A journey to Smetana's Vltava
Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps a musical landscape around Smetana's Vltava, listening in deeply to find sonic connections across time and space.
Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps the musical terrain around Smetana's musical description of the Vltava river, sailing down sonic avenues that link music across time and space. From Wagner's Rheingold to Jennifer Higdon's String Lake via Florence Price and Duke Ellington Sara charts a musical journey towards Smetana's orchestral tone poem.
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Richard Wagner
Das Rheingold (Prelude)
Orchestra: Hall茅. Singer: Sarah Tynan. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.- Wagner Das Rheingold.
- Halle.
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Franz Liszt
Au bord d'une source (Ann茅es de p猫lerinage I, Suisse)
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Liszt: Ann茅es de p猫lerinage, premi猫re ann茅e 鈥� Suisse.
- Hyperion.
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Duke Ellington
The River - suite, no. 1 The Spring
Orchestrator: Ron Collier. Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.- Duke Ellington - Black, Brown and Beige.
- Naxos.
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Franz Schubert
Die Forelle, D.550
Singer: Barbara Bonney. Performer: Geoffrey Parsons.- Schubert: Lieder: Barbara Bonney, Geoffrey Parsons.
- Teldec.
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Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
Duet for 2 Flutes in G Major, No 1
Performer: Patrick Gallois. Performer: Kazunori Seo.- W.F. Bach: 6 Duets for 2 Flutes.
- Naxos.
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Gasparo Zanetti
La Mantovana
Ensemble: Clematis Ensemble.- Monteverdi & Rossi: Balli & Sonate.
- Ricercar.
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Dear Old Stockholm
Ensemble: Stan Getz and his Swedish All Stars.- Lullaby of Birdland.
- Dreyfus Jazz.
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In The Nevolice Valley
Ensemble: Plzen Folk Music Ensemble. Ensemble: Czech Song And Dance Ensemble. Orchestra: Prague Symphony Orchestra.- A Collection of Czech Folk Songs.
- Artia Records.
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Robert Schumann
Das ist ein Fl枚ten und Geigen (Dichterliebe, Op 48, No 9)
Performer: Julius Drake. Lyricist: Heinrich Heine. Singer: Gerald Finley.- Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48 & Other Heine Settings.
- Hyperion.
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Florence Price
The Mississippi River (conclusion)
Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Jeter.- Price: Symphony No. 3, The Mississippi River & Ethiopia's Shadow in America.
- Naxos.
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Deep River
Music Arranger: Harry Burleigh. Singer: Marian Anderson. Performer: Franz Rupp.- RCA.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
String Quartet No 12 in F major, Op 96 "The American" (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Skampa Quartet.- Dvor虒谩k: American String Quartet & Quintet, Op. 96-97.
- Champs Hill Records.
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C茅cile Chaminade
L'Ondine Op.101
Performer: Judith Pfeiffer.- Dreyer Gaido.
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Henry Purcell
King Arthur, Act IV: Two Daughters of This Aged Stream Are We
Ensemble: Giovanni Gabrieli. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.- Purcell: King Arthur, 1691.
- Signum Classics.
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Jennifer Higdon
All Things Majestic ii) String Lake
Orchestra: Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Giancarlo Guerrero.- All Things Majestic.
- Naxos.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
脡tude in C major, Op 10 No 1 ('Waterfall')
Performer: Maurizio Pollini.- Chopin: Etudes.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
La Clemenza di Tito - opera in 2 acts K.621: Overture
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.- DG.
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Bedrich Smetana
Vltava (M谩 vlast)
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.- B. Smetana; Ma Vlast: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Belohlavek.
- Supraphon.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Spring, RV.269 [The Four Seasons]
Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.- CHANNEL.
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