A clip of the Russian folk string quartet Skaz performing Brahms’s Hungarian Dance.

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When I was growing up®, there was an old guy “Uncle Kolya” playing balalaika on the street for some change near my house. He sounded a lot like this.

httpvh://youtu.be/HU7oqkJeItQ

Update: This post was published long time ago, so I am adding a new amazing clip by Aleksei Arkhipovskiy called “Hurdy Gurdy“:

 

httpvh://youtu.be/ZmzP73rPTD4