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Smetana - Orchestral Works Vol.2
Smetana: Bartered Bride: Overture
Smetana: Three Dances from The Bartered Bride
Smetana: The Secret: Overture
Smetana: Libussa: Overture
Smetana: The Devil’s Wall: Prelude, Infernal Dance
Smetana: The Brandenburgers: Prelude, Act 1 Ballet
Smetana: The Kiss: Overture
Smetana: Dalibor entr’acte
Smetana: The Two Widows: Overture; Act II Prelude and Polka
Our Price: £11.95
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Artist(s): BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor(s): Gianandrea Noseda
Release Date: 31st May 2009
More Details on Smetana - Orchestral Works Vol.2
Volume one of this series was an Editor’s Choice in Gramophone and here Gianandrea Noseda conducts his second instalment in his Smetana Orchestral Works series.
This latest programme is made up of the familiar Bartered Bride Overture and Dances with the overtures and ballets of his lesser-known operas, including his first opera The Brandenburgers, The Kiss – which was his first collaboration with the brilliant young librettist and poet, Eliska Krasnohorska - and The Devil’s Wall, all of which offer Smetana’s masterful orchestration, panache and virtuosity. They are performed with assurance by the BBC Philharmonic.
‘This is a superb disc. There have been distinguished collections of Smetana’s symphonic poems but none quite to compare with this in excitement, richness of detail, sonic spectacle – how well Smetana writes for the brass! Not to be missed’ - Gramophone on Vol.1.
This latest programme is made up of the familiar Bartered Bride Overture and Dances with the overtures and ballets of his lesser-known operas, including his first opera The Brandenburgers, The Kiss – which was his first collaboration with the brilliant young librettist and poet, Eliska Krasnohorska - and The Devil’s Wall, all of which offer Smetana’s masterful orchestration, panache and virtuosity. They are performed with assurance by the BBC Philharmonic.
‘This is a superb disc. There have been distinguished collections of Smetana’s symphonic poems but none quite to compare with this in excitement, richness of detail, sonic spectacle – how well Smetana writes for the brass! Not to be missed’ - Gramophone on Vol.1.
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