Bedřich Smetana - Trois Polkas de salon, Op. 7 (1848-1854) 11:35
1. Polka in F sharp major 5:19
2. Polka in F minor 4:29
3. Polka in E major 1:47
Bedřich Smetana - Stammbuchblätter / Album Leaves, Op. 2 (1849-1850) 10:47
4. Prélude. Allegro 0:59
5. Chanson. Moderato 1:37
6. Vivace 1:14
7. Allegro comodo, sempre marcato 2:31
8. Moderato con anima 1:42
9. Andante ma non troppo 2:38
Bedřich Smetana - Charakterstücke / Characteristic Pieces, Op. 3 (1848-1856) 7:34
10. An Robert Schumann / To Robert Schumann 3:24
11. Wanderlied / Wayfarer's Song 2:24
12. "Es siedet und brauset" / "It Boils and It Roars" 1:41
Bedřich Smetana - Skizzen / Sketches, Op. 4 (1848-1857) 8:12
13. Preludium 1:36
14. Idylle 1:44
15. Erinnerung / Memory 2:35
16. Beharrliches Streben / Unrelenting Endeavor 2:13
Bedřich Smetana - Skizzen / Sketches, Op. 5 (1848-1857) 10:35
17. ScherzoPolka 2:51
18. Schwermut / Melancholy 2:08
19. Freundliche Landschaft / Friendly Landscape 1:56
20. Rhapsodie 3:33
Bedřich Smetana - Trois Polkas poétiques, Op. 8 (1848-1854) 10:11
21. Polka in E flat major 2:34
22. Polka in G minor 4:42
23. Polka in A flat major 2:51
Bedřich Smetana - Melodien Schatz / Treasury of Melodies (1849-1850) 7:29
24. Preludium. Lento 2:12
25. Capriccio. Vivace 3:01
26. Finale. Allegro vivace 2:13
Stereo digital studio recording
Jitka Čechová piano
The dramaturgy of the fourth CD comprising Bedrich Smetana's piano works also reflects the pedagogic activity that fully occupied him in the late 1840s and early 1850s. It gave rise to a host of charming compositions and cycles, rather small in proportion yet rich as regards the scale of moods, impressions, compositional techniques and expressive possibilities the composer gave rein to on these modest areas. A signifi cant group of compositions is formed by the generally popular Album Leaves, which at the time Smetana succeeded in publishing under different titles (Stammbuchblätter, Charakterstücke or Skizzen, dedicated to Clara Schumann). The other group is formed by Polkas which, after the fashion of Chopin's mazurkas, begin stylising and transforming into independent concertante formations of idealised dance (Trois polkas de salon, Trois polkas poétiques). In the form of an easy-on-the-ear collage, the energetic young pianist and member of the renowned Smetana Trio Jitka Cechová offers another chapter of Smetana's piano works in a gamut of colours and moods.
(Supraphon 2009)
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