Smetana, Bedrich

Smetana: From My Homeland; Dvorak: Romance; Suk: 4 Pieces; Janacek: Violin Sonata / Silvie Hessova; Daniel Wiessner, piano

1 CD / Cube Bohemia / 2013-04-09

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Pieces (2) for Violin and Piano, T 128 "From my homeland"; Antonín Dvorák: Romance for Violin and Piano in F minor, Op. 11/B 38; Josef Suk: Pieces (4) for Violin and Pi...
Performers: Hessova, Silvie; Wiesner, Daniel

Violinist Silvie Hessová graduated from the Prague Conservatory. She was first violinist of the Eberle Quartet and now holds that same position with the Prague...continue...

The Very Best of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Ridente la calma, K 152 (210a); Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz...
Performers: Fischer, Edwin [Piano]; Gieseking, Walter; Grummer, Elisabeth; Jackson, Harold; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Galliera, Alceo; Pritchard, John; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Böhm, Karl; Susskind, Walter; Schmidt, Heinrich; Karajan, Herbert von; Matacic, Lovro von; Gellhorn, Peter; Szell, George; Ackermann, Otto

Multi-award winning opera singer Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, praised for the 'pristine beauty of her lyric soprano' voice by The Guardian, was revered in opera houses worldwide...continue...

Great Singers Live, from the Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Grummer, Prey, Popp, M. Price, Ghiaurov, Freni

6 CD / BR Klassik / 2013-01-29

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; La Jolie Fille de Perth, opera in 4 acts; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giuseppe V...
Performers: Altmann, Hans; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Grummer, Elisabeth; Kmentt, Waldemar; Popp, Lucia; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Price, Margaret [Soprano Vocals]; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor...
Conductors: Eichhorn, Kurt; Ghiaurov, Vladimir; Prêtre, Georges; Antonini, Alfredo; Stein, Horst; Schmidt-Boelcke, Werner; Zanotelli, Hans; Wallberg, Heinz; Gardelli, Lamberto; Quadri, Argeo; Fricke, Heinz...

The "Great Singers Live" series regularly presents recordings of The Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Previously five singer portraits have been released, featuring Mirella...continue...

Monumental Karajan! - Mozart, Schubert, Brahms, Wagner, Sibelius, Smetana, Mendelssohn, Strauss et al.

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"; Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a "St. An...
Performers: Zoller, Karlheinz
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan, who was the principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic for 35 years, is widely considered to have been one of...continue...
Recording information: Berlin....continue...

Elgar: Cello Concerto; Smetana / Zuill Bailey, cello

1 CD / Telarc / 2013-01-15

Works: Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Bedrich Smetana: Vysehrad, symphonic poem (Má Vlast no 1), JB 1; Má vlast; Sárka, symphonic poem (Má Vlast no 3), JB 1
Performers: Bailey, Zuill
Conductors: Urbanski, Krzysztof
Ensemble: ; Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

This latest album - his fifth with Telarc and second with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra - is the follow up to his previous chart-topping album,...continue...
Recording information: Hilbert Circle Theater, Indianapolis, IN (03/30/2012-03/31/2012)....continue...

Greatest Hits in Classical Music

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Doppelkonzert d-moll, BWV 1043; D0moll, BWV 565; Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 1; George Frederick Handel: Feuerwerksmusik; Franz Joseph Haydn: Londoner Symphonie Nr. 104 D-Dur...
Performers: Becker-Foss, Hans-Christoph; Bergreich, Magda; Goldmann, Dieter; Hockanson, Leonard; Schmalfuss, Peter; Spitkova, Helena; Stanceva, Svetlana; Streter, Kamil; Szabo, Imre
Conductors: Macci, Francesco; Lark, Sidney; Redel, Kurt; Scholz, Alfred; Delande, Alberto; Petroschoff, Vladimir; Delgado, Ernst; Bengston, Sven; Armstrong, J.; Bertrand, L.; Falk, Peter; Münchner, Herbert;...
Ensemble: ; Caspar da Salo Quartett

Includes work(s): die verkaufte braut: ouvertüre, stretta / by various composers.

