable character and it is simply impossible to be around him sometimes. Although in fact, his Lana knows for sure that she doesn’t need anything else in life. Next to her is the best man in the world, she has a wonderful daughter and two grown-up granddaughters.

They have loved each other for more than half a century.

Raymond Pauls himself quite seriously considers his wife simply a saint. She knows how to manage the household, keep track of the bills, take care of the family and give him inspiration to create brilliant works. And he knows how to write music and make her happy.

For more than half a century, every morning she asks her great husband the same question. And every morning he receives the same answer. No, this is not about love at all. Not about happiness. She simply asks if he will have coffee. Of course it will be coffee. And there will be breakfast. And everything she offers him will be. She will make him coffee, and he will read funny headlines from newspaper articles out loud to her. Isn't this what happiness is?

He plays his best music for her.

And then he will sit down at the piano again and play his best melody for her. A melody of love, in which grievances and adversities dissolved, as if they had never existed. All that was left was endless gratitude and bright tenderness. All that's left is love.

love melody

“Love doesn’t sigh on the bench...”

Birth of a family

Muse of the great composer

“Once again the day will be illuminated with the happy light of loving eyes...”

She was always a fashionista and even in lean times she knew how to look amazing. She taught this art to her eminent husband, and she always carefully monitored his appearance.

Raymond Pauls and Svetlana Epifanova take care of their happiness, just as they carefully hid their feelings from prying eyes.

Ojārs Raimonds Pauls (Latvian: Ojārs Raimonds Pauls). Born on January 12, 1936 in Riga (Latvia). Soviet Latvian composer, conductor, pianist, politician. People's Artist of the USSR (1985). Minister of Culture of Latvia (1989-1993).

Raymond Pauls was born on January 12, 1936 in Riga, in the Ilguciems microdistrict, into the family of Voldemar and Alma-Matilda Pauls, a glass blower and pearl embroiderer. His father was an amateur musician: he played percussion instruments in the Mihavo amateur orchestra.

Raymond already played the piano as a child. From the age of three he attended kindergarten at the 1st Music Institute, where his musical education began. At the age of 10 he entered the music school at the Latvian Conservatory - the Riga Music School. E. Darzinya. After graduating from school, in 1953-1958 he studied at the Latvian Conservatory. J. Vitola (now the Latvian Academy of Music named after Jazeps Vitola), with Professor G. Brown in piano class.

From 1962 to 1965, he again studied at the Latvian Conservatory, already in the composition department under the direction of J. Ivanov.

Already at that time he proved himself to be an excellent piano performer. In parallel with his studies, he worked as a pianist in pop orchestras of trade union clubs for road workers and medical workers, and as an accompanist in the Philharmonic. He played in restaurants, studying jazz classics and modern songs. He wrote his first music for the Puppet Theater of the Latvian SSR and the Drama Theater of the Latvian SSR. A. Upita (now the Latvian National Theatre).

After graduating from the conservatory in 1958, he worked in the Riga Variety Orchestra of the Latvian Philharmonic and performed concerts in Georgia, Armenia, Ukraine, and abroad. From 1964 to 1971 - artistic director of this orchestra.

From 1973 to 1978 - artistic director of the instrumental ensemble "Modo".

From 1978 to 1982 - conductor of the Light and Jazz Music Orchestra of the Latvian Radio and Television.

From 1982 to 1988 - editor-in-chief of music programs of Latvian Radio.

In 1986, on the initiative of R. Pauls, the International Competition of Young Popular Music Performers “Jurmala” was organized, which lasted until 1992.

From 1994 to 1995 - artistic director and chief conductor of the jazz orchestra (big band) of the Latvian Radio and Television.

In 2002, together with I. Krutoy, he initiated the International Competition of Young Popular Music Performers “New Wave” (Jurmala).

Since 1967 - member of the Union of Composers of the Latvian SSR. Member of the Union of Cinematographers of the Latvian SSR.

