Artist: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda
Album: Smetana: Smetana Richard III, Wallenstein’s Camp, Hakon Jarl & Prague Carnival
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2007/2022
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 01:15:35
Total Tracks: 9
Total Size: 1,29 GB

Tracklist:

01. BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & Gianandrea Noseda – Smetana: Valdstýnuv tábor (Wallenstein’s Camp), Op. 14, JB 1.72 (15:07)
02. BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & Gianandrea Noseda – Smetana: Richard III, Op. 11, JB 1.70 (13:27)
03. BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & Gianandrea Noseda – Smetana: Hakon Jarl, Op. 16, JB 1.79 (16:32)
04. BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & Gianandrea Noseda – Smetana: Rybár (The Fisherman), JB 1.97 (04:38)
05. BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & Gianandrea Noseda – Smetana: The Peasant Woman (Venkovanka) (04:05)
06. BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & Gianandrea Noseda – Smetana: Prazský karneval (Prague Carnival), JB 1.126 (06:20)
07. BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & Gianandrea Noseda – Smetana: Fanfares for Shakespeare’s Richard III, JB 1.92 (01:04)
08. BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & Gianandrea Noseda – Smetana: Velká predehra (Grand Overture in D Major) (08:27)
09. BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & Gianandrea Noseda – Smetana: March for the Shakespeare Festival, JB 1.90 (05:52)

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The cycle of symphonic poems known as Má vlast by Smetana is well known to most music lovers, but how many people know any of his other orchestral music? Well, this disc provides the opportunity to explore the symphonic poems which preceded Má vlast. There are three from his ‘Swedish’ period: Richard III, Wallenstein’s Camp and Hakon Jarl. Written in his native Prague, Prague Carnival and the remaining works on this disc demonstrate a more nationalistic style. Gianandrea Noseda conducts the BBC Philharmonic in an important introduction to Smetana’s orchestral output which confirms the composer’s status as one of the greatest Czech composers of the nineteenth century.