Соловей - Час хай летить

 

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1. Завітайте до нас
Народня пісня. Музична обробка: Петро Байрачний то Віктор Ліщина
Співають: Петро Байрачний, Віктор Ліщина, Ярослав Аримишин
Ukrainian traditional folk song.
Musical arrangement: Peter Bayrachny and Victor Lishchyna
Vocals: Peter Bayrachny, Victor Lishchyna and Yaroslaw Artymyshyn
2. Бачу тебе
Слова: Леонід Ліщина. Мизика Мстислав Федак. Співає: Віктор Ліщина
Words: Leonid Lishchyna. Music: Misty Fedak.
Musical arrangement: Misty Fedak. Vocals: Victor Lishchyna.
3. Писанка
Слова і музика: Борис Дніпровий. Музична обробка: Петро Байрачний та Сем Юрело
Співають: Петро Байрачний та Віктор Ліщина
Words and music: Boris Dniprovy.
Musical arrangement: Peter Bayrachny and Sam Ierullo.
Vocals: Peter Bayrachny and Victor Lishchyna.
4. Чарівниця
Слова і музика: Віктор Ліщина. Мизична обробка: Віктор Ліщина
Співають: Віктор Ліщина та Петро Байрачний
Words and music: Victor Lishchyna.
Musical arrangement: Victor Lishchyna.
Vocals: Victor Lishchyna and Peter Bayrachny.
5. Кримське кабаре
Інструментальний твір. Музика: Мстислав Федак. Мизична обробка: Мстислав Федак
Instrumental. Music: Misty Fedak. Musical arrangement: Misty Fedak.
6. Ой, Марічко
Народня пісня. Музична обробка: Петро Байрачний та Сем Юрело.
Співають: Петро Байрачний, Віктор Ліщина, Ярослав Аримишин.
Ukrainian Traditional Folk Song.
Musical arrangement: Peter Bayrachny and Sam Ierullo.
Vocals: Peter Bayrachny, Victor Lishchyna and Yaroslaw Artymyshyn.

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1. Час хай летить
Весільна пісня. Слова і музика: Віктор Ліщина.
Оркестральна обробка: Джек Заза.
Співають: Віктор Ліщина та Уляна Перефецька
Пісня присвячена Ларисі та Петрові Байрачним в денж їхнього вінчання.
The Wedding Song. Words and music: Victor Lishchyna.
String, horn and woodwind arrangement: Jack Zaza.
Vocals: Victor Lishchyna and Ulana Perfecky.
Written for Larissa and Peter Bayrachny in honour of their wedding day.
2. Коли дивлюся глибоко в любі очі
Слова: Леся Українка. Мизика: Мстислав Федак. Співає: Віктор Ліщина.
Words: Lesia Ukrainka. Music: Misty Fedak. Vocals: Victor Lishchyna.
3. Ой, піду я понад лугом
Народня пісня. Музична обробка: Петро Байрачний, Мстислав Федак та Сем Юрело.
Співають: Петро Байрачний, Віктор Ліщина, Ярослав Артимишин.
Ukrainian traditional folk song.
Musical arrangement: Peter Bayrachny, Misty Fedak, Sam Ierullo.
Vocals: Peter Bayrachny, Victor Lishchyna, Yaroslaw Artymyshyn.
4. Дивлячись назад
Слова: Леонід Ліщина. Музика: Сем Юрело.
Музична обробка: Сем Юрело та Джек Заза.
Співають: Віктор Ліщина та Петро Байрачний.
Words: Leonid Lishchyna. Music: Sam Ierullo.
Musical arrangement: Sam Ierullo and Jack Zaza.
Vocals: Victor Lishchyna and Peter Bayrachny.
5. Час пройшов (Соловей ІІ)
Слова і мизика: Віктор Ліщина. Музична обробка: Віктор Ліщина та Сем Юрело.
Співають: Віктор Ліщина та Петро Байрачний
Words and music: Victor Lishchyna.
Musical arrangement: Victor Lishchyna and Sam Ierullo.
Vocals: Victor Lishchyna and Peter Bayrachny






Peter Bayrachny - Accordion, vocals, melodica
Victor Lishchyna - Bass guitar, piano, vocals
Sam Ierullo - Baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet
George Radewych - Electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Misty Fedak - Trumpet, percussion
Steve Hodowany - Drums, persussion

Additional Musicians:
Jack Zaza - Flutes, clarinet, alto saxophone
Peter Zaza - Electric piano, synthesizer
Mike Romanick - Clarinet
Ihor Bidiak - Violin
Andrey Perfecky - Violin
Ulana Perfecky - Vocal on the Wedding Song
Yaroslaw Artymyshyn - Backup vocals

Recorded and mixed at: Zaza Sound Productions, 322 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario
Engineered by: Steve Ritchie
Art direction and design by: Larissa Byrachny

 

 

 

In the fall of 1975, in front of about 200 people who were attending a wedding anniversary in Toronto, Canada, armed with an accordion, guitar, mandolin and electronic rhythm box, a tine newly-created band named Solovey played publicly for the first time. Nine years later during the Ukrainian New Year's celebration in Toronto, a group of eight young men, all smartly dressed in black tuxedos, stood on a stage and gazed in awe at a magnificent, elegant ballroom filled with 2000 people who were ready to kick up their heels and dance the night away. Only one thought was running through the minds of the musicians: years of hard work and total devotion to their craft had paid off, culminating in this exciting evening which served only to emphasize the point - Solovey was indeed a success!
"Let Time Drift By" is Solovey's second album. As the title indicates, the passage of time is not something that the band fears or dwells on. In fact time has served only to enrich the band members' musical skill and creativity and increase their love for music, especially their admiration for the beauty of Ukrainian lyrics and melodies. The band's style has changed significantly over the years, partially due to the addition of new members, but even more so because of the progression to writing original material. Seven songs on this album are original compositions by band members. This is a direction Solovey intends to continue to follow in the future, and at the same time wishes to encourage other talented songwriters to utilize their gift in order to create innovative music which preserves the spirit and feeling of the Ukrainian tradition, while tastefully incorporating current trends and themes.

We would like to extend a very special thank-you and express our gratitude to the following people who made this album possible:
JACK ZAZA, for his invaluable assistance, moral support, and especially for his beautifully orchestrated arrangement of the Wedding Song...
PETER ZAZA, for his patience and for lending his magical touch on the keyboards...
PAUL ZAZA, for providing us with his excellent studio and a comfortable, relaxed atmosphere in which to work...
STEVE RICHIE, for not only contributing his superb engineering skills, but for his advice, patience and total dedication to such an extend, that in a true sense, he become a member of the band...
MIKE ROMANICK, for dazzling us with his clarinet and for playing with Solovey at live performances when he's not playing with Toronto's Burya band...
ANDREY PEFRECKY and IHOR BIDIAK, for sweeting our sound with their violins...
ULANA PERFECKY, for giving us her beautiful voice to record the Wedding Song...
JERRY ARTYMYSHYN (Arty), for enhancing the vocals of three of the songs and for being at the recording sessions to advice and support us...
WALTER GRYS (Polock), Solovey's "live" sound engineer, for his advise and support...
BILL HAVRYSCHUK, for his invaluable technical advice and assistance...
LEONID LISHCHYNA, for his writing skills, which provided us with lyrics, constructive criticism, and proofreading...
LARISSA BAYRACHNY, for advising and supporting us from the very inception of this album to its completion...
JULIE WOOTTEN, for helping us meet our deadline...
AND ALL OTHERS who have inadvertantly not been mentioned involved in this musical effort.