Where can I find the version of the Russian folk song 'Dark Eyes' Nastia Liukin used for her floor routine?

Question

Nastia Liukin used an instrumental version of a Russian folk song called 'Dark Eyes' (I think it's 'Ochi Chernye' in Russian) in her gold medal-winning floor routine. Does anyone know where I can find it to download or buy? Thanks!

Answer 1

you can find it on i-tunes.

if you type in the russian title or just copy and paste it in the search box, a whole bunch come up.

Answer 2

Nastia Liukin, 2008 Olympic USA team gymnastics champion performed her Olympic medal winning floor routine to music from Well-Tempered Productions, a record label specializing in innovative classical music. The selection entitled 'Variations on Dark Eyes,' was arranged and performed by the Israeli virtuoso pianist Ilan Rechtman and features the violin playing of Lara St. John. The selection is currently only available on a CD recording entitled 'Gypsy.' Ilan Rechtman is the featured artist on two releases on Well-Tempered that will be available in early 2009, "Beethoven in Brazil," and "Rechtman Plays Beethoven, Chopin & Rechtman." The 'Gypsy' CD is available directly from Well-Tempered or Amazon.com. www.welltempered.com

Answer 3

The song you are looking for is called "Variation on Dark Eyes." The exact version of her song is performed by Lara St. John on her Gypsy album. It's available on Amazon from a direct link of her site:

http://www.larastjohn.com/audio_gypsy.ph...

http://www.amazon.com/Gypsy/dp/B000003Y3...

You can see the version performed by Lara here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9KMYnOfc...