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Smetana: Piano Works, Vol. 7 / Jitka Cechova
Supraphon

Smetana: Piano Works, Vol. 7 / Jitka Cechova

$35.99

Details

Composer
SMETANA, BEDRICH
Artist
Jitka Cechova
Format
CD
Label
Supraphon
Released
Feb 10, 2015
Catalog #
SU3847-2
UPC
099925384722

About

With God's help and favour, I will one day be a Liszt in technique, a Mozart in composing, so wrote Smetana in his diary in January 1843. This sentence reflects the sheer determination and confidence in his own talent that compelled the 19-year-old composer - in defiance of his parents - to leave for Prague so as to continue his studies and eventually become one of the best-known Czech music creators. The beginning of his journey was fraught with tough, uncertain material conditions, and the young Smetana had to be tenacious indeed. Jitka Cechová's new recording features early pieces written in 1845 and 1846, years of intensive study and the outset of Smetana's independent artistic career. Many of them are being released on CD for the very first time; some of them were used by the composer in his later works or revised. The pianist Jitka Cechová has completed the seventh instalment of the currently most comprehensive recording of Bedrich Smetana's piano works. Owing to her zest and faultless interpretation, we now have the opportunity to savour this remarkable and still underestimated layer of Smetana's oeuvre within the context of the greatest 19th-century composers of piano music.

Tracklist 31 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Polka in E-Flat Major 03:47
    Track
    1
    Title
    Polka in E-Flat Major
    Duration
    03:47
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Performer
    Jitka Čechová
  3. 2 Notturno in E-Flat Major 02:59
    Track
    2
    Title
    Notturno in E-Flat Major
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Performer
    Jitka Čechová
  4. 3 No. 1 in D Minor 06:47
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 1 in D Minor
    Duration
    06:47
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Performer
    Jitka Čechová
  5. 4 No. 2 in A Minor 03:50
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 2 in A Minor
    Duration
    03:50
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Performer
    Jitka Čechová
  6. 5 No. 3 in C Major 03:11
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 3 in C Major
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Performer
    Jitka Čechová
  7. 6 No. 4 in F Major 08:17
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 4 in F Major
    Duration
    08:17
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Performer
    Jitka Čechová
  8. 7 Variations on a Theme of Bohemian Folk Song 09:41
    Track
    7
    Title
    Variations on a Theme of Bohemian Folk Song
    Duration
    09:41
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Performer
    Jitka Čechová
  9. 8 Andante in F Major 03:31
    Track
    8
    Title
    Andante in F Major
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Performer
    Jitka Čechová
  10. 9 Piece in C Major 00:45
    Track
    9
    Title
    Piece in C Major
    Duration
    00:45
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Performer
    Jitka Čechová
  11. 10 Vivace in F Major 01:00
    Track
    10
    Title
    Vivace in F Major
    Duration
    01:00
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Performer
    Jitka Čechová
  12. 11 March in C Minor 05:20
    Track
    11
    Title
    March in C Minor
    Duration
    05:20
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Performer
    Jitka Čechová
  13. 12 Ländlicher Marsch in B-Flat Major 05:09
    Track
    12
    Title
    Ländlicher Marsch in B-Flat Major
    Duration
    05:09
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Performer
    Jitka Čechová
  14. 13 March in F Major 03:32
    Track
    13
    Title
    March in F Major
    Duration
    03:32
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Performer
    Jitka Čechová
  15. 14 Kriegermarsch in D Major 08:56
    Track
    14
    Title
    Kriegermarsch in D Major
    Duration
    08:56
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Performer
    Jitka Čechová
  16. 15 Trauer Marsch in F Minor 02:41
    Track
    15
    Title
    Trauer Marsch in F Minor
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Performer
    Jitka Čechová
  17. 16 Figuration in E Minor 02:42
    Track
    16
    Title
    Figuration in E Minor
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Performer
    Jitka Čechová
  18. Disc 2
  19. 1 I. Sostenuto: Allegro 11:26
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Sostenuto: Allegro
    Duration
    11:26
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Performer
    Jitka Čechová
  20. 2 II. Adagio 08:16
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    08:16
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Performer
    Jitka Čechová
  21. 3 III. Scherzo: Vivace 04:28
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Vivace
    Duration
    04:28
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Performer
    Jitka Čechová
  22. 4 IV. Finale: Molto vivace 06:23
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Finale: Molto vivace
    Duration
    06:23
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Performer
    Jitka Čechová
  23. 5 4-Part Fugue in D Major 02:31
    Track
    5
    Title
    4-Part Fugue in D Major
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Performer
    Jitka Čechová
  24. 6 Piece in C Major 00:29
    Track
    6
    Title
    Piece in C Major
    Duration
    00:29
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Performer
    Jitka Čechová
  25. 7 4-Part Fugue in C Major 02:42
    Track
    7
    Title
    4-Part Fugue in C Major
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Performer
    Jitka Čechová
  26. 8 3-Part Fugue in C Minor 02:46
    Track
    8
    Title
    3-Part Fugue in C Minor
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Performer
    Jitka Čechová
  27. 9 Piece in C Minor 01:04
    Track
    9
    Title
    Piece in C Minor
    Duration
    01:04
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Performer
    Jitka Čechová
  28. 10 4-Part Fugue in A Minor 02:42
    Track
    10
    Title
    4-Part Fugue in A Minor
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Performer
    Jitka Čechová
  29. 11 No. 1 in C Major "in Präludienform" 01:38
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 1 in C Major "in Präludienform"
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Performer
    Jitka Čechová
  30. 12 No. 2 in A minor "in Liedform" 03:50
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 2 in A minor "in Liedform"
    Duration
    03:50
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Performer
    Jitka Čechová
  31. 13 No. 1 in C Major 06:01
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 1 in C Major
    Duration
    06:01
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Performer
    Jitka Čechová
  32. 14 No. 2 in B-Flat Major 06:34
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 2 in B-Flat Major
    Duration
    06:34
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Performer
    Jitka Čechová
  33. 15 No. 3 in A Major 07:14
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 3 in A Major
    Duration
    07:14
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Performer
    Jitka Čechová