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Owners of New York label «Arka Records» were Yaroslav Pastushenko and Roman Poritok. Label is distinguishable by its repertoire that consisted exclusively of recordings of Ukrainian soloists and choruses, existed at that time. The only exception is a few recordings copied from Polish label “Syrena-Electro” in 1934. The paper labels were of different design and color, depending on series that started with 100, 200, 400, 500 and 600. One can find records of such soloists as soprano: E.Mozgova, N.Andrusiv, tenors: M.Scala-Staritsky, O.Rusnak, V.Tisyak, baritone M.Minsky, New York chorus «Dumka», bandura ensemble of Levitsky and Yurevich, records with dance and light music. The total number of records «Arka» is about 100.[1]

There is no information about Canadian branch.

References:

1. Stefan Maksymjuk. From The History of Ukrainian Sound Recordings and Discography., p.202, 204
Arka Records (USA) (22)
 Arka Records (yellow)
Arka Records (Canada) (18)
 Arka Records (Canada, v1)
 
 
Cat No
(Mx/Ctr No)
TakeTitle Name (Composer)Artist(s), AccompanimentRec Date
Rec Place
Press Date
Label(s)Order No▲
[xRef Nos]
Files
AR-45A
ukrainianquartet with orchestra
Sunday in Ukraine (Íåä³ëÿ íà Óêðà¿í³), waltz (arr. Stepan Huminilovich, lyrics by Yuri Foris)
Quartet Rozvaga (Sadowskyj, Kassaraba, Szarko, Tresniowsjkyj), acc. orchestra, Conductor Myron ShiyanMontreal?Arka Records (Canada, v1)45
AR-45B
ukrainianquartet with orchestra
I Am Here, You Are There, slow-fox (arr. Stepan Huminilovich, lyrics by Yuriy Foris)
Quartet Rozvaga (Sadowskyj, Kassaraba, Szarko, Tresniowsjkyj), acc. orchestra, Conductor Myron ShiyanMontreal?Arka Records (Canada, v1)45
101-A
ukrainiantenor with orchestra
The time will come (Ïðèéäå ùå ÷àñ), tango (Bohdan (Ivan Bohdan, John Bohdan) Wesolowsky (Bondi, Bocian, Bazio))
M. Swystun, acc. orchestra, Conductor George William "Dixie" Dean22-06-1951
Toronto
09-1951
Ukrainian Records101
UK 5-A
(UKR-5A)
101-B
ukrainianbaritone with orchestra
Indeed (×è ñïðàâäè), tango (Bohdan (Ivan Bohdan, John Bohdan) Wesolowsky (Bondi, Bocian, Bazio))
Antin Derbish, acc. orchestra, Conductor George William "Dixie" Dean22-06-1951
Toronto
09-1951
Ukrainian Records101
UK 5-B
(UKR 5B)
106-A
(PR-1524)
ukrainianbaritone with orchestra
To the tunes of the waltz (ϳä çâóêè âàëüñà) (John Bohdan Wesolowsky)
Leo Ischuk1953
Canada
Carinia (green)106
UW-409
(S-3747)
106-B
(PR-1525)
ukrainianbaritone with orchestra
I’d like to fall in love with you (Ðàäèé áè ÿ çàëþáèòèñü â òîá³), tango (John Bohdan Wesolowsky)
Leo Ischuk1953
Canada
Carinia (green)106
UW-409
(S-3748)
110-B
(PR-1620)
ukrainianbass profound with orchestra
Your smile (Óñì³õ), tango (Bohdan (Ivan Bohdan, John Bohdan) Wesolowsky (Bondi, Bocian, Bazio), lyrics by Jaroslaw Maslak (Hrytsko the Philanderer))
Wolodymyr Mota, acc. orchestra1953
Montreal
Echo (GB)110
E 106
(O.5503)
110-A
(PR-1622)
ukrainianlyric soprano with orchestra
How couldn’t I love you (ßê òåáå íå ëþáèòè), tango (Bohdan (Ivan Bohdan, John Bohdan) Wesolowsky (Bondi, Bocian, Bazio))
Myroslava (Myrosia) Werbytska, acc. orchestra1953
Montreal
Echo (GB)110
E 106
(O.5502)
111-B
(PR-1652)
ukrainianbaritone with orchestra
Play for me (Çàãðàé ìåíi), tango (Bohdan (Ivan Bohdan, John Bohdan) Wesolowsky (Bondi, Bocian, Bazio))
