Smetana: M? Vlast
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 1994-11-29
Music Label: Naxos
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- Ma Vlast: Lento - Largo maestoso - Grandioso poco largamente - Allegro vivo ma non agitato - Lento ma non troppo
- Allegro comodo no agitato - (The first source of the Moldau The second source - Woods, Hunt) - L'istesso tempo ma moderato (Peasant Wedding) - L'istesso tempo (Moonlight, Nymphs'Roundelay) - Tempo 1 (Rapids of St John) - Piu moto (The Moldau Flows Broa...
- Ma Vlast: Allegro con fuoco ma non agitato - Piu moderato assai - Moderato ma con calore - Moderato - Molto vivo - Piu vivo
- Ma Vlast: Molto moderato - Allegro poco vivo, ma non troppo - Allegro (Quasi Polka) - Tempo 1 - Allegro - Presto
- Ma Vlast: Lento - Grandioso - Molto vivace - Lento - Molto vivace - Lento maestoso - Piu animato
- Ma Vlast: Allegro moderato - Adante no troppo - Piu allegro ma non molto - Tempo di marcia - Grandioso - Tempo I - Largamente maestoso - Grandioso meno - Allegro - Vivace
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Free Music Review: A real classic recording
Hit: 5 Stars
Little-known but always-reliable conductor Antoni Wit and his Polish Radio Orchestra turn in a classic performance of Smetana's Ma Vlast. It has everything the other great performances have in spades - beauty, drama, superb playing, and a rich atmosphere - but it also has a fantasy-like quality that few other recordings capture. This is one of the slowest, longest performances on disc, not because Wit plods along, but because he generates a sound-world of his own, almost like a giant fantasia. The result is that, as Gramophone magazine notes in its review, it FEELS shorter than most performances!
"Ma Vlast" begins with the sounds of medieval Bohemian bard Lumir strumming his harp, passing through the history of the Old Castle, Vysehrad, following the River Vltava (Moldau) (in a gorgeous, expansive performance), through a luminous tour of the Bohemian countryside. If you've never heard this music before, you're in for a delight; this is a beautiful work, 80 minutes of evocative imagery and Czech folk rhythms. If you have already heard some of the grand old recordings of "Ma Vlast" - like Talich and Ancerl's readings on Supraphon or any of the three by Rafael Kubelik - consider investing in this one, too. It presents a unique view of the work that places more emphasis on lyricism and fantasy, and less on drama and (in the first and last movements) battle.
The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra is clearly world-class, and the recorded sound is natural and resonant in a way that enhances the music's atmosphere greatly. This is one of the best recordings of Bedrich Smetana's masterwork, and it certainly is the best-sounding (all digital) and probably the cheapest, too! Add in the helpful booklet notes and it becomes clear that sometimes, lucky, lucky times, you get far more than you paid for.
P.S. Those wishing for more from conductor Antoni Wit would do well to seek out his other critically acclaimed recordings, including a benchmark performance of Mahler's Eighth, two lovely Dvorak CDs, and a great deal of superb Polish music by the likes of Wieniawski, Penderecki, and Gorecki.
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