It is most reasonable and timely of the ''Compozitor Publishing House - Saint-Petersburg'' to issue the repertoire for the Russian folk instruments’ orchestra.
It was in 1896, when the first Great Russian Orchestra was organized in Petersburg by V. V. Andreyev. Since that time such casts were enjoying popularity. The Soviet period was beneficial for music of this exact trend. Folk traditional genres flourished at the concert stages. Modern composers were given spur by the governmental orders. The true coryphaeuses were among them, such as M. Matveyev, N. Shakhmatov, Yu. Zaritsky, V. Yeryomin, L. Balai, I. Tsvetkov”
Nowadays the folk genre is undergoing the time of oblivion, because of difficulties with orders and general recognition. Meanwhile it did not lose attractiveness for the Petersburgian composers, representing all possible trends and generations, e. g. S. Slonimsky, V. Bibergan, B. Boyashov, S. Poddubny, V. Fadeyev, A. Tikhomirov, A. Mylnikov, Ye. Petrov etc.
Th e stimulus to such activity is truly considered to be the festival Music Spring in St. Petersburg, inviting composers already for ten years to demonstrate their premi? res together with the St. Petersburg State Concert Orchestra of the Russian Folk Instruments conducted by V. Popov.
The collection ''Enchanted Forest'' is compiled by the famous composer Sergei Poddubny, eagerful zealot of this trend. Therefore this brilliant collection is called forth to sign the renaissance of the folk instruments orchestra, making it able to express feelings and meditations peculiar to contemporary art.

Viktor Pleshak

Contents:

B. P. Kravchenko. Drawling Song. For the Russian folk instruments’ orchestra
V. V. Pleshak. The Pushkin Waltz. For the Russian folk instruments’ orchestra
S. N. Poddubny. Rhapsody. For the orchestra of bayans, accordions and piano
S. N. Poddubny. Enchanted Forest. Suite in three movements for the Russian folk instruments’ orchestra<br