Includes work(s): scheherazade: das meer (thema) / bilder e by various composers....continue...

Bohumir Kryl - World Famous Wizard of the Cornet (rec. 1901 - 1918)

1 CD / Archeophone / 2013-01-08

Works: Jean-Baptiste "Joseph" Arban: Variations on "Carnival of Venice," for trumpet; Jules Levy: German Air (Du Du), for cornet; Grand Russian Fantasia; John Hartmann: Arbucklenian Polka; Facilita for corn...
Performers: Haines, Leroy [Trombone]; Kryl, Bohumir

Recording information: 1901-1918....continue...

Virtuoso Violin [HDCD]

1 CD / K2 HD Import / 2012-11-27

Works: Niccolò Paganini: Theme and Variations for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 8 "Le streghe"; Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1; Moto perpetuo for Violin and Orchestra in C major, Op. 11; Nel cor pi&u...
Performers: Ricci, Ruggiero

Recording information: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London....continue...

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3; Smetana: Bartered Bride Overture; Giménez: Zarzuelas / Ataúlfo Argenta, Orquesta Nacional de Espana; Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Gran Orquesta Sinfonica

1 CD / ICA Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Bedrich Smetana: The Bartered Bride; Ruperto Chapí y Lorenta: Música clásica; La Corte de Granada, Fantas&ia...
Conductors: Argenta, Ataúlfo
Ensemble: ; Gran Orquesta Sinfonica; Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Orquesta Nacional de Espana

Before his tragic and early death at the age of 44 in 1958, Ataúlfo Argenta was the foremost Spanish conductor of his generation and on...continue...

Postnikova, Rozhdestvensky play C.P.E. Bach, Lachner, Schubert, Mozart, Balakirev, Smetana, Czerny

2 CD / Melodiya / 2012-11-13

Works: Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach: Sonata for piano, 4 hands in A major, BR A40; Franz Paul Lachner: Introduction & Fugue, for organ, 4 hands, Op. 62; Franz Schubert: Fugue for Piano 4 hands in E minor...
Performers: Bakhchiev, Alexander; Postnikova, Viktoria; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Sorokina, Elena


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Essential Encores - Over 2 hours of great classical showpieces

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Antonio Bazzini: La ronde des lutins, Op. 25; Niccolò Paganini: Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1; Fritz Kreisler: La Gitana; Jules Massenet: Meditation (from "Thaïs"); Aram Khachaturian...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Alagna, Roberto; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Antonsen, Ole Edvard; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Balsom, Alison; Barrueco, Manuel; Bostridge, Ian; Brightman,...
Conductors: ; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Kempe, Rudolf; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Jansons, Mariss; Litton, Andrew; Karajan, Herbert von; Paavo, Järvi; Fisch, Asher; Barker, John
Ensemble: ; Nash Ensemble; Virtuosi

Essential Classics is a series of 2-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Presenting the bestloved and most popular works...continue...

Smetana: The Bartered Bride / Dana Buresova, soprano; Thomas Juhas, tenor; Jozef Benci, bass

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-10-09

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93
Conductors: Belohlávek, Jirí
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Although for nearly 150 years Bedrich Smetana's The Bartered Bride has triumphed in opera houses all over the world, the work's road to success was...continue...
Recording information: Barbican Center, London (05/2011)....continue...

Aquarelles - Erik Satie, Bedrich Smetana, Claude Debussy and Franz Liszt / Valerie Milot, harp

1 CD / Analekta / 2012-10-02

Works: Erik Satie: Gymnopédies (3), for piano (also orchestrated by Debussy); Claude Debussy: Clair de lune; Bedrich Smetana: Má vlast; Marcel Tournier: Suite for harp no 4 ("Images"), Op. 39; Fra...
Performers: Milot, Valerie [Harp]

With its ability to delicately suggest, obliquely seduce, and transport us to an "elsewhere" whose quaint, old-fashioned colors have nevertheless lost nothing of their power,...continue...
Recording information: Church of Saint-Augustin de Mirabel (04/2012)....continue...