Lew Ischuk, acc. orchestra, Conductor Bohdan (Ivan Bohdan, John Bohdan) Wesolowsky (Bondi, Bocian, Bazio)1954
Montreal
Arka Records (Canada, v1), Victor (Canada) custom records, PR-series111
PR-1652
111-A
(PR-1653)
ukrainianbaritone with orchestra
In the night (ͳ÷÷þ), rumba (Bohdan (Ivan Bohdan, John Bohdan) Wesolowsky (Bondi, Bocian, Bazio), lyrics by Jaroslav Klymovsky)
Lew Ischuk, acc. orchestra, Conductor Bohdan (Ivan Bohdan, John Bohdan) Wesolowsky (Bondi, Bocian, Bazio)1954
Montreal
Arka Records (Canada, v1), Victor (Canada) custom records, PR-series111
PR-1653
112-B
(PR-1654)
ukrainianbaritone with orchestra
Do you know? (×è çíàºø òè...?), slow waltz (Bohdan (Ivan Bohdan, John Bohdan) Wesolowsky (Bondi, Bocian, Bazio))
Antin Derbish, acc. orchestra, Conductor Bohdan (Ivan Bohdan, John Bohdan) Wesolowsky (Bondi, Bocian, Bazio)1954
Montreal
Arka Records (Canada, v1), Victor (Canada) custom records, PR-series112
PR-1654
112-A
(PR-1655)
ukrainianbaritone with orchestra
Don’t laugh at love (Òè ç ëþáîâ³ ñîá³ íå æàðòóé!), foxtrot (Bohdan (Ivan Bohdan, John Bohdan) Wesolowsky (Bondi, Bocian, Bazio))
Antin Derbish, acc. orchestra, Conductor Bohdan (Ivan Bohdan, John Bohdan) Wesolowsky (Bondi, Bocian, Bazio)1954
Montreal
Arka Records (Canada, v1), Victor (Canada) custom records, PR-series112
PR-1655
113-A
(PR-1665)
ukrainiansoprano with orchestra
When we fell in love (ßê ìè ïîêîõàëèñü), slow waltz (Bohdan (Ivan Bohdan, John Bohdan) Wesolowsky (Bondi, Bocian, Bazio))
Myroslava (Myrosia) Werbytska, acc. orchestra1954
Montreal
Arka Records (Canada, v1), Carinia113
UW-403
113-B
(PR-1667)
ukrainianorchestra
Whispering willows (Øóì³ëè âåðáè), waltz (arr. Bohdan (Ivan Bohdan, John Bohdan) Wesolowsky (Bondi, Bocian, Bazio))
orchestra1954
Montreal
Arka Records (Canada, v1), Carinia113
UW-403
114-A
(PR-1664)
ukrainianlyric soprano with orchestra
My heart (Ñåðöå), tango (Bohdan (Ivan Bohdan, John Bohdan) Wesolowsky (Bondi, Bocian, Bazio))
Myroslava (Myrosia) Werbytska, acc. orchestra1954
Montreal
Arka Records (Canada, v1), Carinia114
UW-421
114-B
(PR-1666)
ukrainianorchestra
Here’s to you (Íà çäîðîâ’ÿ), polka (Bohdan (Ivan Bohdan, John Bohdan) Wesolowsky (Bondi, Bocian, Bazio))
orchestra1954
Montreal
Arka Records (Canada, v1), Carinia114
UW-421
117-A
(MB-1092)
ukrainiansoprano with orchestra
Yearning (Òóãà), tango (Ivan Bohdan (John Bohdan) Wesolowsky (Bondi), Leonid Yablonsky (Jabcio))
Sophia Hawryshchuk-Kalba, acc. orchestra1955
Montreal
Arka Records (Canada, v1), Arka Records (USA)117
539
117-B
(MB-1093)
ukrainiansoprano with orchestra
After sunset (ßê çàéäå ñîíöå), tango (Bohdan (Ivan Bohdan, John Bohdan) Wesolowsky (Bondi, Bocian, Bazio))
Sophia Hawryshchuk-Kalba, acc. orchestra1955
Montreal
Arka Records (Canada, v1), Arka Records (USA)117
539
201A
(201-A)
ukrainianbaritone with piano
Zasumuj Trembito, soldiers’ song (Roman Kupchinsky, lyrics by N.Nuzankiwsky)
Michael Minsky, acc. L.Wachnianyn (piano)New YorkArka Records (orange)201
201B
(201-B)
ukrainianbaritone with piano
Oh, willow on the field (Îé ó ïîë³ âåðáà), soldiers’ song
Michael Minsky, acc. L.Wachnianyn (piano)New YorkArka Records (orange)201
401 A
(AR-401-A)
ukrainian
Black field is plowed-up (×îðíà ð³ëëÿ ³çîðàíà), folk song (arr. Stanislav Lyudkevych)
choir "Surma", Conductor Ivan Okhrymovych04-1934
Warsaw
Arka Records (red), Syrena-Electro401
