Artist: Cologne New Philharmonic Orchestra, Volker Hartung
Album: Smetana: Orchestral Works
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2022
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24bit, 48 kHz
Duration: 49:34
Total Tracks: 6
Total Size: 559 MB

Tracklist:

01. Cologne New Philharmonic Orchestra & Volker Hartung – Smetana: The Bartered Bride, JB 1:100: Overture (06:48)
02. Cologne New Philharmonic Orchestra & Volker Hartung – Smetana: Má vlast, JB 1:112: No. 2, The Moldau (12:12)
03. Cologne New Philharmonic Orchestra & Volker Hartung – Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor, JB 1:105 “From My Life” (Arr. V. Hartung for Orchestra): I. Allegro vivo appassionato (07:28)
04. Cologne New Philharmonic Orchestra & Volker Hartung – Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor, JB 1:105 “From My Life” (Arr. V. Hartung for Orchestra): II. Allegro moderato à la polka (05:34)
05. Cologne New Philharmonic Orchestra & Volker Hartung – Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor, JB 1:105 “From My Life” (Arr. V. Hartung for Orchestra): III. Largo sostenuto (10:32)
06. Cologne New Philharmonic Orchestra & Volker Hartung – Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor, JB 1:105 “From My Life” (Arr. V. Hartung for Orchestra): IV. Vivace (06:57)

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Smetana was a musician of great talent who, in self-imposed exile from his native Bohemia, taught music and composition in Göteberg, Sweden. Like other Bohemian artists and musicians in the mid of the 19th century, Smetana longed for the day when his native land would be free from the oppression of its Austrian masters. After the Austro-Hungarian Empire granted political sovereignty to Bohemia, Smetana and other Czech composers could finally return to their home- land to create a national cultural identity for the self-governing provinces.