New album by Jir? Pavlica and Hradi?tan is called Vteriny krehk?. Jir? Pavlica picked and put to music fifteen poems by prominent Czech authors that correspond to each other and form a harmonious whole, revealing the joys and sorrows of human life. With his unique musical feeling, Jir? Pavlica followed up on his older legendary albums and along with the unmistakable performance and sound of Hradi?tan they created original and impressive ? hide
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The ensemble has been preparing the album for several years with a great effort. For the author of all songs, Jir? Pavlica, this album is essential. ?This recording is my personal testimony. It is the attitude of a man who lived through many things in life and has his own clear and continuous view on world and everything in it. To each of us, life can change completely within a second because each second of our life is very fragile and unstable. ? Selected texts by Jan Sk?cel, Michal Str?nsk?, Franti?ek Novotn?, Du?an Vancura, Josef Vesel?, Eva Koci?nov? and Al?beta ??chov? resonate with this theme and together make up an unified whole. The strength of the theme reflected in loose, balladic sound of the recording which is also confirmed by Jir? Pavlica. ?Bearing in mind the transience of life, it?s logical that many songs are thoughtful and perhaps it may seem that the album contains more ballads than is expected from Hradi?tan. While recording this album, my aim and goal of the entire Hradi?tan was to capture the seconds which are reflections of those lived and unrepeatable moments that remain in us forever. Maybe someone will find himself in them, maybe someone will start singing them too.?
The album was recorded in spring 2014 in the studio Michael and besides Jir? Pavlica and Hradi?tan, there were also other guests visiting the studio. The English horn and oboe were played by Vladislav Borovka , Michal Zpev?k played the not well known nai flute, there were the guitarists Jir? Kucerovsk? and Michael Va??cek who also played his mandolin. Besides the permanent member and lead singer of Hradi?tan, Alice Holubov?, there are another two female vocals in the recording - Vendula Pancochov?, Krist?na Danhelov?. Also Jir? Pavlica and David Burda who are solo singers on the album invited a guest - Kolib. How and why it happened is explained by Jir? Pavlica. ?I asked Al?beta ??chov? to write text about some kind of imaginary ?seconds of temptation? and she gave me beautiful lyrics both in Czech and in English and as it was a temptation for me, I put in music the English version. And there was only a small step to the cooperation with Kolib who sang the song in English together with our original singer Alice Holubov?. It was like a double temptation for me ? to write and sing a song about temptation and in English on the top of it.? So one of the new things about Hradi?tan, besides using the nai flute, electric guitar or rhythmic loop, is the song called A Second of Temptation in English. All this news only serves to overall colorfulness of the recording and they corresponded with the overall theme of the album.
Integral part of the recording is the album cover. The CD is packaged in digipack and contains a 32-page booklet. Each song is illustrated with photos by Vratislav Hn?tek who is also the author of the title photograph.
1. Vteriny krehk? 01:41
2. ?ctov?n? na vesm?rn?ch kontech 04:37
3. Nechv?tej osude 04:40
4. Zp?vanka 02:45
5. ?tov?ky u cest 03:59
6. A? bude moje du?e 04:52
7. Pojd, muj mil? 03:16
8. Kdy? ona hrozny trhala 03:35
9. L?t?te v tom 03:26
10. A Second of Temptation 03:18
11. Tak tady byl 04:30
12. Rozpom?n?n? 04:21
13. Jdu j?, jde? ty, v?ichni jdem 02:51
14. Andel str??n? 02:40
15. A? se bude? b?t 04:20
