Smetana - Má Vlast
Genres:
Orchestral » Symphonic Poems
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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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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Finalist - Orchestral
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Winner - Orchestral
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Special offer. Smetana: Má Vlast
RecommendedIn memoriam Jiří Bělohlávek
Czech Philharmonic, Jiří Bělohlávek
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... — 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 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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2 CDs
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Notwithstanding some rough edges, especially in their otherwise passionate rendition of Szell’s orchestration of the string quartet,t here is a good deal to enjoy in these vividly recorded performances. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2025, 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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New. Walter Weller - the Decca Legacy
Mayumi Fujikawa (violin), Pilar Lorengaar (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Walter Weller
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20 CDs
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Life with Czech Music - Smetana & Dvorak
RecommendedCzech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
Mackerras extols the Czech Philharmonic’s “national” sound. And that’s what we get, with rustic woodwinds, the brass a little tart, and passionate, light-fingered strings. Nothing is bland...they... — More…
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Building a Library, November 2023, Recommended Recording - Dvorak 9
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the playing is both warmly expressive and beautifully detailed. The scene- setting opening work, Vysehrad...is spellbindingly performed...this non-Czech performance, by a classy cosmopolitan... — More…
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