Symphonic Poems "Má vlast"

Album by Bedřich Smetana & Kenichiro Kobayashi & Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

Má vlast is a cycle of six symphonic poems by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana, composed between 1874 and 1879. The music employs late-Romantic orchestration, Bohemian folk-inspired melodic elements and programme-driven tone-poem techniques to evoke landscapes and national identity, marking Smetana's mature compositional phase and an important work in Czech national music of the late 19th century.
First released: 2007

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Symphonic Poems ''Ma vlast'': 1. Vysehrad
    15:56
  2. 2.
    Symphonic Poems ''Ma vlast'': 2. Vltava (Die Moldau)
    11:53
  3. 3.
    Symphonic Poems ''Ma vlast'': 3. Sarka
    10:24
  4. 4.
    Symphonic Poems ''Ma vlast'': 4. Zceskych luhu a haju
    12:58
  5. 5.
    Symphonic Poems ''Ma vlast'': 5. Tabor
    13:05
  6. 6.
    Symphonic Poems ''Ma vlast'': 6. Blanik
    15:03