Smetana, Bedrich > Chandos Records

Smetana: Music from the Bartered Bride, etc / Gianandrea Noseda, BBC PO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-06-30

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Overture to The Secret (Tajemstvi); Libuse; The Devil's Wall (Certova stena); The Brandenburgers in Bohemia (Branibori v Cechách); Overture to The ...
Conductors: Noseda, Gianandrea
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

The first volume of this series was met with great critical acclaim. 'Gramophone', making the disc an 'Editor's Choice', commented: "This is a superb disc....continue...

Iain Quinn plays Czech Music

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-04-29

Works: Vitezslav Novák: St. Wenceslas triptych, for organ, Op. 70; Bohuslav Martinu: Vigilie, for organ (completed by Bedrich Janácek), H. 382; Antonin Dvorák: Fugue for organ in G minor, B. ...
Performers: Quinn, Iain

This new recording is devoted to Czech organ music and includes pieces by Novak, Janacek, Dvorak and Smetana and the solitary organ work of Martinu....continue...

Smetana: Orchestral Works Vol 1 / Noseda, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-10-23

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Festival Overture in D major, for orchestra ("Revolutionary"), JB 1; Richard III, symphonic poem, JB 1; Hakon Jarl, symphonic poem, JB 1; Der Fischer (Rybár), for harmonium, har...
Conductors: Noseda, Gianandrea
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Although 'Ma vlast' has always overshadowed his other orchestral music, Smetana developed a symphonic style which made a fundamental contribution to the identity of Czech...continue...

Kathryn Stott plays Smetana

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-07-31

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Rêves (Dreams), characteristic pieces (6) for piano, JB 1; Work(s); Concert Etude for Piano in C major, B 113/T 75/Op 112; Am Seegestade - Eine Erinnerung (On the Seahore - A Me...
Performers: Stott, Kathryn

The key work on this recording is the cycle of six Dreams. Composed after the on-set of deafness; Smetana had had to stop conducting and...continue...

Opera in English - Smetana: The Bartered Bride / Mackerras

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-11-22

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93
Performers: Bonner, Yvette; Clarke, Paul Charles; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Gritton, Susan; Hesketh-Harvey, Kit; Hill, Louis; Howard, Yvonne; Leggate, Robin [Tenor Vocal]; Montague, Diana; Moses, Geoff...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

"By almost any reckoning, this is the most popular of Czech operas, in the repertory of almost every opera house, so it is astonishing how...continue...

Smetana: Má Vlast / Järvi, Detroit Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1995-06-20

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Má vlast
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme

Smetana: The Bartered Bride Overture & Dances, etc / Simon

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-01-01

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Quartet for Strings no 1 in E minor ("Z mého, zivota," "From My Life"), JB 1
Conductors: Simon, Geoffrey
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Dvorak, Smetana: Piano Trios / Borodin Trio

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-01-01

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Trio for Piano and Strings no 4 in E minor, Op. 90/B 166 "Dumky"; Bedrich Smetana: Trio for Piano and Strings in G minor, JB 1
Conductors:
Ensemble: Borodin Trio