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Nonetheless, there are also many cases when I failed to reach the owner of the used audio/sheet music. That is especially difficult with old publishing companies which have been bought by new ones. If you are a publisher, I have likely tried making contact with you, but unsuccessfully, so if you would not like your property to be used, please contact me via email and I would be happy to either buy the licenses (preferred) or delete the videos
Rudolf Firkušný plays Smetana (1945)
Rare video footage of young Rudolf Firkušný playing Furiant from the second book of Smetana’s Czech Dances.
Source: Československé filmové noviny, 1945
This valuable document was located and provided for online use by Národní filmový archiv, Prague.
Source: Československé filmové noviny, 1945
This valuable document was located and provided for online use by Národní filmový archiv, Prague.
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V. Novák - Piano Trio "Quasi una Ballata", No. 2 Op. 27 (Czech Trio)
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After the summer of 1900 Novák was going through severe depression, which resulted in neurasthenia and a temporary decrease of his creative powers. The work on his Balladic Trio was a painful process; according to composer's own words, many of his old scars surfaced and bled anew, and he regards the piece as full of Baudelairesque pessimism. However, in spite of all of his personal suffering, d...
B. Smetana - Louisa's Polka, JB 1:1 (Řepková)
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As the 16 year old Smetana was beginning to get interested in women, he composed a couple of early polkas, each with a dedication. This particular one is dedicated to his cousin Louisa, with whom he was platonically in love and whom he admired as a singer. While he had no formal training in composition at the time, he made no edits to the piece later in life (as he occasionally did with other s...
O. Nedbal - Sonata for Violin and Piano in B Minor, Op.9 (Ženatý, Kasík)
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0:00 - 1. Andante maestoso. Allegro con moto 10:18 - 2. Andante con moto 15:33 - 3. Allegro Nedbal composed his Violin Sonata when he was only 20 years old after a European tour with the Czech Quartet. At the end of June he enclosed it to an application form in order to get a scholarship from the Czech Academy. This piece marks the beginning of Nedbal's more focused work. Of all Nedbal's chambe...
B. Smetana - Ballvision, a Ball Scene in Polka Form, JB 1:71 (Řepková)
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Smetana composed Ballvision in Sweden as a result of reconsidering his earlier Polka in C major. The entire Lisztian introduction was added, as well as some minor tweaks to the polka itself. At 0:41 a musical cryptogram F-E-D-A is introduced, later appearing in middle voices in the polka. It commemorates Smetana's friendship with Fröjda Benecke, who impressed the composer at a ball not too long...
V. Novák - Pan, a Poem in Tones, Op. 43 (Maxián)
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0:00 - Prologue 7:46 - Mountains 16:32 - Sea 25:40 - Forest 37:57 - Woman Novák has gifted himself with this gargantuan cycle for his 40th birthday in 1910 and the work was premiered shortly after by Václav Štěpán, an extraordinary musical figure of the early 20th century. However, perhaps Štěpán was not a pianist par excellence and Novák was disappointed by the premiere. Already while composin...
F. Schubert-B. Smetana - Der Neugierige, Op. 10 No. 2 (Řepková)
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Like many of Smetana's virtuoso compositions, the transcription of Schubert's song Der Neugierige was composed during the composer's stay in Sweden. Apart from this one he has also arranged another song from Die schöne Müllerin, Trockne Blumen, which is now unfortunately missing. It is immediately apparent that in comparison with Liszt's faithful transcriptions, this is much more of a concert p...
J. Suk - Eight Piano Pieces, Op. 12 (Štěpán)
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0:00 - 1. Andante 5:03 - 2. Allegro moderato 8:40 - 3. Adagio, ma non troppo 12:13 - 4. Allegro, ma non troppo 14:58 - 5. Andante con moto 18:11 - 6. Allegro vivace (named Honba za motýlem in the manuscript) 22:05 - 7. Allegretto 25:13 - 8. Andante In 1896, around the time of composing these pieces, Suk's future wife Otilie started to show interest in the composer. Although it is known that she...
E. Schulhoff - Piano Sonata No. 1 (Panenka)
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0:00 - Allegro moderato 4:13 - Molto tranquillo 7:33 - Allegro moderato grotesco In 1923 Schulhoff has made his return back to Prague, where he later became a professor at the conservatory. The first piano sonata (1924) is a unique mixture of the classical genres, jazz and dance rhythms, but at the same time aiming at an expressive simplicity and smaller emphasis on rhythmicity compared to his ...
