| Visit to Ukraine | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1975 (Canada, United States & worldwide) | |||
| Recorded | 1975, | |||
| Genre | Pop, Dance | |||
| Length | 34:23 | |||
| Language | Ukrainian | |||
| Label | APON, Canada | |||
| Producer | Sofia Rotaru | |||
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Visit to Ukraine is the first studio album by Sofia Rotaru, released by the APON label in 1975 in Canada and United States with ten tracks. The album is one of the earliest releases of the singer abroad.
| # | English title | Original language title | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Chervona Ruta" Lyrics: Music: | Ukrainian : Chervona Ruta/Червона рута | |
| 2. | "Grey Bird" Lyrics: Music: | Ukrainian : Sizokriliy Ptakh/Сизокрилий птах» | |
| 3. | "Autumn Walks in Carpathian" Lyrics: Music: rchenko | Ukrainian : U Karpatakh khodit oseni/У Карпатах ходить осінь | |
| 4. | "Two Rings" Lyrics: Music: | Ukrainian : Dva persteni/Два перстені | |
| 5. | "Yellow Leaf" Lyrics: Music: | Ukrainian : Zhyovtyi list/Жовтий лист | |
| 6. | "Vodogray" Lyrics: Music: | Ukrainian : Vodogray/Водограй | |
| 7. | "Ballad about Violins" Lyrics: Music: | Ukrainian : Ballada pro skripki/Балада про скрипки | |
| 8. | "Dark Eye Girl" Lyrics: Music: | Ukrainian : O, tchyorna, ya si tchyorna/О, чорна я си чорна | |
| 9. | "Our Song" Lyrics: Music: | Ukrainian : Pisnya bude nami/Пісня буде з нами | |
| 10. | "Ivan Kupala Day" Lyrics: Music: | Ukrainian : Na Ivana Kupala/На Івана Купала | |
Songs are performed in Ukrainian language.
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The discography of Sofia Rotaru.
Tuman is a studio album of Sofia Rotaru released in the very beginning of 2007. The CD includes mostly unreleased, but already aired songs, although only a selection of them. It is a multilingual album, hence traditional edition for Sofia Rotaru. It includes popular duet with Nikolay Baskov "Raspberries Blossom" and dance remix of "White Dance", which marked in 2001 a new wave in the repertoire of Sofia Rotaru. The last song of the album "One Guelder Rose was one of the most popular songs of Sofia Rotaru in Ukrainian for the last three years.
Teche voda is a studio album by Sofia Rotaru, recorded at Franchising records in Ukraine. The album entered in the 10 Best Albums of 2004 in Ukraine.
Chervona ruta is a flower featuring in Ukrainian legend.
Pisnia zavzhdy z namy is a 1975 Ukrainian musical film, produced by Viktor Storozhenko starring Sofia Rotaru in the main role, as well as Ukrainian Smerichka vocal-instrumental band. The movie features songs in Ukrainian, Romanian and Russian of Sofia Rotaru filmed in the background of Ukrainian Carpathian mountains.
Sofia Rotaru, also known as Ballad of Violins is the second album by Soviet singer-songwriter Sofia Rotaru, released in 1974 by Melodiya. The album includes songs performed in Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Romanian languages.
"L'immensità" is an Italian song, which was first performed by Johnny Dorelli and Don Backy in 1967 and became 9th at the Sanremo Song Contest. This is one Johnny Dorelli's signature songs, entering for several weeks in the Italian charts.
Ya – tvoya lybov'! - is a 2008 studio album of Sofia Rotaru, recorded at Artur-Music in Ukraine. The album was released on 9 June 2008 in Ukraine with 11 tracks. The album includes eight earlier unreleased, but aired in charts songs, one remastered song and two new songs, never aired before the release of the album: Mozart, Look Behind and Don't Walk Away.
Ya zhe yego lyubila (Russian: Я же его любила / literally: I Loved Him - is a 2005 studio album of Sofia Rotaru, recorded at Artur Music in Ukraine. The album was released in the summer of 2005 in Ukraine first with 10 tracks. The album includes 3 earlier unreleased singles, one remastered song, and 6 songs aired previously on TV shows and Musicals.
Nebo – eto ya - is a 2004 studio album of Sofia Rotaru, recorded at Artur-Music in Ukraine. The album was released in the autumn of 2004 in Russia and Ukraine as well as worldwide simultaneously. The album includes earlier unreleased singles and two remixes of the song White Dance (Russian: Belyi tanets/Белый танец. Besides the original playing time of 47:54, the album includes a bonus and a music video for White Dance by Oleg Gusev, filmed at Lenfilm. The original discs sold with 1.700.000 copies.
Canadian Tour 1983 is the third studio album of Sofia Rotaru, recorded in Ukraine. The album was released in 1983 in Canada and United States with 12 tracks.
Yedynomu - is the third studio album of Sofia Rotaru, recorded in Ukraine. The album was released in 2003 in Ukraine and Russia with 16 tracks with consequent worldwide release. This album appeared after a pause in Rotaru's career caused by the death of her husband Anatoliy Evdokimenko and is a tribute to his memory.
Sofia Rotaru and Chervona Ruta is a 1981 studio album by Sofia Rotaru, recorded at Melodiya in the USSR. It is packaged together with Where Has Love Gone?, the film soundtrack for Where Has Love Gone?.
Sofia Rotaru poёt pesni Vladimira Ivasyuka - is a studio album of Sofia Rotaru, recorded at Melodiya in the USSR in 1978. Sofia Rotaru was awarded the grand prix of the Central Committee of Komsomol for this album, which became the reference in Ukrainian pop culture. Russian title: Sofia Rotaru poёt pesni Vladimira Ivasyuka Ukrainian title: Pisni Volodimira Ivasyuka spivae Sofia Rotaru
"Kray, miy ridniy kray" is a song originally recorded by Sofia Rotaru for her 1981 album Sofia Rotaru and Chervona Ruta.