Deputy of the Supreme Council of the Latvian SSR (1985-1989), People's Deputy of the USSR (1989-1991).

Since 1988 - Chairman of the State Committee of the Latvian SSR for Culture, from 1989 to 1991 - Minister of Culture of the Latvian SSR. From 1991 to 1993 - Minister of Culture of Latvia in the cabinet of I. Godmanis. From 1993 to 1998 - Advisor to the President of Latvia on culture.

In 1998 he was elected to the Seimas on the list of the New Party, and in 2002 and 2006 he was re-elected from the People's Party.

In 1999 he was nominated for the post of President of Latvia, but withdrew his candidacy.

Raymond Pauls collaborated a lot with Soviet and Russian pop artists, as well as poets, and wrote music for several Soviet films. Many of the artists owe their popularity and immortal hits to the composer. At the same time, those around Pauls always noted the complex character and isolation of Raymond Voldemarovich.

Ilya Reznik has been Raymond Pauls' partner for many years. The creative duet "Pauls-Reznik" owns the most famous hits of Alla Pugacheva, Valery Leontyev, Laima Vaikule, Irina Ponarovskaya, Tamara Gverdtsiteli, Masha Rasputina and others.

The collaboration between Raymond Pauls and Ilya Reznik began in 1980.

Alla Pugacheva and Raymond Pauls - Maestro

Over the 5 years of existence of the “Pauls-Reznik-Pugacheva” tandem, only 10 songs were created, but all of them are so famous that today Alla Pugacheva is often associated with these songs. In addition to Ilya Reznik, other poets also wrote poems to Pauls’ melodies. Among them is Andrei Voznesensky. The poet wrote poems for the Latvian song of Pauls - "Dāvāja Māriņa". This is how the song “A Million Scarlet Roses”, the most famous song of Alla Pugacheva, was born.

During the creative collaboration between Pauls and Pugacheva, many believed that they had an affair. The song "Maestro", written by Raymond Pauls and Ilya Reznik, is actually dedicated to Konstantin Orbelyan, with whom Alla Pugacheva was rumored to have had an affair at the beginning of her career. But the entire Soviet Union perceived the song differently and addressed Pugacheva’s appeal to Pauls. In fact, there was no romance, as both Pauls and Reznik himself say. In 1985, the cooperation between Pugacheva and Pauls gradually came to an end. The last song of the tandem was “It’s Time.” In the late 1980s, there was a renewed collaboration between Raymond Pauls, Ilya Reznik and Alla Pugacheva. Several songs were written, but they no longer became all-Union hits.

The best songs of Raymond Pauls

Family and personal life of Raymond Pauls:

Father - Waldemar Pauls, glassblower, drummer in the amateur orchestra "Mihavo"
Mother - Alma-Matilda, pearl embroiderer
Sister - Edite Paula-Wignere (b. 1939), tapestry artist.

Wife - Svetlana Epifanova, linguist
Daughter - Aneta (b. 1962), graduated from LGITMIK with a degree in television director, lives with her family in Moscow
Granddaughters - Anna-Marie (b. 1989) Monique-Yvonne (b. 1994) and Arthur Pauls (b. 1995)

Raymond Pauls and Svetlana Epifanova

Songs by Raymond Pauls:

