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(3CD)史麥塔納:我的祖國/節慶交響曲/華倫斯坦營地等作品集
彼得.波佩爾卡 指揮
布拉格廣播交響樂團
Within a mere few years, Petr Popelka has established himself as one of the world's most exciting young conductors. Serving as principal conductor of the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Wiener Symphoniker, he has also appeared as a guest with prominent European and American orchestras, as well as at opera houses worldwide. Popelka does not view Bedrich Smetana's legacy as an obligatory Czech national classic, but rather as an object of love and vital artistic quest. "His ultimate masterpiece, Ma vlast, should be approached a bit like an opera, as a great story …. As a cycle of tone poems based on the theme of the homeland, it is absolutely unique in the history of music. Most significantly, there is not a work written with greater love." Popelka's recording is not just yet another addition to the immense number of recordings of Ma vlast. Bringing to bear his great musicality and acute sense of detail, the conductor and the orchestra have modelled a truly exceptional form. Popelka's album features other gems too. String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, "From My Life", hailing from Smetana's mature period, when the composer was completely deaf, in George Szell's brilliant orchestration. In contrast, Smetana's early music is represented by the Triumphal Symphony, dedicated to the wedding of the 24-year-old Emperor Franz Joseph I to Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria, and three "Swedish" Liszt-inspired symphonic poems, based on dramas as immense as Shakespeare's Richard III and Schiller's Wallenstein. The extraordinary album marks the 200th anniversary of Smetana's birth. Lovers of spatial sound will certainly relish streaming Ma vlast in the Dolby Atmos format.
Petr Popelka conducts Smetana – with love, deep feeling and sense for detail
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CD 1
Bedrich Smetana
1.Richard III., Op. 11 12:27
Bedrich Smetana
2.Wallenstein´s Camp, Op. 14 14:29
Bedrich Smetana
3.Hakon Jarl, Op. 16 15:06
Bedrich Smetana
String Quartet No. 1 in E minor "From my Life"
4.I. Allegro vivo appassionato 07:35
5.II. Allegro moderato à la polka 05:46
6.III. Largo sostenuto 08:45
7.IV. Vivace 06:15
CD 2
Bedrich Smetana
Festive Symphony in E major, Op. 6
1.I. Allegro vivace 10:12
2.II. Largo maestoso 09:51
3.III. Scherzo. Allegro vivo 09:52
4.IV. Finale. Allegro non troppo ma energico 11:15
CD 3
Bedrich Smetana
Ma vlast
1.I. Vysehrad 14:46
2.II. Vltava 11:44
3.III. Sarka 09:31
4.IV. From Bohemian´s Woods and Fields 12:14
5.V. Tabor 11:26
6.VI. Blanik 13:55
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