Person · composer
Bedřich Smetana
Albums
622
Members
0
Active
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
Piano Works
Recital
Smetana: Piano Trio, op. 15 / Suk: Piano Trio, op. 2 / Novák: Piano Trio, op. 27
Strings Quartets
Gallery of Classical Music: Dvořák & Smetana
Piano Trios
Polkas
Slavonic Dances 1 & 3 / Rustic Wedding Symphony / Children's Prayer From Hansel and Gretel / Three Dances From The Bartered Bride
Smetana: Die Moldau / Vyšehrad / Dvořák: Scherzo capriccioso / Liszt: Les Préludes / Ungarische Rhapsodie Nr. 4
Spirit of Bohemia
Spirit Of Bohemia
String Quartets Nos. 1 'From My Life' And 2
Dalibor
Die Moldau
Dvořák: New World Symphony / American Suite / Smetana: The Moldau
Dvořák: Symphony no. 9 / Smetana: Die Moldau
Má vlast
Má Vlast
Piano Trio in G minor / Piano Trio 'Dumky'
Smetana: Ma Vlast
Smetana: Má vlast / Dvořák: Czech Suite - Symphony No. 4
Symphonic Organ Music 2
Symphony no. 7 / Carnival Overture / The Moldau / The Bartered Bride: Overture and Three Dances
The best of Smetana
Dvořák: String Quartet no. 12 “American” / Janáček: String Quartet no. 1 “Kreutzer” / Smetana: String Quartet no. 1 “From my Life”
Dvořák: String Sextet in A major / Smetana: Piano Trio in G minor
Smetana: The Bartered Bride Overture / Dvořák: Symphony no. 8 / Janáček: Sinfonietta
Sonates pour violon et piano
The Moldau / Symphonic Poems
Bedřich Smetana
Czech Masters: Complete String Quartets
Dvořák: Symphonies nos. 8 & 9 "From the New World / Smetana: The Moldau / Smetana: Vyšehrad
Má Vlast
Má Vlast
Má Vlast = Mein Vaterland = My Fatherland
String Quartets
The Bartered Bride
Beethoven: String Quartet in F major, op. 18 no. 1 / Mozart: String Quartet in D major, K. 499 / Smetana: String Quartet in E minor “From My Life”
Chamber Music (Bohemian and Hungarian)
My Country: Cycle Of Symphonic Poems
Overtures
Quatuor A Cordes N°.1 "De Ma Vie" / Quatuor A Cordes N°.2 En Ré Mineur
Romantic Pieces
Sinfonie Nr. 6 "Pathétique" / Mein Vaterland
Smetana: Music from Bohemia (The Classic Composers – Late Romantic 17)
String Quartets
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture / Liszt: Mephisto Waltz / Dvořák: Carnival Overture / Weinberger: Polka and Fugue from Schwanda / Smetana: The Bartered Bride Overture
Works for Violin and Piano
BBC Music, Volume 14, Number 2: Smetana: Ma Vlast / Dvořák: The Noonday Witch / The Wood Dove
Czech Piano Trios
Dvořák: Piano Trio no. 2 in G minor, op. 26 / Suk: Elegie, op. 23 / Smetana: Piano Trio in G minor, op. 15
Grandes Compositores 9: Bedrich Smetana / Antonín Dvorak
Má vlast
Má Vlast
Má Vlast
Piano Trios
Piano Works I
Smetana: Great Hits
Smetana / Tchaikovsky / Janáček
Symphonie Nr. 9 »Aus Der Neuen Welt« / Die Moldau
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