You didn’t know (I. Reznik) - Laima Vaikule
Alphabet (G. Rachs) - Ensemble “Cuckoo”, Laima Vaikule
Angel (V. Dozortsev) - Maria Naumova
Angel pilot (S. Patrushev) - Laima Vaikule
Oh, what music (M. Tanich) - Laima Vaikule
Butterflies in the snow (N. Zinoviev) - Valery Leontyev, Nora Bumbiere and Victor Lapchenok
Velvet Season (M. Tanich) - Valery Leontyev, Rodrigo Fomins
Without me (I. Reznik) - Alla Pugacheva, Aya Kukule
White Church (V. Dozortsev) - Maria Naumova, Khariy Spanovskis
In an abandoned tavern (M. Tanich) - Laima Vaikule, Nora Bumbiere and Victor Lapchenok
Vernissage (I. Reznik) - Laima Vaikule in a duet with Valery Leontiev, Dainis Porgants
Verooka (I. Reznik) - Valery Leontiev, VIA “Dalderi”
Return (I. Reznik) - Alla Pugacheva, Aya Kukule
It’s all the same (V. Serova) - Laima Vaikule
Where are you, love? (I. Reznik) - Sofia Rotaru, Aya Kukule
Hypodynamia (I. Reznik) - Valery Leontiev, Aya Kukule and Victor Lapchenok
Years of Wanderings (I. Reznik) - Valery Leontiev, Georges Siksna
Hollywood Samba (V. Dozortsev) - Laima Vaikule, Victor Lapchenok
City of Songs (I. Reznik) - Valery Leontyev, Victor Lapchenok
Let's get married (L. Rubalskaya) - Laima Vaikule and Jay Stiver (Janis Stibelis), Nora Bumbiere and Victor Lapchenok
God willing! (E. Yevtushenko) - Alexander Malinin, Margarita Viltsane
Give me luck (I. Reznik) - Mila Romanidi, Harijs Spanovskis and Janis Paukshtello
Two minutes (M. Tanich) - Laima Vaikule, Nora Bumbiere and Victor Lapchenok
The Girl from the Restaurant (V. Dozortsev) - Maria Naumova, Khariy Spanovskis
Business - time (I. Reznik) - Alla Pugacheva, Georges Siksna
Dialogue (N. Zinoviev) - Valery Leontyev, Aya Kukule
Rain in Jurmala (M. Tanich) - Maria Naumova, Normund Rutulis
Doo-bee-doo (G. Vitke) - Laima Vaikule
Duet (Musician) (A. Voznesensky) - Aya Kukule
If you leave (A. Dementyev) - Valery Leontyev, Ingus Petersons
It's not evening yet (I. Reznik) - Laima Vaikule
Castle on the Sand (V. Dozortsev) - Laima Vaikule, Victor Lapchenok
Eclipse of the Heart (A. Voznesensky) - Andrei Mironov, Valery Leontyev, Victor Lapchenok
Green Coast (V. Pelenyagre) - Laima Vaikule
Green light (N. Zinoviev) - Valery Leontiev, Georges Siksna
Mirror (V. Dozortsev) - Laima Vaikule, Victor Lapchenok
Golden Wedding (I. Reznik) - Ensemble “Cuckoo”, Georges Siksna
Sunny days have disappeared (R. Gamzatov, translation by E. Nikolaevskaya) - Valery Leontyev, Victor Lapchenok
Cabaret (N. Denisov) - Valery Leontiev, Aya Kukule
Carousel (M. Tanich) - Valery Leontyev, Rodrigo Fomins
The King composes a tango (M. Tanich) - Laima Vaikule, Harijs Spanovskis and Inta Spanovska
Cuckoo (I. Reznik) - Jay Stiver (Janis Stibelis) and Laima Vaikule, Maria Naumova and Normunds Rutulis
Legend (Anno Domini) (N. Zinoviev) - Valery Leontyev, VIA "Dalderi"
The Cure for Love (V. Dozortsev) - Laima Vaikule, Nora Bumbiere and Victor Lapchenok
