Artist:
Petr Popelka
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Genre:
Classical
Total Time:
03:05:09
Record Label:
Supraphon
Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Apple Music, Spotify
Release Date
December 13, 2024
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Petr Popelka
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Genre:
Classical
Total Time:
03:05:09
Record Label:
Supraphon
Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Apple Music, Spotify
Release Date
December 13, 2024
"The Entertainment Factor is supported by its audience. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission."
Find out more about this album release after the jump.
Purchasing Links
Product Description: Within a mere few years, Petr Popelka has established himself as one of the world's most exciting young conductors. Serving as principal conductor of the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Wiener Symphoniker, he has also appeared as a guest with prominent European and American orchestras, as well as at opera houses worldwide. Popelka does not view Bedrich Smetana's legacy as an obligatory Czech national classic, but rather as an object of love and vital artistic quest. "His ultimate masterpiece, My Country, should be approached a bit like an opera, as a great story... As a cycle of tone poems based on the theme of the homeland, it is absolutely unique in the history of music. Most significantly, there is not a work written with greater love." Popelka's recording is not just yet another addition to the immense number of recordings of My Country. Bringing to bear his great musicality and acute sense of detail, the conductor and the orchestra have modelled a truly exceptional form. Popelka's album features other germs too. String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, "From My Life", hailing from Smetana's mature period, when the composer was completely deaf, in George Szell's brilliant orchestration. In contrast, Smetana's early music is represented by the Triumphal Symphony, dedicated to the wedding of the 24-year-old Emperor Franz Joseph I to Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria, and three "Swedish" Liszt-inspired symphonic poems, based on dramas as immense as Shakespeare's Richard III and Schiller's Wallenstein. The extraordinary album marks the 200th anniversary of Smetana's birth. Lovers of spatial sound will certainly relish streaming My Country in the Dolby Atmos format. Petr Popelka conducts Smetana - with love, deep feeling and sense for detail
TRACK LIST:
1 .
Richard III., Op. 11, JB 1:70 .
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra & Petr Popelka
(12:27)
2 . Wallenstein´s Camp, Op. 14, JB 1:72 . Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra & Petr Popelka (14:30)
3 . Hakon Jarl, Op. 16, JB 1:79 . Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra & Petr Popelka (15:07)
4 . String Quartet No. 1 .in E Minor, JB 1:105: I. Allegro vivo appassionato Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra & Petr Popelka (07:36)
5 . String Quartet No. 1 .in E Minor, JB 1:105: II. Allegro moderato à la polka Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra & Petr Popelka (05:47)
6 . String Quartet No. 1 .in E Minor, JB 1:105: III. Largo sostenuto Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra & Petr Popelka (08:46)
7 . String Quartet No. 1 .in E Minor, JB 1:105: IV. Vivace Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra & Petr Popelka (06:11)
8 . Festive Symphony in E Major, Op. 6, JB 1:59: I. Allegro vivace Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra & Petr Popelka (10:12)
9 . Festive Symphony in E Major, Op. 6, JB 1:59: II. Largo maestoso Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra & Petr Popelka (09:51)
10 . Festive Symphony in E Major, Op. 6, JB 1:59: III. Scherzo. Allegro vivo Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra & Petr Popelka (09:52)
11 . Festive Symphony in E Major, Op. 6: IV. Finale. Allegro non troppo ma energico Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra & Petr Popelka (11:15)
12 . Má vlast, JB 1:112: I. Vyšehrad Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra & Petr Popelka (14:47)
13 . Má vlast, JB 1:112: II. Vltava Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra & Petr Popelka (11:44)
14 . Má vlast, JB 1:112: III. Šárka Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra & Petr Popelka (09:31)
15 . Má vlast, JB 1:112: IV. From Bohemian´s Woods and Fields Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra & Petr Popelka (12:15)
16 . Má vlast, JB 1:112: V. Tábor Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra & Petr Popelka (11:24)
Má vlast, JB 1:112: VI. Blaník 17 .Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra & Petr Popelka (13:56)
2 . Wallenstein´s Camp, Op. 14, JB 1:72 . Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra & Petr Popelka (14:30)
3 . Hakon Jarl, Op. 16, JB 1:79 . Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra & Petr Popelka (15:07)
4 . String Quartet No. 1 .in E Minor, JB 1:105: I. Allegro vivo appassionato Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra & Petr Popelka (07:36)
5 . String Quartet No. 1 .in E Minor, JB 1:105: II. Allegro moderato à la polka Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra & Petr Popelka (05:47)
6 . String Quartet No. 1 .in E Minor, JB 1:105: III. Largo sostenuto Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra & Petr Popelka (08:46)
7 . String Quartet No. 1 .in E Minor, JB 1:105: IV. Vivace Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra & Petr Popelka (06:11)
8 . Festive Symphony in E Major, Op. 6, JB 1:59: I. Allegro vivace Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra & Petr Popelka (10:12)
9 . Festive Symphony in E Major, Op. 6, JB 1:59: II. Largo maestoso Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra & Petr Popelka (09:51)
10 . Festive Symphony in E Major, Op. 6, JB 1:59: III. Scherzo. Allegro vivo Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra & Petr Popelka (09:52)
11 . Festive Symphony in E Major, Op. 6: IV. Finale. Allegro non troppo ma energico Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra & Petr Popelka (11:15)
12 . Má vlast, JB 1:112: I. Vyšehrad Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra & Petr Popelka (14:47)
13 . Má vlast, JB 1:112: II. Vltava Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra & Petr Popelka (11:44)
14 . Má vlast, JB 1:112: III. Šárka Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra & Petr Popelka (09:31)
15 . Má vlast, JB 1:112: IV. From Bohemian´s Woods and Fields Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra & Petr Popelka (12:15)
16 . Má vlast, JB 1:112: V. Tábor Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra & Petr Popelka (11:24)
Má vlast, JB 1:112: VI. Blaník 17 .Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra & Petr Popelka (13:56)
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