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Smetanas symphonic poem Má Vlast consists of several individual compositions which the composer put together at a later date to form a cycle and is one of the greatest testimonies to Czech national music. The Bohemian countryside and sagas are reflected in the tone poem From Bohemias Woods and Fields, while the programmatic Moldau occupies a rightful place among the most outstanding works to have been written in the late 19th century. Thanks to its popular folk melodies, its clearly structured and recognizable programme, and brilliant orchestration, the work has never failed to arouse the enthusiasm of a wide public.
Czechoslovakia has produced a large number of excellent composers, three of whom, Smetana, Dvorak and Janacek, are in the very front rank. Of these, Dvorak is the best-known outside his country, but at home, and particularily in Bohemia, it is Smetana who is the most esteemed. That he is not so highly rated abroad is largely because he was primarily an operatic composer. Symphonic works, in which Dvorak excelled, gain a reputation more easily than vocal music, especially when the language concerned is a Slavonic one.
Rafael Kubelik conducted numerous first-class orchestras both in the concert hall and in the recording studio, and won a deserved reputation as the Smetana connoisseur. He is to be congratulated on his choice of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for this recording: gentle and transparent in the gossamer-light orchestral passages, powerful and smooth when playing as a full tutti. This thoroughly satisfying performance is further enhanced by its excellent recording technique and is to be recommended to all collectors.
Features:
180 Gram Virgin Vinyl
High Quality Pressing
Pure Analogue Audiophile Mastering
Musicians:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik, conductor
Selections:
Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884)
Má Vlast
1. Vysehard
2. Vltava
3. Sarka
4. From Bohemia's Meadows and Forests
5. Tabor
6. Blanik
180 Gram Virgin Vinyl! High Quality Pressing!
Smetanas symphonic poem Má Vlast consists of several individual compositions which the composer put together at a later date to form a cycle and is one of the greatest testimonies to Czech national music. The Bohemian countryside and sagas are reflected in the tone poem From Bohemias Woods and Fields, while the programmatic Moldau occupies a rightful place among the most outstanding works to have been written in the late 19th century. Thanks to its popular folk melodies, its clearly structured and recognizable programme, and brilliant orchestration, the work has never failed to arouse the enthusiasm of a wide public.
Czechoslovakia has produced a large number of excellent composers, three of whom, Smetana, Dvorak and Janacek, are in the very front rank. Of these, Dvorak is the best-known outside his country, but at home, and particularily in Bohemia, it is Smetana who is the most esteemed. That he is not so highly rated abroad is largely because he was primarily an operatic composer. Symphonic works, in which Dvorak excelled, gain a reputation more easily than vocal music, especially when the language concerned is a Slavonic one.
Rafael Kubelik conducted numerous first-class orchestras both in the concert hall and in the recording studio, and won a deserved reputation as the Smetana connoisseur. He is to be congratulated on his choice of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for this recording: gentle and transparent in the gossamer-light orchestral passages, powerful and smooth when playing as a full tutti. This thoroughly satisfying performance is further enhanced by its excellent recording technique and is to be recommended to all collectors.
Features:
180 Gram Virgin Vinyl
High Quality Pressing
Pure Analogue Audiophile Mastering
Musicians:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik, conductor
Selections:
Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884)
Má Vlast
1. Vysehard
2. Vltava
3. Sarka
4. From Bohemia's Meadows and Forests
5. Tabor
6. Blanik
