Bedřich Smetana
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About
Bedřich Smetana (Born 2 March 1824 – 12 May 1884) was a Czech composer who pioneered the development of a musical style which became closely identified with his country's aspirations to independent statehood. He is thus widely regarded in his homeland as the father of Czech music. Internationally he is best known for his opera The Bartered Bride, for the symphonic cycle Má vlast ("My Fatherland"), which portrays the history, legends and landscape of the composer's native land, and for his First String Quartet From My Life.
Top Tracks
String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor T.116 "From my life": I. Allegro vivo appassionato (2025 Remastered Version)
Guarneri String Quartet - Highlights from The Complete RCA Album CollectionVltava
Smetana Through The AgesPiano Trio in G Minor, Op. 15 : Smetana: Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 15: II. Allegro, ma non agitato (Live at Verbier Festival, 2016)
Trifonov Plays Chamber Music (Live)
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Discography
Má Vlast: Cycle of 6 Symphonic Poems
Album1996Ravel / Shostakovich / Janáček / Smetana / Britten
Album1996Streichquartette
Album1996Dalibor
Album1996
Má Vlast
Album1996Die Verkaufte Braut
Album1996Czech Dances
Album1995String Quartets No. 1" From My Life" & No. 2 (Smetana Quartet) [Box Set disc 1]
Album1995Má vlast
Album1995Klaviertrios
Album1995