Stairway to Heaven (V. Dozortsev) - Laima Vaikule, Nora Bumbiere and Victor Lapchenok
Leaf fall of Laima - Vaikule, Richard Leper
Yellow leaves (I. Shaferan) - Galina Bovina and Vladislav Lynkovsky, Nora Bumbiere
Moonlight blues (S. Patrushev) - Laima Vaikule
I love you (E. Sigova) - Jay Stiver (Janis Stibelis)
Love has come (R. Rozhdestvensky) - Roza Rymbaeva, Renat Ibragimov, Olga Pirags, Lyudmila Senchina
Maestro (I. Reznik) - Alla Pugacheva, Mirdza Zivere
A moment is beautiful (I. Reznik) - Olga Pirags
Moments (R. Fomins) - Rodrigo Fomins
Melody of the summer garden (I. Reznik) - Laima Vaikule
A million scarlet roses (A. Voznesensky) - Alla Pugacheva, Aya Kukule, Larisa Mondrus
I would love a timid woman (E. Sigova) - Jay Stiver (Janis Stibelis), Normunds Rutulis
I dream of Jurmala (E. Sigova) - Jay Stiver (Janis Stibelis), Victor Lapchenok
You can still save (E. Yevtushenko) - Intars Busulis, Anze Krause
Sea of Love (I. Reznik) - Group "Gems", Ieva Plaviniece
Sailor (M. Tanich) - Laima Vaikule
Muse (A. Voznesensky) - Valery Leontyev, Ingus Petersons
Musicians (V. Serova) - Laima Vaikule, Nora Bumbiere
Cover my shoulders with a jacket (M. Tanich) - Laima Vaikule
God created us for each other (E. Yevtushenko) - Intars Busulis
Our city (O. Gadzhikasimov) - Renat Ibragimov, Mirdza Zivere and Aya Kukule
Take your time, dear (V. Pelenyagre) - Laima Vaikule
Don't slam the door (M. Tanich) - Laima Vaikule
New Year's attraction (I. Reznik) - Alla Pugacheva, Mirdza Zivere
The night is dark (V. Dozortsev) - Maria Naumova, Khariy Spanovskis
Night Fire (I. Reznik) - Laima Vaikule, Rita Trenz
Lights (V. Serova) - Laima Vaikule
Organ in the night (D. Avotynya, translation by L. Azarova) - VIA “Ariel”, Nora Bumbiere and Victor Lapchenok
From dawn to dawn (V. Serova) - Laima Vaikule
Letter (V. Dozortsev) - Laima Vaikule, Margarita Viltsane
Under the new century (A. Voznesensky) - Bēgšana, Ayia Kukule
I'll select the music (A. Voznesensky) - Jaak Joala, Ingus Petersons
Trains Laima Vaikule Vilcieni - Laima Vaikule
Love the pianist (A. Voznesensky) - Andrei Mironov, Valery Leontyev, Laima Vaikule
After the rain on Thursday (E. Sigova) - Jay Stiver (Janis Stibelis), Anze Krause and Normunds Rutulis
After the holiday (I. Reznik) - Valery Leontyev, Georges Siksna
Singing mime (I. Reznik) - Valery Leontyev, Georges Siksna
The attraction of love (M. Tanich) - Valery Leontiev, Aya Kukule
Scarecrow (I. Reznik) - Laima Vaikule, Hariy Spanovskis
The path to the light (I. Reznik) - Rodrigo Fomins
Rejoice (I. Reznik) - Alla Pugacheva, Mirdza Zivere
Wounds (E. Yevtushenko) - Intars Busulis, Laima Vaikule
Roman Holidays (I. Reznik) - Laima Vaikule and Boris Moiseev
Cricket (Aspasia) (from the TV series “Long Road in the Dunes”) - Ensemble “Cuckoo”
Seventh Heaven (M. Tanich) - Maria Naumova
Angry song (R. Rozhdestvensky) - Sofia Rotaru, Aya Kukule, group “Credo”
Blue linen (A. Dmokhovsky) - Larisa Mondrus, Margarita Viltsane and Ojar Grinbergs
