Smetana - Complete Piano Works (Part II) - Repkova

Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884)

Complete Piano Works (Part II)


Věra Řepková, Piano

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I hope everyone enjoys this wonderful
music. It contains a lot of life-renewing
energy. The conviction with which
Věra Řepková performs is an inspiring
quality which is painfully missing in the
world as it stands now.
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Side 9:
1. Characteristic Piece in C flat major
2. Allegro capriccioso in B minor
3. Polka in E major
4. Polka in G minor
5. Polka in A major
6. Polka in F minor
7. Polka in F sharp minor
8. Polka in C major
9. Bettina's Polka (1. Version)

Side 10:
1. Three Salon Polkas, Op. 7
F sharp minor
F minor
E major
2. Three Poetic Polkas, Op. 8
E flat major
G minor
A flat major
3. Melodies
Prelude
Capriccio
Allegro vivace
4. Concert Study in C major

Side 11:
1. Album Leaf in E flat minor
2. Woodland Emotions and Impressions
3. Der Neugierige
(Transcription of the song by Franz Schubert
from "Die schöne Müllerin", Op. 25, D. 795, No. 6)
4. Countrygirl
5. Cid (Fragment)
6. Ballade in E minor (Fragment)

Side 12:
1. Xinema (Fragment)
2. Macbeth and the Witches, Op. posth.
3. Memories of Bohemia in Polka Form
Op. 12, No. 1 in A minor
Op. 12, No. 2 in E minor
Op. 13, No. 1 in E minor
Op. 13, No. 2 in E flat major

Side 13:
1. On the Seashore (A reminiscence)
(Concert study in G sharp minor), Op. 17
2. Ballroom Vision
(Ballroom Scene in Polka Form)
3. Two Album Leaves
B flat minor
G major
4. Czech Dances (1. Series: Polkas)
F sharp minor
A minor
F major
B flat major

Side 14:
Dreams
(Six characteristic pieces)
Le Bonheur étaint
La Consolation
Au salon
En Bohême. Scene champêtre
Près du château
La Fête des paysans bohémiens

Side 15:
Czech Dances (2. Series)
1. Furiant
2. The Hen
3. The Oats
4. The Bear
5. Little Onion
6. The Stamping Dance
7. The Lancer

Side 16:
1. Czech Dances (2. Series - continued)
8. The Astride-Dance
9. The Neighbor's Dance
10. The Jump Dance
Concert Fantasy on Czech Folk Songs
3. Two Album Leaves
B flat major
B minor
4. Andante in F minor
5. Polka in F minor (Fragment)
6. Bettina's Polka (2. Version)
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(Recorded 1952 & 1953 by Supraphon;
Compilation from 1986)

LP transfers of above material. Includes cover, label
and notes (German, English and French).