Piano Trios by Smetana, Ravel and Watkins / Weihaas, Hecker, Watkins, Donderer, Tetzlaff, Vogt, Manz

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2012-09-11

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Trio for Piano and Strings in G minor, JB 1; Maurice Ravel: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in A minor; Huw Watkins: Speak Seven Seas, trio for clarinet, viola & piano
Performers: Donderer, Florian; Hecker, Marie-Elsabeth [Cello]; Manz, Sebastian; Tetzlaff, Tanja; Vogt, Lars; Watkins, Huw; Weithaas, Antje

Live recordings from one of the best chamber music festivals in Europe, featuring well-known artists playing with fast-rising youngsters in an enjoyable program including a...continue...
Recording information: Heimbach, Wasserkraftwerk der RWE AG, Germany (06/2011)....continue...

Smetana: Má vlast / Kubelik, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

1 CD / Supraphon / 2012-08-01

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Má vlast
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Smetana: My Country / Kubelík, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

1 CD / Supraphon / 2012-08-01

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Má vlast
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Smetana: Má Vlast / Smetácek, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

1 CD / Supraphon / 2012-08-01

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Má vlast
Conductors: Smetácek, Václáv
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Historic Russian Archives: David Oistrakh - Chamber Music Edition

10 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano in D major, K 306 (300l); Variations (12) on "La bergère Célimene," for violin & piano in G major, K. 359 (K. 374a); Sergey Rachmani...
Performers: Badura-Skoda, Paul; Bauer, Frida; Goldenweiser, Alexander [Composer]; Knushevitsky, Svyatoslav; Kollegorskaya, Inna; Makarov, Abram; Oborin, Lev; Oistrakh, David; Oistrakh, Igor [Violin]; Richter, Sv...

The reissue of this unique collection of chamber music masterpieces, ranging from Baroque to 20-century, played by the legendary David Oistrakh, with his luminous, sonorous

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The Unforgettable - Arias and Songs / Lucia Popp, soprano (rec. 1976 - 1983) [4 CDs]

4 CD / Acanta / 2012-07-31

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Albert Lortzing: Zar und Zimmermann; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Sc...
Performers: Kraus, Adalbert; Parsons, Geoffrey; Popp, Lucia; Reinhart, Carole Dawn
Conductors: Eichhorn, Kurt; Wallberg, Heinz; Voorberg, Marinus
Ensemble: ; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

Lucia Popp (1939-1993) richly endowed the world of music during her short life. Her artistry and personality are apparent in a multitude of recordings, many...continue...
Recording information: 1976-1983....continue...

Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 'New World' / Rafael Kubelik - Berlin PO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-24

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World"; Bedrich Smetana: Vltava (The Moldau), symphonic poem (Má Vlast no 2), JB 1; Z ceskych luhu a háju (Fr...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

The most famous music by the Czech composer Antonin Dvorak is the "New World" Symphony, written during his three-year stay in New York. The influence...continue...

Herbert von Karajan - The 1960s [82 CDs]

82 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-06-26

Works: Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Don Quixote, Op. 35; Metamorphosen for 23 solo Strings, AV 142; Concerto for Oboe in D major, AV 144; Concerto for Horn no 2 in E flat major, o.Op. 132 (TrV ...
Performers: Anda, Géza; Berry, Walter; Borwitzky, Ottomar; Brandis, Thomas [Violin]; Cappone, Giusto; Cherkassky, Shura; Civil, Alan; Eschenbach, Christoph [Piano/Conductor]; Ferras, Christian [Violin]; F...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Priem-Bergrath, Hans
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Wind Ensemble

We're going Big in 2012! Almost incredible: between 1959 and the end of the following decade, Herbert von Karajan recorded 82 CDs worth of orchestral...continue...