401 B
(AR-401-B)
ukrainian
And those who wants to know the warõòî õî÷å â³éíó çíàòè), soldiers’ song (arr. Stanislav Lyudkevych)
choir "Surma", Conductor Ivan Okhrymovych04-1934
Warsaw
Arka Records (red), Syrena-Electro401
512A
(AR-512-A)
ukrainianmixed quartet with bandura
Oh, down from the mountain a black cloud has arisen (Îé ç-çà ãîðè ÷îðíà õìàðà âñòàëà), soldiers’ song (arr. Mikola Leontowych)
Galina Homula, Ivanna Kononeva, Vladimir Jurkiewicz, Roman Levitsky, acc. banduraNew YorkArka Records (yellow)512
512B
(AR-512-B)
ukrainianmixed wuartet with bandura
When the Strelets left Ukraine (ßê ñòð³ëüö³ éøëè ç Óêðà¿íè), soldiers’ song (Roman Kupchinsky)
Galina Homula, Ivanna Kononova, Vladimir Jurkiewicz, Roman Levitsky, acc. banduraNew YorkArka Records (yellow)512
516 A
(AR-516-A)
ukrainianchoir
Boh sia razdaje (Áîã ñÿ ðîæäàº), kolyada (O. Nyzankiwskyj)
Choir "Surma", Conductor Ivan Ochrymowycz~1934
Lviv
~1955
Arka Records (yellow)516
516 B
(AR-516-B)
ukrainianchoir
Wistku holosyt’ (Âiñòêó ãîëîñèòü), kolyada (arr. I. Nedilskyj)
Women's Choir "Boyan"~1955Arka Records (yellow)516
528A
(X-AR-528-A)
ukrainiantenor with piano
Hey, fields (Îé ïîëÿ, âè ïîëÿ), song (Barvinsky)
Miro Skala Staryckyj, acc. pianoArka Records (yellow)528
528B
(X-AR-528-B)
ukrainiantenor with piano
Sleep, my baby (Ñïè, äèòÿòêî ìîº), song (Ludkewycz)
Miro Skala Staryckyj, acc. pianoArka Records (yellow)528
529A
(X-AR-529-A)
ukrainiantenor with piano
Hopes (Íà䳿), song (J. Lopatynskyj, lyrics by S.Czerkasenko)
Miro Skala Staryckyj, acc. pianoArka Records (yellow)529
529B
(X-AR-529-B)
ukrainiantenor with piano
Song (ϳñíÿ) (A. Hnatyszyn, lyrics by Hr.Czuprynka)
Miro Skala Staryckyj, acc. pianoArka Records (yellow)529
532A
(AR-532-A)
ukrainianduet with mandolin orchestra
Oh, I go to the mill (Îé, ï³äó ÿ äî ìëèíà), folk song
Mandolin Orchestra, Conductor Kyrylo Cependa, Solo by M. Klymciw, A. ParutaArka Records (yellow)532
532B
(AR-532-B)
ukrainianduet with mandolin orchestra
Horobci (Ãîðîáö³), folk comic song
mandolin ochestra, Conductor Kyrylo Cependa, Solo by M. Klymciw, A. ParutaArka Records (yellow)532
535 A
(AR-535-A)
ukrainianhawaiian guitar with orchestra
Medley of Ukrainian folk songs (Â’ÿçàíêà íàðîäíèõ ï³ñåíü)
Vladimir (Volodymyr, Walter) Oseredchuk, acc. orchestra~1955Arka Records (yellow)535
535 B
(AR-535-B)
ukrainianhawaiian guitar orchestra and vocal trio
Good night, my darling (Äîáðàí³÷, ìèëà), waltz-boston
vocal trio: Ivanna Kononova (Kononiv), O. Oseredchuk, Roman Levitsky (Levytsky), acc. hawaiian guitar orchestra, Conductor Vladimir (Volodymyr, Walter) Oseredchuk~1955Arka Records (yellow)535
596A
(AK-596-A)
ukrainianmixed quartet with bandura
The street (Âóëèöÿ) (Filaret Kolessa)
Galina Homula, Chrystia Karpevych, Vladimir Yurkevicz, Roman Levitsky, acc. banduraNew YorkArka Records (silver-blue)596
596B
(AK-596-B)
ukrainianmixed quartet with bandura
Blow the winds, folk song (arr. V. Stupnicky)
Galina Homula, Chrustia Karpevych, Vladimir Jurkiewicz, Roman Levitsky, acc. banduraNew YorkArka Records (silver-blue)596
600A
ukrainianbaritone with bandurist's ensemble
People arise! (Âñòàâàé, íàðîäå!), song (Hryhory Kytasty, lyrics by Ivan Bagryany (Bahryany))
Michael Minsky (Mikhail Spirin (Spiridonov)), acc. bandurist's ensemble, Conductor Hryhory Kytasty1951...1952
Detroit (?)
