Iskra: "A Journey Through Ukraine"
Iskra: "A Journey Through Ukraine - Part OneПролог (Prologue)Вкраїно моя, чарівна (My Enchanting Ukraine)Київщина - інтерлюд (The Kyiv region - interlude)Києве мій (My Kyiv)Волинь - інтерлюд (The Volyn region - interlude)Волиняночка (The girl from Volyn')Полтавщина - інтерлюд (The Poltava region - interlude)Полтавський рушничок (The embroidery from Poltava)Галичина - інтерлюд (The Halychyna region - interlude)Галичаночка (The girl from Halychyna)
Iskra: "A Journey Through Ukraine" - Part TwoЛемківщина - прелюд (The Lemko region - prelude)Тече вода каламутна (The muddy waters flow)Буковина - інтерлюд (The Bukovyna region - interlude)Червона рута (The red rue)Полісся - інтерлюд (The Polissia region - interlude)Моє Полісся голубе (My blue Polissia)Карпатські гори - інтерлюд (The Carpathian mountains - interlude)Рідні Карпати (Dear Carpathian mountains)Вкраїно моя, чарівна - епілог (My Enchanting Ukraine - epilogue)
Released in 1983, the EP "Mandrivka Po Ukrayini" ("A Journey Through Ukraine"), was Iskra's final studio recording, and in some ways, the band's most ambitious recording project. Iskra takes its listeners on a musical journey through the various regions of Ukraine. Original narration describes each of the regions, highlighted by music typical or evocative of the region in question. The musical journey occurs in two continuous parts, corresponding to the two sides of the EP. Oles Kuzyszyn's original composition "Vkrayino Moya Charivna" ("My Enchanting Ukraine") serves as the opening and closing theme for the project.
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