Regarded as the father of Czech music Bedřich Smetana was a pioneer in developing a national style that culminated in his popular symphonic cycle Má vlast. Composed after he had become deaf the Czech Dances are Smetana’s last major piano works. Sparkling with distinctive character and inventiveness Book 1 elevates the humble polka to the level Chopin achieved with his mazurkas, while Book 2 was inspired by the old Moravian and Bohemian dances played to Smetana by his neighbour, a local amateur violinist. Coloured with Lisztian harmonic richness, the Piano Sonata in G minor combines Romantic expressiveness with puckish good humour.
Smetana: Piano Works – Bogang Hwang
Piano Sonata in G minor (1846)
I. Sostenuto – Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Scherzo: Vivace
IV. Finale: Molto vivace
Czech Dances, Book 1 (1877)
No. 1. Polka in F sharp minor
No. 2. Polka in A minor
No. 3. Polka in F major
No. 4. Polka in B flat major
Czech Dances, Book 2 (1879)
No. 1. Furiant
No. 2. Slepička (‘Little Hen’)
No. 3. Oves (‘Grain Dance’)
No. 4. Medvěd (‘Bear Dance’)
No. 5. Cibulička (‘Little Onion’)
No. 6. Dupák (‘Stamping Dance’)
No. 7. Hulán (‘Lancer’)
No. 8. Obkročák (‘Stepping Dance’)
No. 9. Sousedská (‘Neighbour’s Dance’)
No. 10. Skočná
Bogang Hwang
14,90€
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