Classical Music for Children, Vol. 2 - Debussy, Grieg, Schumann - Funny Stories, Foreigh Lands, Good Night, Sleep Tight

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2012-06-12

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 9 in E flat major; Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 94 in G major, Hob. 1; Symphony no 45 in F sharp minor, H 1 no 45 "Farewell"; Concerto for Piano in D major; Claude...
Performers: Czapski, Jutta; Erber, Gerhard; Funke, Christian; Oistrakh, Igor [Violin]; Olbertz, Walter; Ousset, Cecile; Pekinel, Guher [Piano]; Pekinel, Suher [Piano]; Pistorius, Andreas; Resick, Georgine; Rosel...
Conductors: Flor, Claus P.; Haenchen, Hartmut; Blomstedt, Herbert; Herbig, Günther; Suitner, Otmar; Klee, Bernhard; Masur, Kurt; Neumann, Václav; Rögner, Heinz; Weigle, Jörg-Peter; Vonk, Hans...

Essential Overtures - Over 2 hours of thrilling overtures (overture highlights only)

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; La scala di seta; Guillaume Tell; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; George Frederi...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Gardelli, Lamberto; Davis, Colin; Willcocks, David; Muti, Riccardo; Rodzinski, Artur; Kempe, Rudolf; Tausky, Vilem; Marriner, Sir Neville; Karajan, Herbert ...

More Magical Classics

10 CD / ZYX Records / 2012-06-05

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Romeo & Juliet; Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 1 in F major, BWV 1046; Br...
Performers: Bergreich, Magda; Cerkov, Ivan; Czerkow, Iwan; Ponti, Michael; Spitkova, Helena; Tomsic, Dubravka
Conductors: Petroschoff, Vladimir; Siegel, Lawrence; Nanut, Anton; Münchner, Herbert; Mága, Othmar M. F.; Beissel, Heribert; Scholz, Alfred; Duvier, Eugen; Adolph, Henry; Bucher, Helmut; Lizzio, Albe...

50 Best Overtures [3 CDs]

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-05-22

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; La scala di seta; Il Signor Bruschino; Tancredi; Overture to L'italiana in Algeri; Overture to Guillaume Tell; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro;...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Gardelli, Lamberto; Davis, Colin; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Muti, Riccardo; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rodzinski, Artur; Lanchbery, John; Kempe, Rudolf; Serafi...

Journey Around the World / Classical Clubhouse

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: Aaron Copland: Rodeo; Anonymous, Mexican: La Cucaracha; Isaac Albéniz: Suite española no 1, Op. 47; Arthur Benjamin: Jamaican Rumba; Sergey Rachmaninov: Two Pieces, Op. 2; Alexander Borod...
Performers: Adler, Larry; Byzantine, Julian; Lympany, Moura; Montero, Gabriela; Thibaudet, Jean-Yves [Piano]; Truls Mork, Truls Otterbech
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard; Robinson, Eric; Cluytens, André; Dunn, Vivian, Sir; Karajan, Herbert von; Marriner, Sir Neville; Barbirolli, John; Jansons, Mariss

Classical Music doesn't get much more exciting than this! With the help of wonderful music (some familiar, some new) this collection encourages children to experience...continue...

The Very Best of Herbert von Karajan

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade no 13 in G, K 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"; Concerto for flute & harp in C, K 299; German Dances (3), K 605; Concerto for Horn no 4 in E flat, K 495; Symphony no 40 ...
Performers: Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Edelmann, Otto; Galway, James [Flute]; Helmis, Fritz; Kremer, Gidon; Oistrakh, David; Richter, Sviatoslav; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Vocals], Ernst ...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

His name became synonymous with the best in orchestral music and his legacy of outstanding recordings is enormous. This selection can give just a taste...continue...

Mercury Living Presence Collection [51 CDs]

51 CD / Decca / 2012-03-06

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Night on the Bare Mountain; Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106; Hungarian Sketches, for orchestra, Sz. 97; Romanian...
Performers: Bachauer, Gina; Belov, Rudolf; Fischer, Irwin; Glenecke, Thomas; Graham, Allan; Hood, Boyde [Trumpet]; Janis, Byron; Koves, Toni; London Symphony Orchestra; Menuhin, Yehudi; Metzenger, Edward; Miquel...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Hanson, Howard; Dorati, Antal; Fennell, Frederick; Paray, Paul; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; ; Menges, Herbert; Kondrashin, Kirill; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Gnutov, Vitaly; Alessandro, ...
Ensemble: ; Battery B, 2nd New Jersey Light Artillery; Eastman Wind Ensemble

Mercury Living Presence is special in many ways - an American company, from the heyday of classical recording in the U.S. that reproduced some of...continue...
Includes work(s) by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky....continue...

