Bedřich Smetana Czech Republic

Biography

Bed?ich Smetana (2 March 1824 - 12 May 1884) was a Czech composer, one of his nation's most significant. He is best known for his symphonic poem Vltava - Die Moldau , the second in a cycle of six which he entitled Má vlast ("My Homeland"), and for his opera Prodaná nev?sta ("The Bartered Bride"). Smetana was the son of a brewer in Litomyšl in Bohemia. He studied piano and violin from an early age, and played in an amateur string quartet with other members of his family.

Popular Songs

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  String Quartet no. 1 "Kreutzer Sonata": I. Adagio. Con moto.

  Janáček: String Quartets nos. 1 & 2 / Smetana: String Quartet no. 1 "From My Life"

  90 BPM
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  Piano Trio in A minor, op. 50: Var. VII: Allegro moderato

  Smetana: Piano Trio, op. 15 / Tschaikowsky: Piano Trio, op. 50

  66 BPM
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  The Bartered Bride, JB 1:100: Skocná (Dance Of The Comedians)

  The Moldau

  77 BPM
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  Ceremonial Prelude in C Major, Op. 102, JB 1:95

  Orchestral Works

  124 BPM
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  String Quartet No. 1" E Minor, II. Allegro Moderato À La Polka

  String Quartets No. 1" From My Life" & No. 2 (Smetana Quartet) [Box Set disc 1]

  112 BPM

Discography

Janáček: String Quartets nos. 1 & 2 / Smetana: String Quartet no. 1 "From My Life"

2014

Má Vlast

2010

Piano Trios

2010

Smetana: Piano Trio, op. 15 / Tschaikowsky: Piano Trio, op. 50

2008

Complete Orchestral Works

2007

Orchestral Works

2007

The Moldau

2003

Czech Masters: Complete String Quartets

2003

Má vlast

2000

Smetana: Piano Trio, op. 15 / Suk: Piano Trio, op. 2 / Novák: Piano Trio, op. 27

1998

Piano Works

1998

Má Vlast (My Country)

1997

Má Vlast

1997

Dalibor (Prague National Theatre Chorus & Orchestra feat. conductor: Zdeněk Košler)

1996

Má vlast

1995

String Quartets No. 1" From My Life" & No. 2 (Smetana Quartet) [Box Set disc 1]

1995

Die Brandenburger in Böhmen (Chor und Orchester des Prager Nationaltheaters, feat. conductor: Jan Hus Tichy, singers: Kalas, Joran, Zidek, Otava, Votava)

1994

Smetana: My Country; Janáček: String Quartet No. 1 "Kreutzer Sonate" (London Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Alfred Scholz; Philharmonia Slovanica feat. conductor: Alfred Scholz; Endress Quartet)

1994

The Bartered Bride (Chorus & Orchestra of the Prague National Theatre feat. conductor: Zdeněk Chalabala)

1994

Má Vlast (My Country)

1994

Tajemství / Viola (excerpt) (Prague National Theatre)

1994

Má Vlast

1993

Mein Vaterland

1992

Má vlast

1992

My Fatherland

1992

Má vlast

1992

Má Vlast

1991

My Country

1991

The Smetana Collection

1991

Mein Vaterland

1989

String Quartets

1988

Má vlast

1987

Má vlast

1987

Má Vlast

1984

Má Vlast

1975

Mein Vaterland

1965