Snowfall (M. Tanich) - Maria Naumova, Harij Spanovskis
Ancient clock (I. Reznik) - Alla Pugacheva, Imants Skrastins
Old Friend (E. Yevtushenko) - Intars Busulis, Martins Ruskis
Old Friend (V. Serova) - Laima Vaikule
Tango behind the wall (V. Dozortsev) - Laima Vaikule, Nora Bumbiere
Dance on the drum (A. Voznesensky) - Nikolai Gnatyuk
Telegram (M. Tanich) - Laima Vaikule, Nora Bumbiere
Three tickets (V. Dozortsev) - Maria Naumova, Khariy Spanovskis
Three cherries (V. Dozortsev) - Maria Naumova, Arturs Skrastins
You are the wind (E. Sigova) - Intars Busulis, Maria Naumova
Forget me (V. Dozortsev) - Laima Vaikule, Mirdza Zivere
Don't leave me (A. Voznesensky) - Valentina Legkostupova, Aya Kukule
You will love me (R. Rozhdestvensky) - Andrei Mironov, Victor Lapchenok
Pedro (V. Pelenyagre) went to America - Laima Vaikule, Harijs Spanovskis
Colored dreams (M. Tanich) - Laima Vaikule, Margarita Viltsane
Charlie (I. Reznik) - Laima Vaikule, Ugis Roze
Man-tape recorder (A. Voznesensky) - Valery Leontyev, VIA "Dalderi"
Black Pearl (E. Sigova) - Jay Stiver (Janis Stibelis), Maria Naumova
What attracts the bird - Laima Vaikule, Normunds Rutulis
Play around (I. Reznik) - Laima Vaikule
Sherlock Holmes (I. Reznik) - Laima Vaikule
Wider Circle (I. Reznik) - Renat Ibragimov, VIA "Ariel", Aya Kukule
I believe (E. Sigova) - Jay Stiver (Janis Stibelis), Ensemble “Cuckoo”
I went to Piccadilly (V. Pelenyagre) - Laima Vaikule, Harijs Spanovskis
I'm not with you yet (V. Dozortsev) - Laima Vaikule, Victor Lapchenok
I draw (A. Dementiev) - Jaak Joala, Georges Siksna
I'm not saying goodbye to you (I. Reznik) - Valery Leontyev
I Love You Too (V. Serova) - Laima Vaikule, Nora Bumbiere and Victor Lapchenok
“Oh, if only I could start life again” (I. Reznik) - Laima Vaikule
“White Mists” (L. Fadeev) - the Bazykin sisters
“White Dream” (T. Pospelova) - Laima Vaikule
“Blonde” (L. Rubalskaya) - Mila Romanidi
“In the style of a storm” (N. Zinoviev) - Valery Leontyev
“Suddenly” (A. Kovalev) - Jaak Joala
“The Wind Until the Morning” (S. Patrushev) - Laima Vaikule
“I’m tired of all the problems” (E. Shiryaev) - Mila Romanidi
“Everything will come back” (I. Reznik) - Renat Ibragimov
“Granite City” (I. Reznik) - VIA “Jolly Fellows”
“Let's forget the sorrows” (M. Plyatskovsky) - Andrey Lichtenbergs
“Two Swifts” (A. Voznesensky) - Olga Pirags, Alla Pugacheva
“Two Stars” (D. Taiganov) - Dimir Taiganov
“Two” or “Old Friend” (I. Reznik) - Valentina Legkostupova, Alla Pugacheva
“Business Woman” (I. Reznik) - Laima Vaikule
“Rain Rings” (A. Kovalev) - Olga Pirags
“Rain” (A. Dementyev) - Renat Ibragimov
“For all sins” (V. Dozortsev) - Maria Naumova
“There is happiness beyond the threshold” or “There is happiness somewhere beyond the threshold” (I. Reznik) - Laima Vaikule, Mila Romanidi
“Curtain” (M. Tanich) - Valery Leontyev
“Winter's Tale” (S. Patrushev) - Laima Vaikule