Arka Records (silver-blue), Bandurists Ensåmble600
4-14106 D
(10-14106 A)
600B
ukrainianbaritone with piano
Iz-za Czornoho Morja Zza Lymanu (Èç-çà ×îðíîãî ìîðÿ, ç-çà ëèìàíó), song (M. Gayworonsky)
Michael Minsky, acc. pianoNew YorkArka Records (silver-blue)600
601A
(AK-601A)
ukrainianbaritone with bandurist's ensemble
Today I have something really miss, folk song
Michael Minsky, acc. bandurist's ensemble, Conductor Stephan GanushevskyNew YorkArka Records (silver-blue)601
601B
(AK-601B)
ukrainianbaritone with piano
Mower goes in the field, folk song
Michael Minsky, acc. pianoNew YorkArka Records (silver-blue)601
AR-1151-2A
ukrainianbaritone with orchestra
The night wanders along winter streets (Áðîäèòü í³÷ ïî âóëèöÿõ çèìîâèõ), tango (Anatoly Kos-Anatolsky, lyrics by Volodymyr Sosiura)
Yurij Lawriwskyj, acc. orchestra, Conductor R. Genyk-Berezowskyj1953Stinson (red)AR-1151-2
UK 39 A
(UK-39-A)
Arka Records (Canada, v2)AR-1151-2
AR-1151-2B
ukrainianbaritone with orchestra
Love is like influenza (Êîõàííÿ íà÷å ãðèïà), foxtrot
Yurij Lawriwskyj, acc. orchestra, Conductor R. Genyk-Berezowskyj1953Arka Records (Canada, v2)AR-1151-2
R-51-1
ukrainian
Miami Rhumba, rumba (lyrics by L.Jablonsky)
M.Eberhardt, acc. orchestra, Conductor L.JablonskyArka Records (Canada, v1)R-51
R-51-2
ukrainian
La Paloma (lyrics by L.Jablonsky)
M.Eberhardt, acc. orchestra, Conductor L.JablonskyArka Records (Canada, v1)R-51
T 19484
ukrainianduet
I go by meadow (Ëóãîì ³äó), folk song
Irayida Cherniak & Petro Cherniak, acc. pianoArka Records (Canada, v1), Victor (Canada) custom records, T-seriesT 19484
T 19485
ukrainiantenor with piano
Hey, Dnepr (Îé, Äí³ïðå), folk song
Petro Cherniak, acc. pianoArka Records (Canada, v1), Victor (Canada) custom records, T-seriesT 19485
522
ukrainian
Indian Summer
Orest Rusnak, acc. orchestraClevelandChwyli DnistraCD 2-A
ukrainian
Golden and Dear
CD 2-B
525
ukrainianduet with orchestra
I like to watch (O. Nyzankovsky - D. Sichynsky, lyrics by Konynsky)
Volodymyr Rusnak, Orest Rusnak, acc. orchestraClevelandChwyli DnistraCD 5-A
ukrainianduet with orchestra
Let me hear from you (S. Ludkevich)
Orest Rusnak, acc. orchestraCD 5-B
539
ukrainiansoprano with orchestra
Yearning (Òóãà), tango (Ivan Bohdan (John Bohdan) Wesolowsky (Bondi), Leonid Yablonsky (Jabcio))
Sophia Hawryshchuk-Kalba, acc. orchestra1955
Montreal
Arka Records (Canada, v1)117-A
(MB-1092)
ukrainiansoprano with orchestra
After sunset (ßê çàéäå ñîíöå), tango (Bohdan (Ivan Bohdan, John Bohdan) Wesolowsky (Bondi, Bocian, Bazio))
117-B
(MB-1093)
581
ukrainianduet
I go by meadow (Ëóãîì ³äó), folk song
Irayida Cherniak & Petro Cherniak, acc. pianoArka Records (Canada, v1)T 19484
ukrainiantenor with piano
Hey, Dnepr (Îé, Äí³ïðå), folk song
Petro Cherniak, acc. pianoT 19485
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