135 Years of Czech Composers - Smetana, Fibich, Novacek, Janacek, Schulhoff, Suk et al. / Yvonne Smeulers, violin; Sander Sittig, piano

2 Super Audio CD / Quintone / 2012-02-28

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Z domoviny (From the Homeland), pieces (2) for violin & piano, JB 1; Antonin Dvorák: Romantic Pieces (4) for Violin and Piano, Op. 75/B 150; Sonatina for Violin and Piano in G m...
Performers: Sittig, Sander; Smeulers, Yvonne

American Record Guide, September / October 2012
This is a very attractive program. The gorgeous works by Smetana and Dvorak are reason alone to want this...continue...
Recording information: Westvest90-church, Schiedam, The Netherlands....continue...

Smetana: Má Vlast

2 CD / Orfeo / 2012-02-20

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Má Vlast (My Fatherland), symphonic poems (6), JB 1
Conductors: Matacic, Lovro von

Recording information: Great Hall of Vienna's Musikverein Wien (01/15/1982)....continue...

Mischa Elman: The BBC Radio Recitals, 1961 / Joseph Seiger

2 CD / Testament / 2012-02-14

Works: Spoken Word: Announcement; George Frederick Handel: Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in D major, HWV 371/Op. 1 no 13; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 5 in F major, Op. 24 "Sp...
Performers: Elman, Mischa; Seiger, Joseph

Violinist Mischa Elman rarely played for radio broadcasts, even in America, but he did so occasionally for the BBC. The two recitals on these compact...continue...
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Smetana: Bagatelles & Impromptus; Macbeth & The Witches / Radoslav Kvapil, piano

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2012-02-14

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Macbeth and the Witches, for piano, JB 1; Salon Polkas (3) for piano, JB 1; Souvenir de Bohême en forme de polkas (Memories of Bohemia), for piano, Book 1, JB 1; Souvenir de Boh...
Performers: Kvapil, Radoslav

Recording information: Studio Domovina, Prague, Czech Republic (09/1992/06/1994)....continue...

Smetana: Má Vlast / Paavo Berglund

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-01-24

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Má vlast
Conductors: Berglund, Paavo
Ensemble: Staatskapelle Dresden

Recording information: Lukaskirche, Dresden (03/06/1978-03/13/1978)....continue...

Anthology II of Czech Piano Music / Radoslav Kvapil, piano

7 CD / Musical Concepts / 2012-01-17

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Humoresques (8) for Piano, Op. 101/B 187; Suite for piano in A major, B. 184 (Op. 98) (also listed as Op. 101); Dumka for Piano in C minor, Op. 12 no 1/B 136; Furiant, for piano ...
Performers: Kvapil, Radoslav

From renowned Czech pianist Radoslav Kvapil comes a second collection of piano classics from Dvorak, Fibich, Martinu, Smetana, and Vorisek. Includes two discs of Dvorak...continue...

Slavic Heroes / Mariusz Kwiecien, Lukasz Bordwicz

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-01-10

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24; Iolanta, Op. 69; Mazeppa; Sergey Rachmaninov: Aleko, TN 2/70; Bedrich Smetana: Certova stena, JB 1; Stanislaw Moniuszko: Halka; The Haunted Manor; Th...
Performers: Kwiecien, Mariusz
Conductors: Borowicz, Lukasz
Ensemble: ; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Polish baritone Mariusz Kwiecien has won over audiences in many of the world's greatest opera houses with his powerful interpretations (not to mention his rugged...continue...
Recording information: Polish Radio Witold Lutoslawski Concert Hall (09/2009/01/2011)....continue...

