Smetana / Cechova- Pno Works 8
"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:
- Polka In E-Flat Major
- Notturno In E-Flat Major
- Rondo In D Minor
- Rondo In A Minor
- Rondo In C Major
- Rondeau In F Major
- Variations On A Theme Of Bohemian Folk Song
- Andante In F Major
- Piece In C Major
- Vivace In F Major
- March In C Minor
- Ländlicher Marsch In B-Flat Major
- March In F Major
- Kriegermarsch In D Major
- Trauer Marsch In F Minor
- Figuration In E Minor On The Chorale "Gott Sei Uns Gnädig Und Barmherzig"
- Sonata In G Minor: I. Sostenuto - Allegro
- Sonata In G Minor: II. Adagio
- Sonata In G Minor: III. Scherzo - Vivace
- Sonata In G Minor: IV. Finale - Molto Vivace
- Four-Part Fugue In D Major
- Piece In C Major II
- Four-Part Fugue In C Major
- Three-Part Fugue In E Minor
- Piece In C Minor
- Four-Part Fugue In A Minor
- Etude In C Major "In Präludienform"
- Etude In A Minor In Liedform
- Sonatenform In C Major
- Sonatenform In B-Flat Major
- Sonatenform In A Major
"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:
- Polka In E-Flat Major
- Notturno In E-Flat Major
- Rondo In D Minor
- Rondo In A Minor
- Rondo In C Major
- Rondeau In F Major
- Variations On A Theme Of Bohemian Folk Song
- Andante In F Major
- Piece In C Major
- Vivace In F Major
- March In C Minor
- Ländlicher Marsch In B-Flat Major
- March In F Major
- Kriegermarsch In D Major
- Trauer Marsch In F Minor
- Figuration In E Minor On The Chorale "Gott Sei Uns Gnädig Und Barmherzig"
- Sonata In G Minor: I. Sostenuto - Allegro
- Sonata In G Minor: II. Adagio
- Sonata In G Minor: III. Scherzo - Vivace
- Sonata In G Minor: IV. Finale - Molto Vivace
- Four-Part Fugue In D Major
- Piece In C Major II
- Four-Part Fugue In C Major
- Three-Part Fugue In E Minor
- Piece In C Minor
- Four-Part Fugue In A Minor
- Etude In C Major "In Präludienform"
- Etude In A Minor In Liedform
- Sonatenform In C Major
- Sonatenform In B-Flat Major
- Sonatenform In A Major