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Bedřich Smetana
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1824–1884
Origin
Czechia
Biography
Bedřich Smetana (Born 2 March 1824 – 12 May 1884) was a Czech composer who pioneered the development of a musical style which became closely identified with his country's aspirations to independent statehood. He is thus widely regarded in his homeland as the father of Czech music. Internationally he is best known for his opera The Bartered Bride, for the symphonic cycle Má vlast ("My Fatherland"), which portrays the history, legends and landscape of the composer's native land, and for his First String Quartet From My Life.
Discography
Smetana: Má vlast / The Bartered Bride / Hakon Jarl / Dvořák: Czech Suite / Prague Waltzes
Smetana: “Moldau” / Dvořák: Serenade op. 22 / Tscheshische Suite op. 39
Smetana: Moldau (Vlatava) / Dvořák: Symphony no. 9 "New World"
Smetana: My Country / Janáček: String Quartet No. 1 "Kreutzer Sonate"
Tajemství / Viola (excerpt) (Prague National Theatre)
The Bartered Bride (Chorus & Orchestra of the Prague National Theatre feat. conductor: Zdeněk Chalabala)
The Moldau
BBC Music: The Bartered Bride (highlights)
BBC Music, Volume 4, Number 2: Smetana: Vltava / Debussy: Ibéria / Delius: Norwegian Suite
Czech Dances
Die Verkaufte Braut | Gesamtaufnahme München 1957
Dvořák: American Quartet / Smetana: From My Life
Dvořák: Moravian Duets, op. 32 / Suk: Ten Songs / Smetana: Three Choruses / Eben: About Swallows and Girls
Klaviertrios
Liszt: Les Préludes / Mazeppa / Ungarische Rhapsodie No. 4 / Smetana: Vyšehrad / Die Moldau
Má vlast
Má vlast
Melodien aus "Die Verkaufte Braut" / Cappriccio Italien, Op. 45 / Ouverture: Die Macht des Schicksals
Moldau, Overtures and Dances
Music of Bedrich Smetana
My Country
My Country / Má Vlast
Quatuors à cordes 1 & 2
Smetana: Die Moldau / Dvořák: Stabat Mater
Smetana: The Moldau / Liszt: Les Preludes / Sibelius: Finlandia, Pelleas et Melisande
Strauss: Waltzes & Overtures / Brahms: Hungarian Dances / Smetana: The Moldau
String Quartets No. 1" From My Life" & No. 2 (Smetana Quartet) [Box Set disc 1]
String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 / String Quartet Op. 10
The Bartered Bride (Highlights)
The Moldau / Les Préludes / Finlandia · Pelléas Et Mélisande
Vltava / Ibéria / Norwegian Suite
Walton: Crown Imperial / Grainger: Molly on the Shore / Smetana: Vlatava / Borodin: Polovtsian Dances / Arnold: Concerto for Harmonica
Dalibor
Die Verkaufte Braut
Ma Patrie
Má Vlast
Má Vlast: Cycle of 6 Symphonic Poems
Má Vlast = My Country (The Best Of Czech Classics)
Os grandes clássicos: Smetana: O moldava / Dvořák: Danças eslavas / Adam: Se eu fosse rei / Gounod: Fausto
Ravel / Shostakovich / Janáček / Smetana / Britten
Streichquartette
String Quartet No.1 "From My Life" / String Quartet No.2
String Quartets
The Great River: The Moldau
Die Moldau
Dvořák: Quartet in F major, 'American' / Smetana: Quartet in E minor 'From My Life'
Má Vlast
Má Vlast (My Country)
Mein Vaterland -- My Country
Smetana - Ma Vlast
String Quartet no. 1 in E Minor, "From My Life" / String Quartet in D Major
String Quartet No. 1 In E Minor "From My Life" / String Quartet In D Major
Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 3 In C Minor / Smetana: Piano Trio In G Minor
Bernstein Century: Dvořák: Symphony no. 7 / Smetana: Bartered Bride / The Moldau
Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7-9, Carnival Overture / Smetana: "Bartered Bride" Overture, "From My Life" Quartet
Klavírní skladby pro 8 nebo 16 rukou
Masterful Instrumental-concertos, Organworks and Stage-Music
Ma Vlast
Má vlast / Richard III / Wallenstein’s Camp / Hakon Jarl / Prague Carnival / The Bartered Bride
Má Vlast · Richard III · Wallenstein's Camp · Hakon Jarl · Prague Carnival · The Bartered Bride
Credits
My Country
Smetana: Music from Bohemia (The Classic Composers – Late Romantic 17)
The Bartered Bride
J'aurais voulu
Dvořák: Quartet in F major, 'American' / Smetana: Quartet in E minor 'From My Life'
Má Vlast
Má vlast
Holocaust Requiem: Kaddish for Terezin
Má Vlast
The Great Composers: 38 - Dvorak: Cello Concerto / Smetana: Moldau
Bedřich Smetana: »Die Moldau« / Vyšehrad / Aus Böhmens Hain und Flur / Antonín Dvořák: Slawische Tänze op. 46
Má vlast
Aus Böhmens Hain und Flur / Die Moldau / Slawische Tänze
Dvorak: Symphonie No. 9 »Aus der neuen Welt« / Smetana: Die Moldau / Liszt: Les Préludes
Má vlast
Má Vlast
Má vlast: “My Country” / Haakon Jarl
Mein Vaterland
Marburg
Reader's Digest: A Gay Festival of Light Classical Music
The Moldau
120 Music Masterpieces
120 Music Masterpieces Highlights
1980s
1-й Квартет Ми Минор
4 Symphonische Dichtungen
A Midsummer Night's Dream / The Bartered Bride
An Evening With The Boston Symphony Orchestra
Arias & Songs By J.S. Bach · Handel · Mahler · Mozart · Schubert
Aufforderung Zum Tanz = Invitation To The Dance
Aus Böhmens Hain Und Flur Aus "Mein Vaterland"
Bach - Smetana - Chausson
Bedřich Smetana
Bedrich Smetana: The Moldau / Vysehrad - Franz Liszt: Les Preludes / Hungarian Rhapsodies 2 & 5 - Antonin Dvorak: 5 Slavonic Dances
Bernstein's Greatest Hits
Bernstein's Greatest Hits Vol. 2
Best Karajan 100 - One Hundred Best Classics
Bohemian Carnival
Bohemian Rhapsody (The Music Of Smetana & Dvorak)
Braniboři V Čechách
Bruno Walter The Edition
Carnaval Des Animaux
CD 1: Die Verkaufte Braut / CD 2: Mein Vaterland
Čertova Stěna
Česká Píseň
České Tance - Poetické Polky - Salonní Polky - Vzpomínky Na Čechy
Chamber Works Vol. 2
Chorlieder Der Romantik
Choruses From Operas
Cibulička / Hulán
Concerto In A Minor For Violin And Orchestra, Op. 53 / Vltava (Moldau)
Czech Music For Violin
Czeck Polkas and Dances
Dalibor
Dalibor
Dalibor
Dalibor
Danses Hongroises / Rhapsodie Hongroise No 2 / La Moldau
Danses Romantiques
Danses Slaves - Sérénade, Op. 22 - La Moldau