Josef Suk: Early Recordings / Josef Suk, violin; Holecek, Panenka, Hala, Skampa

6 CD / Supraphon / 2011-12-03

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Romantic Pieces (4) for Violin and Piano, Op. 75/B 150; Sonatina for Violin and Piano in G major, Op. 100/B 183; Sonata for Violin and Piano in F major, Op. 57/B 106; Josef Suk: ...
Performers: Hala, Josef; Holecek, Alfred; Navarra, Andre; Panenka, Jan; Skampa, Milan; Suk, Josef

On the morning on 7 July 2011 the agencies brought the sad news that one of the legends of 20thcentury music had passed away. Josef...continue...
Recording information: Domovina Studio, Prague....continue...

Great Singers Live: Lucia Popp / Arias by Stolz, Lehar, Weber, Lortzing, Mozart et al.

1 CD / BR Klassik / 2011-10-25

Works: Robert Stolz: Der Favorit; Venus in Seide; Franz Lehár: Paganini; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz; Albert Lortzing: Undine; George Frederick Handel: Julius Cäsar; Wolfgang Amadeus...
Performers: Popp, Lucia
Conductors: Schmidt-Bolcke, Werner; Zanotelli, Hans; Eichhorn, Kurt; Wallberg, Heinz; Gardelli, Lamberto

Lucia Popp is one of the best-documented and most versatile singers of her generation. Because of her linguistic and stylistic flexibility she was able to...continue...
Recording information: Kongress Saal, Deutches Museum, Munich, Germany....continue...

The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music: Orf, Bach & Grieg

4 CD / X5 Group / 2011-10-25

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina Burana; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3; Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Double Violin Concerto; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphon...
Performers: Collins, Finghin
Conductors: Parry, David

In '09 the esteemed London Philharmonic Orchestra entered Abbey Road studios to record a legendary session. Led by conductor David Parry, the LPO performed 50...continue...

Beecham Collection - Smetana, Verdi, Mozart, et al

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K 621; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op....
Performers: Grandi, Margherita; Schoeffler, Paul
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir
Ensemble: ; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Brahms: Trio in B major, Op. 8; Smetana: Trio in G minor, Op. 15 / Weiss-Kaplan-Newman Trio

1 CD / Bridge / 2011-10-11

Works: Johannes Brahms: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in B major, Op. 8; Bedrich Smetana: Trio for Piano and Strings in G minor, JB 1
Conductors:
Ensemble: Weiss-Kaplan-Newman Trio

Combining the talents of three award-winning soloists, the Weiss-Kaplan-Newman Trio was hailed by The New York Times as "Three strong voices, locked in sequence." The...continue...

100 Best Soprano Arias

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2011-10-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 51; "Hunt" Cantata BWV 208; George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Joshua; Rinaldo; Alcina; Serse; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; Antonio Vivaldi: Bajazet; Henry...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Argenta, Nancy; Augér, Arleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Bella, Benito di; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Ciofi, Patrizia; Crespin, Régine; Croisie...
Conductors: Huggett, Monica; Schreier, Peter; Parrott, Andrew; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Fischer, Georg; Trevor, Kirk; Hickox, Richard; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Barbirolli, John; Rousset, Ch...
Ensemble: ; Europa Galante; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Les Talens Lyriques; Sonnerie; Taverner Players

Václav Talich: Live 1939

2 CD / Supraphon / 2011-10-03

Works: Spoken Word: The original radio introductory announcement; The original sign off; Bedrich Smetana: Má vlast; Anonymous: Kde Domov Muj? (Czech national anthem); Antonin Dvorák: Slavonic Danc...
Conductors: Talich, Vaclav

The sound, the name, the first international successes, as well as the first recordings made by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, are inseparably linked with the...continue...
Recording information: National Theatre Prague (06/1939)....continue...

