The best of Smetana

Bedřich Smetana (2 March 1824 - 12 May 1884) was a Czech composer. He is best known for his symphonic poem Vltava (better known as The Moldau), the second in a cycle of six which he entitled Má vlast ("My Country"), and for his opera The Bartered Bride.

Má vlast (traditionally translated as My Country or more literally My Fatherland) is a set of six symphonic poems composed between 1874 and 1879 by the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana. While it is occasionally presented as a single work in six movements, the individual pieces were conceived as a set of individual works.

In these works Smetana combined the symphonic poem form pioneered by Franz Liszt with the ideals of nationalistic music which were current in the late nineteenth century. Each poem depicts some aspect of the countryside, history, or legends of Bohemia.


Tracklist:

01. SMETANA - Vysehrad
02. SMETANA - Vltava (la Moldau)
03. SMETANA - Sarka
04. SMETANA - Aus Böhmens Hain und Flur
05. SMETANA - Tabor
06. SMETANA - Blanik