V. Novák - Memories, Op. 6 (Kameníková)
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0:00 - 1. Triste 3:28 - 2. Inquieto 10:05 - 3. Amoroso By the time Novák entered the piano class of Josef Jiránek at the age of 22, he had already finished his studies of composition with Dvořák. Up to that point he supposedly showed signs of being mostly self taught as a pianist, with almost completely straight fingers, bad arm habits and lack of patience to practice. It is however documented ...
V. Novák - My May, Op. 20 (Ardašev)
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0:00 - 1. Andante semplice (formerly named Eclogue) 1:53 - 2. Molto tranquillo (formerly named In a Forest) 4:05 - 3. Andante spianato (formerly named Little Song) 7:52 - 4. Allegro vigoroso. In Slovácko style (formerly named Dudácká) My May is Novák's entrance ticket (regarding his piano works) to his period of Moravian/Slovakian folklorism. It was published in 1900 simultaneously with a versi...
V. Novák - Bagatelles, Op. 5 (Rauch)
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0:00 - 1. Vzpomínka (Memory) 2:12 - 2. Scherzino 4:03 - 3. Písnička (Little Song) 5:29 - 4. Serenata Novák spent most of his teens and early twenties playing the piano for his own pleasure. He neglected finger exercises and systematic development as a pianist, which he regretted later when he applied to the piano class of Josef Jiránek. When he realized his expectations are different from what ...
B. Smetana - Sketches, Op. 5 (Rauch)
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0:00 - 1. Scherzo-Polka 2:50 - 2. Melancholy (Zádumčivost) 4:30 - 3. Friendly Landscape (Přívětivá krajina) 6:33 - 4. Rhapsody (Rapsodie) The Sketches op.5, originally meant to be issued as Album Leaves, is an early four-part cycle dedicated to Clara Schumann. It pays homage to common Czech archetypes - the polka, Bohemian countryside, or the Rhapsody form, which was pioneered by another great ...
B. Smetana - Sketches, Op. 4 (Rauch)
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0:00 - 1. Prelude (Preludium) 2:06 - 2. Idyll (Idyla) 3:27 - 3. Souvenir (Vzpomínka) 5:28 - 4. Persistent Endeavour (Vytrvalá snaha) Both opuses of Sketches include pieces of smaller scale, simpler in form and harmony. They are dedicated to Clara Schumann. Composer - Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884) Piano - František Rauch Year of recording - 1978 Upload authorized by Supraphon. The sheet music is n...
B. Smetana - Czech Dances, Book 1 (Firkušný)
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0:04 - 1. Polka in F-sharp minor 2:40 - 2. Polka in A minor 5:18 - 3. Polka in F major 8:16 - 4. Polka in B-flat major Smetana wrote his four polkas in 1877 at a writing desk at Josef Jiránek's home. According to Jiránek the compositional process was as seamless as it gets: they were written straightaway by pen, then Smetana played the compositions fluently on the piano and afterwards just ...
