Zvon

Iva Bittová

Iva Bittová is one of the few Czech artists who have made a successful career abroad. Her new CD “Zvon” (The Bell) is a large-scale project exploring a broad range of sound. It comprises some older as well as some more recent compositions from Bittová´s repertoire arranged for a symphonic orchestra. The arrangements are by Petr Ostrouchov, a producer and film-score composer, and the composer, pianist and producer Beata Hlavenková. The studio recordings present a fresh combination of the original compositions’ minimalistic structure with the multi-layered sound of an orchestra and solo instruments. This is a colourful, dynamic music influenced by many various genres and styles.

2012

ANI 032-2

15,00 €

Bitrate:

16bit / 44.1kHz

Prolog

(Petr Ostrouchov)

Zelený víneček

(lidová, úprava Iva Bittová, aranžmá Petr Ostrouchov)

Zapískej

(Vladimír Václavek, Iva Bittová / Vladimír Václavek, aranžmá Petr Ostrouchov)

Sirka v louži

(Iva Bittová, Vladimír Václavek / Bohuslav Reynek, aranžmá Beata Hlavenková)

Peřiny

(Iva Bittová, Pavel Fajt / J.A.Pitínský, aranžmá Petr Ostrouchov)

Paraskeva

(Iva Bittová / Hana Evans, aranžmá Beata Hlavenková)

Uspávanka

(Vladimír Václavek, Iva Bittová / Jan Skácel, aranžmá Petr Ostrouchov)

V černém

(Josef Kolšovský / Karel David, aranžmá Beata Hlavenková)

Zvon

(Vladimír Václavek, Iva Bittová / Vladimír Václavek, aranžmá Petr Ostrouchov)

Větvička

(Iva Bittová, Vladimír Václavek / Vladimír Václavek, aranžmá Petr Ostrouchov)

Epilog

(Beata Hlavenková)

Personnel and sound:

Iva Bittová – voice, violin, viola
Prague Philharmonia, conducted by David Švec
Vladimír Václavek – acoustic guitar
David Dorůžka – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Jaromír Honzák – acoustic bass
Miloš Dvořáček – drums, kalimba and percussions
Oskar Török – trumpet
Beata Hlavenková – piano, celeste, voice
Petr Ostrouchov – acoustic guitar, celeste, percussions, harp, piano, mandolin, jew´s harp, voice
Monika Knoblochová – harpsichord
Mario Mesany – crumhorns, tromba marina
Jan Čižmář – baroque lute
Lubomír Kovařík – piccolo trumpet
Vlastimil Bičík – piano
Lenka Dusilová – voice
Schola Gregoriana Pragensis, artistic director David Eben – voices
Grunik – voices

Recorded by Milan Cimfe, Pavel Bohatý and Pavel Karlík (Sono Records, Nouzov/CZ)
Mixed by Milan Cimfe, Petr Ostrouchov and Beata Hlavenková (Sono Records, Nouzov/CZ)
Mastered by Tony Cousins (Metropolis Mastering, London/UK)

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