Slavic Rhapsody

The soul of Bohemia: familiar masterpieces and little-known gems for string ensemble by the five most famous Czech composers of the 19th and 20th centuries. Composer: Antonín Dvorák, Bedrich Smetana, Bohuslav Martinu, Josef Suk, Leoš Janácek Artists: Ciconia Consort, Dick van Gasteren (conductor) Cover: 'Veselanka' by Joža Uprka 🎵 Online purchase or streaming (Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music, Deezer): https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/SlavicRhapsodyID 💎More information: https://www.brilliantclassics.com/articles/s/slavic-rhapsody/ 🎬🎮 Our music is available for sync licensing in videos, films, tv-shows, games, advertising and more. For more information and to request a license go to: https://www.brilliantclassicslicensing.com/ The affection and vigour of Dvorák’s Serenade for Strings has kept its freshness while many other works from the same era have receded into obscurity. This performance by the Ciconia Consort lends it a new lease of life: as rhythmically springy and attentive to detail as the ensembles previous, critically acclaimed explorations of the string-orchestra repertoire of France, England, the US and Germany in beautifully curated themes. Janáček’s Suite for Strings is an early work, Romantic in character and recognisably descended from the String Serenades of Dvorák and Tchaikovsky, but nonetheless characteristic of the composer’s quirky language with its adoption of Czech speech rhythms. In 1931, Martinů was also inspired by Czech folk melodies when writing his Partita as a Czech émigré in faraway Paris. However, Martinů develops these melodies in a modern style reminiscent of Béla Bartók. Without slow movements, intimacy, or a poetic character, the character of the suite as a whole is spicy, tough and extrovert: inimitably Martinů. Smetana scored his tone-picture Rybář (The Fisherman), for harmonium, harp, and strings: it is a musical ‘tableau vivant’ after Goethe’s poem Der Fischer, which describes a fisherman who is overpowered by the mysterious and magical pull of the water. The theme of Rybář and Smetana’s haunting translation into music also make it a kind of study for his evocation of the river Vltava in Ma Vlast. A little more familiar is the grave Meditation on the Hymn to St Wenceslas by Dvorák’s student and son-in-law, Josef Suk, in which the old melody is treated like a family heirloom. Tracklist: Composer: Antonín Dvorák Work: Serenade for Strings in E Major, B.52 00:00:00 I. Moderato 00:04:04 II. Tempo di valse 00:10:10 III. Scherzo. Vivace 00:15:51 IV. Larghetto 00:21:43 V. Finale. Allegro vivace Composer: Leoš Janácek Work: Suite for String Orchestra, JW6 No. 2 00:27:32 I. Moderato 00:31:35 II. Adagio 00:35:32 III. Andante con moto 00:36:33 IV. Presto 00:39:27 V. Adagio 00:43:04 VI. Andante Composer: Josef Suk 00:46:56 Meditace na staročeský ‘Svatý Václave’, Op. 35a Composer: Bohuslav Martinu Partita Suite No. 1 for String Orchestra, H.212: 00:53:17 I. Poco allegro 00:56:29 II. Moderato 00:59:27 III. Andante moderato 01:02:04 IV. Poco allegretto 01:05:35 Bedrich Smetana: Rybář [The Fisherman], JB1:97 👉 Social media links: Instagram: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/InstagramID Facebook: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/FacebookID TikTok: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/TikTokID Spotify Playlists: Brilliant Classics Spotify: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/SpotifyID New Classical Releases: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/NewReleasesID The Best of Liszt: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/PlaylisztID The Best of Bach: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/BestOfBachPlaylistID Most Popular Piano Music: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/MostPopularPianoID Beautiful Classical Music: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/BeautifulClassicalMelodiesID Classical Music For Dinnertime: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/ClassicalMusicforDinnertimeID Thank you for watching this video by Brilliant Classics, we hope you enjoyed it! Don’t forget to share it and subscribe to our YouTube channel. And visit our channel for other pieces of some of the greatest composers. We upload daily with complete albums and compilations with the best classical music. https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/YouTubeID #Slavic #Rhapsody #Duets #Music #Dvorak #Smetana #Janacek #Martinu #Classical #Classics #Classic #BrilliantClassics