L. Koželuch - Sonata in F Major, Op. 35 No. 1 (Ciani)
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L. Koželuch - Sonata in F Major, Op. 35 No. 1 (Ciani)
B. Smetana - Concert Etude in C Major, JB 1:73 (Klánský)
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B. Smetana - Concert Etude in C Major, JB 1:73 (Klánský)
B. Smetana - Souvenir de Bohême en Forme de Polkas, Op. 12 (Schiff)
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B. Smetana - Souvenir de Bohême en Forme de Polkas, Op. 12 (Schiff)
B. Smetana - Trois Polkas de Salon, Op. 7 (Schiff)
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B. Smetana - Trois Polkas de Salon, Op. 7 (Schiff)
B. Smetana - Trois Polkas Poétiques, Op. 8 (Schiff)
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B. Smetana - Trois Polkas Poétiques, Op. 8 (Schiff)
B. Smetana - Pensée Fugitive, JB 1:24 (Klánský)
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B. Smetana - Pensée Fugitive, JB 1:24 (Klánský)
A. Dvořák - Piano Concerto in G Minor, Op. 33 (Richter)
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A. Dvořák - Piano Concerto in G Minor, Op. 33 (Richter)
V. Novák - At Dusk, Op. 13 (Bartoš)
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V. Novák - At Dusk, Op. 13 (Bartoš)
B. Smetana - Memory of Plzeň, JB 1:17 (Moravec)
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B. Smetana - Memory of Plzeň, JB 1:17 (Moravec)
B. Smetana - Rêves, JB 1:103 (Klánský)
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B. Smetana - Rêves, JB 1:103 (Klánský)
B. Smetana - Galopp di Bravura, JB 1:3 (Řepková)
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B. Smetana - Galopp di Bravura, JB 1:3 (Řepková)
A. Dvořák - Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 85, Selection (Primakov)
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A. Dvořák - Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 85, Selection (Primakov)
B. Smetana - Bagatelles et Impromptus, JB 1:19 (Sekera)
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B. Smetana - Bagatelles et Impromptus, JB 1:19 (Sekera)
J. Mysliveček - Sonata No. 4 in F Major (Czerny-Stefanska)
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J. Mysliveček - Sonata No. 4 in F Major (Czerny-Stefanska)
B. Martinů - Eight Preludes for Piano, H. 181 (Kašpar)
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B. Martinů - Eight Preludes for Piano, H. 181 (Kašpar)
Matinů is amazing, I am learning no 3, it must be really fun to play 🤩😂
I like "nesvár" the most
Really nice cadenzas!
obdélník
Neuveritelna skladba!
😊
Hello, do you know of a recording of Novak's early g minor piano trio, the one used as sample on the website of edition silvertrust? I can't find any info or source about that recording
Que puta mierda que te estén cague y cague el palo con anuncios
This just pure perfection!
Je suis heureux!
the first movement sounds very shubertian to me
As much as I have always admired Rubinstein: Like many of the great solo pianists, he lacks the discipline to blend smoothly into a chamber music ensemble. His timing so often differs slightly from that of the quartet, and his sound sometimes seems to aim at projecting over an orchestra, which is quite out of place here.
Magnífica.
One of my most favourite performances of this beatiful piece❤❤
Excelente pianista!!!
Bravissimo Maestro ❤
What’s a dumky
Why did he call them “Humoresques”? These are no joke.
4:28 Beethoven 9th?
Thank you! (っ◕‿◕)っ ♥
Completely over-produce. It has no life.
0:57 Interstellar😂
Pure and Transcendental Beauty! Bravo 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼 ❤!
Mozart having a bad day!
love it
I'm a great admirer of Suk's music but it seems to me this is not his best set. Having said that, it's pretty precocious writing for such a young composer, and he can be forgiven for trying a little too hard to emulate Smetana and Liszt.
metronomes are the death of classical music
2nd movement sounds just like Alkan, who was himself one of the most forward-thinking romantic composers. Absolutely crazy how advanced this is for the 1820s
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New discovery for me; incredible piece! Dvorak sure could write chamber
Fantastic!!! 👏👏👏👏❤️
I played Number One as a cellist, and that was *really* fun.
The final few chords of "In the Old Castle" are simply one of the most serene and beautiful I have ever experienced. It's so slender, so delicate but played so expertly and given the time it needs to fully fade. The sequences with the 64th-notes are also a true joy to listen to. Thank you so much for making this available to the public.
Anyone else think the first movement was just a touch sluggish?
Yeah, I wish it was a touch-faster. I am used to the tempo of the Emerson quartet.
Extraordinary work 💜
Marvelous 💜
"Invocation" di chi, di se stesso? Dussek, se ci sei batti un colpo! (Scherzo, è un bellissimo pezzo e lo sto ascoltando sino alla fine)
"Ritorno a Parigi" ...che culo!
Fuck you. This is the hugest scam. Tell me, how do they justify treatment cost for cancer patients?
une de mes pages preferees de ce compositeur
Thank heaven for this man Dvořák!
I say begin now. Calling out all jive turkeys. Who had to memorize and play slavonic dances. I did. 😊
Fairy Tale is So dark!!
Prelijepo djelo!❤
20:45
I don't know, but no.6 here is inexplicably beautiful to me.
So beautiful 🎼🎼🎹🎹
11:26 <~~> 16:21 15:02
I loove this part, I had to go to UA-cam to see if someone else did too!