Lska nebesk / Psn z muziklu / Originln nahrvky 1961-1980 – 2 CD

This double CD presents 33 original recordings by Waldemar Matuka from 1961 to 1980, released alongside a new musical at Prague’s Broadway Theatre celebrating his legendary songs. Following earlier productions built around the music of Vclav Neck, Karel Gott and Helena Vondrkov, the musical now turns to Matuka, whose career runs from his Semafor beginnings through the Slavci medals to his collaboration with KTO. The collection is a remarkable survey of songs from the golden era of Czechoslovak popular music, especially the 1960s and 1970s, which remain unforgettable today. Matuka created a unique vocal category of his own, performing songs by leading Czech and Slovak composers and lyricists alongside carefully chosen American, French and Italian covers. Known affectionately as Walda, he became a national favourite, and his songs entered the shared memory of the public. Neither his emigration to the United States nor the passing years diminished his place in that memory, and after 1989 he returned to the stage in a series of celebrated appearances. The album includes such songs as Nmonickej bl, Slavci z Madridu, J mm jdlovn rd, Pse pro Kristnku, Tisc mil, Ach, ta lska nebesk, Tereza, Re z Texasu and Sbohem, lsko, along with many other enduring hits.