Ikarus is a concert album by Czech artist Jaromir Nogavitsa . Officially, the disc was released on February 11, 2008, but on that day only those who made a preliminary online order received it. The disc entered free sale in March 2008, and by the end of the year the album became the best-selling disc in the Czech Republic [1] .
| Ikarus | ||||
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| Jaromir Nogavitsa Concert Album | ||||
| Date of issue | February 11, 2008 | |||
| Recorded by | January 17-24, 2008 | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Duration | 43:28 | |||
| A country |  Czech | |||
| Label | Jaromir nohavica | |||
| Timeline of Jaromir Nogavitsa | ||||
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Content
- 1 About the album
- 2 List of Songs
- 3 Members
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
About the album
Ikarus was recorded at eight concerts performed from January 17-24, 2008 in Ostrava . The recording of the disc could be observed in the diary, open for this purpose on the official website of the musician [2] . The album contains fifteen songs, which included Vladimir Vysotsky ’s song “Song of a Friend” (“Píseň o příteli”) in the translation of Nogavitsa. The text of the song “Ona je na mě zlá” is put to the music of Ludwig van Beethoven .
The lonely brush stroke on the album cover symbolizes the rise and fall of Icarus [3] .
List of Songs
- Já si to pamatuju - 4:52
- Ty ptáš se mě 3:39
- Noe 2:13
- Píseň o příteli - 2:39
- Ježíšek - 2:56
- “Co se to stalo, bratříčku” - 2:35
- Do dne a do roka - 3:22
- “Pro Martinu” - 3:11
- “On se oběsil” - 2:16
- “Ona je na mě zlá” - 1:51
- “Prošel jsem hlubokým lesem” - 2:25
- Ostravian Pie - 2:33
- Ikarus - 2:53
- Sloní hřbitovy - 2:08
- “Mám jizvu na rtu” - 3:47
Record Members
- Jaromir Nogavitsa : vocals , guitar
- Special guests
- Michal Zhachek: soprano saxophone (5) , flute (10)
- Dalibor Tsidlinsky (Jr.): piano (15)
Notes
- ↑ Interview for the portal novinky.cz . Archived March 21, 2012. (Czech)
- ↑ Ikarus online . Archived March 21, 2012. (Czech)
- ↑ Studio Najbrt - Ikarus . (Czech)