Smetana: Polkas / Andras Schiff, piano

1 CD / Apex / 2011-09-27

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Salon Polkas (3) for piano, JB 1; Poetic Polkas (3) for piano, JB 1; Polka for piano in F minor, JB 1; Polka for piano in A major, JB 1; Souvenir de Bohême en forme de polkas (M...
Performers: Schiff, Andras

Highly regarded as the Father of Czech music, Bedrich Smetana was a naturally gifted pianist, composer and choirmaster. A patriotic man, he loved incorporating the...continue...
Recording information: Teldec Studios, Berlin (01/1998)....continue...

Famous Overtures

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze die Figaro; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Der Schauspieldirektor; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Leonore Overtu...
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Konwitschny, Franz; Boskovsky, Willi; Masur, Kurt; Janowski, Marek; Rögner, Heinz; Straka, Zeljko; Vonk, Hans; Klee, Bernhard; Forster, Horst; Hanell, Robert; Kempe, Rudolf; Kege...

Popular Arias (Sung in German)

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Hochzeit des Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro); Don Giovanni; So machen es alle (Così fan tutte); Gioachino Rossini: Der Barbier von Sevilla (Il barbiere di Siviglia); Gae...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Anheisser, Wolfgang; Apreck, Rolf; Berry, Walter; Bjoner, Ingrid; Borg, Kim; Buchner, Eberhard; Bumbry, Grace; Burmeister, Annelies; Casapietra, Celestina; chke, Thomas; Crass, Franz; End...
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Fricke, Heinz; Masur, Kurt; Kurz, Siegfried; Patanè, Giuseppe; Stein, Horst; Apelt, Arthur; Kegel, Herbert

Berich Smetana: Tajemstvi - The Secret

2 CD / Supraphon / 2011-08-06

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Overture to The Secret (Tajemstvi)
Conductors: Krombholc, Jaroslav
Ensemble: Prague National Theatre Chorus and Orchestra

For The Secret, the second of the three operas Eliska Krasnohorska and Smetana created together, Krasnohorska prepared a libretto based on her story set in...continue...
Recording information: Domovina, Prague, Czech Republic (02/15/1953-02/22/1953)....continue...

Dvorak: Quartet No. 12 "American"; Suk: Meditaion; Smetana: Quartet No. 1

1 CD / Sacconi Records / 2011-07-26

Works: Josef Suk: Meditation on an old Czech hymn "St Wenceslas", Op. 35a; Bedrich Smetana: Quartet for Strings no 1 in E minor ("Z mého, zivota," "From My Life"), JB 1; Antonin Dvorák: Quarte...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Sacconi String Quartet

The distinctive and passionate sound of Romantic Czech music is gloriously showcased in this new disc by the Sacconi Quartet being released on the quartet's...continue...
Recording information: The Music Room, Champs Hill, Sussex, England (2010-11-03_2010-11-04&2010-)....continue...

Smetana: Ma Vlast; Nature's Realm / Dorati - Concertgebouw

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Má Vlast (My Fatherland), symphonic poems (6), JB 1; Antonin Dvorák: In Nature's Realm (V prírode), concert overture, B. 168 (Op. 91)
Conductors: Dorati, Antal
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Smetana's Má vlast (My Country) embodies both Czech nationhood and the country's legendary history and was written when Smetana was at the height of his...continue...
Recording information: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (10/1986)....continue...

Best of Herbert von Karajan / Handel, Mozart, Ravel, Smetana, Weber

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; German Dances (3), K 605; George Frederick Handel: Water Music - Suite; Bedrich Smetana: Vltava (The Moldau), symphonic poem (Má Vlast no 2), J...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic

Smetana: Bagatelles, Impromptus, Louisen Polka, Geroginen Polka / Jitka Ceehova, piano

1 CD / Supraphon / 2011-07-03

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Bagatelles and Impromptus (8), for piano, JB 1; Galopp for piano in D major (juvenilia); Galopp di bravoura, for piano in B flat major, JB 1; Louisen-Polka (Louisina Polka), for pian...
Performers: Cechová, Jitka

The fifth CD of the complete piano works of Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884) takes us back to the world of the composer's student years. (Smetana wrote...continue...
Recording information: Martínek Studio, Prague (02/26/2011-02/28/2011); Martínek Studio, Prague (03/08/2011-03/10/2011)....continue...