one of the most famous Czech folk bands. Unlike the later branch "Brontosauri", a band of Nedved brothers, it keeps within the bounds of good quality. Particularly the first recordings are very good (album #1 is inspired by Renaissance music with use of the original lyrics from the age of Renaissance). Album #10 is a comeback of the original members, which helps a lot.

Line-up from LP #1: Jiri Tichota voc,gt; Jarka Hadrabova voc; Jan Thorovsky voc, strings; Karel Zich voc,gt; Dusan Vancura voc,gt,bass; Oldrich Ortinsky voc,fl; since album #2: Jan Nedved voc,gt; Frantisek Nedved voc,gt,bass

Discography:

1. Pisnicky z roku raz dva (LP Panton 1972, CD 1992) *****

2. Spiritualy a balady (Supraphon 1977) ***

3. Sauzeni lasky (Supraphon 1981) ***

4. Every Time I Feel The Spirit (Panton 1986) ***

5. Sibenicky (Panton 1987) ***+

6. Hallelu! (1991)

7. Rajska zahrada (1992)

8. Za pravdou stat (1992)

9. Slapej dal, hanba nam (1994)

10. Na kare (1997) ****

11. Vanocni koncert (with Hradistan, Monitor-EMI 1998) ****

12. Kridla holubic (Pupava 2002)

13. Karel Zich a Spiritual kvintet (Sony Music 2004) ****

14. Krizem krazem (Sony BMG 2005)

15. Archiv (Sony BMG 2006)

16. Zatim dobry (Universal Music 2009)

Compilations:

I. Best Of-Antologie 1960-1995 (2CD, 1994)

II.Spiritual kvintet-45 let (DVD, Sony BMG 2006)

Sample: Tri bratri / Three Brothers (LP#1., 41", 242 kB)

Links: Official Site ; Spiritual kvintet on Czech Wikipedia

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