Browse: Orchestral, Symphonic Poems, Smetana (composer)
This page lists all classical by Bedrich Smetana (1824–84), in genre: Orchestral » Symphonic Poems.
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Bělohlávek clearly knew that Smetana, far from being a cheap purveyor of catchy melodies and moment-to-moment thrills, was a sure-footed musical architect, and this recording pays the long game…It... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2018, Orchestral Choice
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Record Review, 6th January 2018, Recording of the Week
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Building A Library, May 2021, Also Recommended
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'It hardly needs saying that there is nothing banal about Bychkov’s meticulously mapped performances and that his attention to detail never stifles the music’s spontaneity...In sum, an enriching... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2024, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2024, Orchestral Choice
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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 and, in the case of Wallenstein's... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2007, Editor's Choice
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Smetana’s orchestral cycle, itself now something of a symbol of national pride, is performed with a delicate zeal by Luks and his Czech players. The big moments never boil over; instead, they... — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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It is not hard to imagine what music portraying such a story meant to the oppressed people at that concert in 1939 and after having already burst into wild applause at the end of each poem the... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th December 2011
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Special Award
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Building A Library, May 2021, Also Recommended
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George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra: The Forgotten Recordings
Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell
Szell later re-recorded almost all the repertoire, but it’s fascinating to hear the partnership when their much-vaunted precision was well in progress, if not immaculate...Best of all are Schumann’s... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, Historical Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2021, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Historical
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