BITTOVÁ I. ZVON (2012)

Iva Bittová - Zvon

1. Prolog (Petr Ostrouchov)

2. Zelený víneček (lidová, úprava Iva Bittová, aranžmá Petr Ostrouchov)

3. Elida (Iva Bittová / Věra Chase, aranžmá Beata Hlavenková)

4. Zapískej (Vladimír Václavek, Iva Bittová / Vladimír Václavek, aranžmá Petr Ostrouchov)

5. Sirka v louži (Iva Bittová, Vladimír Václavek / Bohuslav Reynek, aranžmá Beata Hlavenková)

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

7. Paraskeva (Iva Bittová / Hana Evans, aranžmá Beata Hlavenková)

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

9. V černém (Josef Kolšovský / Karel David, aranžmá Beata Hlavenková)

10. Zvon (Vladimír Václavek, Iva Bittová / Vladimír Václavek, aranžmá Petr Ostrouchov)

11. Větvička (Iva Bittová, Vladimír Václavek / Vladimír Václavek, aranžmá Petr Ostrouchov)

12. Epilog (Beata Hlavenková)

Iva Bittová - vocal, 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 - vocal

Schola Gregoriana Pragensis, artistic director David Eben - Grunik Ensemble

Iva Bittová is one of the few Czech artists whose career goes beyond Czech borders. Her new CD "Zvon" (The Bell) is a large-scale project rich in sound that contains older as well as recent compositions from Iva Bittová's repertoire arranged for a symphonic orchestra. Arrangements were created by Petr Ostrouchov (film soundtrack composer nominated for Czech Lion for the best film music for Želary - which was also nominated for the Oscar - Občanský průkaz and Vendeta) and Beata Hlavenková, composer and pianist who leads her own trio, releases solo projects (CD Joy for Joel, 2009) and performs with Lenka Dusilová (Eternal Seekers, Baromantika). Studio recordings combine in an original way the minimalistic structure of the compositions with multi-layered sound of an orchestra and soloists and are very colorful, dynamic and influenced by many genres.

(Animal Music 2012)