"What is your name?" (S. Patrushev) - Laima Vaikule
“When your purse is full of holes” (L. Prozorovsky) - Victor Lapchenok
“Halley’s Comet” (N. Zinoviev) - Valery Leontiev
“Better go away” (E. Yevtushenko) - Intars Busulis
“Mambo” (I. Reznik) - Laima Vaikule
“Lighthouse” (M. Tanich) - Valery Leontyev
“Darling, goodbye” (I. Reznik) - Laima Vaikule
“My last Adam” (S. Patrushev) - Laima Vaikule
“There are many white birds above the ground” (L. Prozorovsky) - Aya Kukule
“Not a telephone conversation” (I. Reznik) - Stella Gianni and Ilya Reznik
“Frivolous gentleman” (V. Dozortsev) - Maria Naumova
“Never say never” (V. Dozortsev) - Maria Naumova
“Night Cafe” (I. Reznik) - Stella Gianni
“Special Friend” (A. Voznesensky) - Sofia Rotaru
“In Memory of Nino Rota” (V. Dozortsev) - Laima Vaikule
“Encore Song” (A. Voznesensky) - Alla Pugacheva
“Wildflowers” (A. Kovalev) - Lyudmila Senchina
“It’s time for snowdrops” (A. Kovalev) - Edita Piekha
“Dedication” or “Dedication to Friends” (M. Tanich) - Laima Vaikule
“The Last March of Love” (E. Sigova) - Evgeniy Shur
“Last request” (E. Yevtushenko) - Intars Busulis
“Almost like Riga” (M. Tanich) - Laima Vaikule
“Invitation to Dance” (V. Dozortsev) - Laima Vaikule
“Go through life” (A. Kovalev) - Olga Pirags
“The curse of the century is haste” (E. Yevtushenko)
“Forgive me, waves” (A. Kovalev) - Valery Leontyev
“Farewell, goodbye...” (I. Reznik) - Laima Vaikule
“Phoenix Bird” (I. Reznik) - Tatyana Bulanova
“Jealousy” (E. Yevtushenko) - Intars Busulis
“Rodnya” (I. Reznik) - VIA “Jolly Fellows”
“The Slowest Train” (I. Reznik) - Laima Vaikule
“The Heart” (A. Kovalev) - Jaak Joala
“Silhouette of Love” (A. Kovalev) - Jaak Joala
“Blue Sea” (I. Reznik) - Tatyana Bulanova
“Fiddler on the Roof” (I. Reznik) - Laima Vaikule
“Casual acquaintance” (E. Yevtushenko) - Intars Busulis
“Completely different” (I. Reznik) - Laima Vaikule
“Sunny Bunny” (A. Kovalev) - Valentina Legkostupova
“Thank you, you are enemies” (I. Reznik) - Mila Romanidi
"Old Guitar"
“Old Friends” (R. Rozhdestvensky) - Andrei Mironov
“Old Umbrella” (E. Yevtushenko) - Intars Busulis
“Phone Call” (A. Kovalev) - Jaak Joala
“Tornado” (V. Dozortsev) - Maria Naumova
“Three minutes” (M. Tanich) - Valery Leontyev
“Tell me, please tell me” (I. Reznik) - Philip Kirkorov
“The Amazing Camel” (I. Reznik) - ensemble “Kukushechka”
“A smart person will not go uphill” (I. Reznik) - Laima Vaikule
“Tender whisper” (E. Yevtushenko) - Intars Busulis
“This is my woman” (E. Yevtushenko) - Intars Busulis
“I’ve been waiting for you for so long” (I. Reznik) - Alla Pugacheva
“I’m praying for you” (I. Reznik) - Laima Vaikule
“I forgot your face” (I. Reznik) - VIA “Eolika”
“I love you more than nature” (E. Yevtushenko) - Intars Busulis
“I smile” (A. Voznesensky) - Valentina Legkostupova
“I read your thoughts” (N. Zinoviev) - Larisa Dolina

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