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Smetana - Swedish Symphonic Poems | Naxos 8573597

Smetana - Swedish Symphonic Poems

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Label: Naxos

Cat No: 8573597

Barcode: 0747313359776

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 11th January 2019

Contents

Artists

Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Leos Svarovsky

Works

Smetana, Bedrich

Festive Symphony in E major, op.6
» III Scherzo
Hakon Jarl, op.16
Richard III, op.11
Wallenstein's Camp, op.14

Artists

Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Leos Svarovsky

About

The symphonic poems Smetana wrote during his stay in Sweden were composed during a pivotal time in his life. Financial prospects at first seemed better in Gothenburg than in his native country, while the dual influences of Berlioz and Liszt were informing the direction of his music. Richard III is not a programmatic drama, but focuses instead on the haunting scene before the Battle of Bosworth in Shakespeare’s play. Wallenstein’s Camp is symphonically structured, while Hakon Jarl dramatises the life of the tyrannical Viking warrior with memorable flair.

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