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This was not the last recording made by the great Czech conductor Jiří Bělohlávek; it was taken from festival performances in 2014. It is perhaps, however, the final Bělohlávek release, and as such it makes a fine swan song. There is perhaps no Czech symphonic work outside of Dvorák's collection more widely recorded than Má Vlast, Bedrich Smetana's collection of tone poems about the physical Czech landscape. Yet there is no sense of convention about this reading with the king of all Czech ensembles, the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra: all of the six parts of Má Vlast are carefully shaped, and they're often thrilling. The mystery of the historical music of the castle in the opening "Vysehrad" is palpable. Sample perhaps "Vltava" (The Moldau), the second tone poem, the most familiar of them everywhere. Here it is not the usual river, dancing in regular tempo, but a set of rapids rippling with some vigor. Bělohlávek's interpretations of the pieces fit together into a coherent whole, with a richly triumphant finale in "Blanik," and the Czech Philharmonic, sinewy and strong, has never sounded better. Definitive Smetana, with fine sound from Decca.
© TiVo
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Má Vlast, JB1:112 (Bedrich Smetana)
Bedrich Smetana, Composer - Jirí Belohlávek, Conductor, MainArtist - Jiri Gemrot, Producer, Recording Producer - Czech Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Vaclav Roubal, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karel Soukenik, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2018 Czech Philharmonic
Bedrich Smetana, Composer - Jirí Belohlávek, Conductor, MainArtist - Jiri Gemrot, Producer, Recording Producer - Czech Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Vaclav Roubal, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karel Soukenik, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2018 Czech Philharmonic
Bedrich Smetana, Composer - Jirí Belohlávek, Conductor, MainArtist - Jiri Gemrot, Producer, Recording Producer - Czech Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Vaclav Roubal, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karel Soukenik, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2018 Czech Philharmonic
Bedrich Smetana, Composer - Jirí Belohlávek, Conductor, MainArtist - Jiri Gemrot, Producer, Recording Producer - Czech Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Vaclav Roubal, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karel Soukenik, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2018 Czech Philharmonic
Bedrich Smetana, Composer - Jirí Belohlávek, Conductor, MainArtist - Jiri Gemrot, Producer, Recording Producer - Czech Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Vaclav Roubal, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karel Soukenik, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2018 Czech Philharmonic
Bedrich Smetana, Composer - Jirí Belohlávek, Conductor, MainArtist - Jiri Gemrot, Producer, Recording Producer - Czech Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Vaclav Roubal, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karel Soukenik, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2018 Czech Philharmonic
Album review
This was not the last recording made by the great Czech conductor Jiří Bělohlávek; it was taken from festival performances in 2014. It is perhaps, however, the final Bělohlávek release, and as such it makes a fine swan song. There is perhaps no Czech symphonic work outside of Dvorák's collection more widely recorded than Má Vlast, Bedrich Smetana's collection of tone poems about the physical Czech landscape. Yet there is no sense of convention about this reading with the king of all Czech ensembles, the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra: all of the six parts of Má Vlast are carefully shaped, and they're often thrilling. The mystery of the historical music of the castle in the opening "Vysehrad" is palpable. Sample perhaps "Vltava" (The Moldau), the second tone poem, the most familiar of them everywhere. Here it is not the usual river, dancing in regular tempo, but a set of rapids rippling with some vigor. Bělohlávek's interpretations of the pieces fit together into a coherent whole, with a richly triumphant finale in "Blanik," and the Czech Philharmonic, sinewy and strong, has never sounded better. Definitive Smetana, with fine sound from Decca.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 6 track(s)
- Total length: 01:16:46
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Czech Philharmonic Jiří Bělohlávek
- Composer: Bedrich Smetana
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Classical
© 2018 Decca Music Group Limited, under exclusive license to Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc ℗ 2018 Czech Philharmonic
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