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The main driving force of this channel is sheer passion for Czech classical music. However, back in the beginning I was not familiar with all the moral rules that should apply to this kind of endeavor, such as using material with the consent of its respectable owner. Most of the sheet music used here is public domain or scanned from my own library and consequently authorized by the publisher (Henle, Peters, Bärenreiter); many of the recordings have been authorized by the publisher (i. e. Supraphon) or the rights have been bought (Czech Radio).
Nonetheless, there are also many cases when I failed to reach the owner of the used audio/sheet music. That is especially difficult with old publishing companies which have been bought by new ones. If you are a publisher, I have likely tried making contact with you, but unsuccessfully, so if you would not like your property to be used, please contact me via email and I would be happy to either buy the licenses (preferred) or delete the videos
Nonetheless, there are also many cases when I failed to reach the owner of the used audio/sheet music. That is especially difficult with old publishing companies which have been bought by new ones. If you are a publisher, I have likely tried making contact with you, but unsuccessfully, so if you would not like your property to be used, please contact me via email and I would be happy to either buy the licenses (preferred) or delete the videos
Rudolf Firkušný plays Smetana (1945)
Rare video footage of young Rudolf Firkušný playing Furiant from the second book of Smetana’s Czech Dances.
Source: Československé filmové noviny, 1945
This valuable document was located and provided for online use by Národní filmový archiv, Prague.
Source: Československé filmové noviny, 1945
This valuable document was located and provided for online use by Národní filmový archiv, Prague.
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V. Novák - Piano Trio "Quasi una Ballata", No. 2 Op. 27 (Czech Trio)
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After the summer of 1900 Novák was going through severe depression, which resulted in neurasthenia and a temporary decrease of his creative powers. The work on his Balladic Trio was a painful process; according to composer's own words, many of his old scars surfaced and bled anew, and he regards the piece as full of Baudelairesque pessimism. However, in spite of all of his personal suffering, d...
B. Smetana - Louisa's Polka, JB 1:1 (Řepková)
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As the 16 year old Smetana was beginning to get interested in women, he composed a couple of early polkas, each with a dedication. This particular one is dedicated to his cousin Louisa, with whom he was platonically in love and whom he admired as a singer. While he had no formal training in composition at the time, he made no edits to the piece later in life (as he occasionally did with other s...
O. Nedbal - Sonata for Violin and Piano in B Minor, Op.9 (Ženatý, Kasík)
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0:00 - 1. Andante maestoso. Allegro con moto 10:18 - 2. Andante con moto 15:33 - 3. Allegro Nedbal composed his Violin Sonata when he was only 20 years old after a European tour with the Czech Quartet. At the end of June he enclosed it to an application form in order to get a scholarship from the Czech academy. This piece marks the beginning of Nedbal's more focused work. Of all Nedbal's chambe...
B. Smetana - Ballvision, a Ball Scene in Polka Form, JB 1:71 (Řepková)
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Smetana composed Ballvision in Sweden as a result of reconsidering his earlier Polka in C major. The entire Lisztian introduction was added, as well as some minor tweaks to the polka itself. At 0:41 a musical cryptogram F-E-D-A is introduced, later appearing in middle voices in the polka. It commemorates Smetana's friendship with Fröjda Benecke, who impressed the composer at a ball not too long...
V. Novák - Pan, a Poem in Tones, Op. 43 (Maxián)
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0:00 - Prologue 7:46 - Mountains 16:32 - Sea 25:40 - Forest 37:57 - Woman Novák has gifted himself with this gargantuan cycle for his 40th birthday in 1910 and the work was premiered shortly after by Václav Štěpán, an extraordinary musical figure of the early 20th century. However, Štěpán was perhaps not a pianist par excellence and Novák was disappointed by the premiere. Already while composin...
F. Schubert-B. Smetana - Der Neugierige, Op. 10 No. 2 (Řepková)
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Like many of Smetana's virtuoso compositions, the transcription of Schubert's song Der Neugierige was composed during the composer's stay in Sweden. Apart from this one he has also arranged another song from Die schöne Müllerin, Trockne Blumen, which is now unfortunately missing. It is immediately apparent that in comparison with Liszt's faithful transcriptions, this is much more of a concert p...
J. Suk - Eight Piano Pieces, Op. 12 (Štěpán)
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0:00 - 1. Andante 5:03 - 2. Allegro moderato 8:40 - 3. Adagio, ma non troppo 12:13 - 4. Allegro, ma non troppo 14:58 - 5. Andante con moto 18:11 - 6. Allegro vivace (named Honba za motýlem in the manuscript) 22:05 - 7. Allegretto 25:13 - 8. Andante In 1896, around the time of composing these pieces, Suk's future wife Otilie started to show interest in the composer. Although it is known that she...
E. Schulhoff - Piano Sonata No. 1 (Panenka)
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0:00 - Allegro moderato 4:13 - Molto tranquillo 7:33 - Allegro moderato grotesco In 1923 Schulhoff has made his return back to Prague, where he later became a professor at the conservatory. The first piano sonata (1924) is a unique mixture of the classical genres, jazz and dance rhythms, but at the same time aiming at an expressive simplicity and smaller emphasis on rhythmicity compared to his ...
V. Novák - Memories, Op. 6 (Kameníková)
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0:00 - 1. Triste 3:28 - 2. Inquieto 10:05 - 3. Amoroso By the time Novák entered the piano class of Josef Jiránek at the age of 22, he had already finished his studies of composition with Dvořák. Up to that point he supposedly showed signs of being mostly self taught as a pianist, with almost completely straight fingers, bad arm habits and lack of patience to practice. It is however documented ...
V. Novák - My May, Op. 20 (Ardašev)
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0:00 - 1. Andante semplice (formerly named Eclogue) 1:53 - 2. Molto tranquillo (formerly named In a Forest) 4:05 - 3. Andante spianato (formerly named Little Song) 7:52 - 4. Allegro vigoroso. In Slovácko style (formerly named Dudácká) My May is Novák's entrance ticket (regarding his piano works) to his period of Moravian/Slovakian folklorism. It was published in 1900 simultaneously with a versi...
V. Novák - Bagatelles, Op. 5 (Rauch)
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0:00 - 1. Vzpomínka (Memory) 2:12 - 2. Scherzino 4:03 - 3. Písnička (Little Song) 5:29 - 4. Serenata Novák spent most of his teens and early twenties playing the piano for his own pleasure. He neglected finger exercises and systematic development as a pianist, which he regretted later when he applied to the piano class of Josef Jiránek. When he realized his expectations are different from what ...
B. Smetana - Sketches, Op. 5 (Rauch)
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0:00 - 1. Scherzo-Polka 2:50 - 2. Melancholy (Zádumčivost) 4:30 - 3. Friendly Landscape (Přívětivá krajina) 6:33 - 4. Rhapsody (Rapsodie) The Sketches op.5, originally meant to be issued as Album Leaves, is an early four-part cycle dedicated to Clara Schumann. It pays homage to common Czech archetypes - the polka, Bohemian countryside, or the Rhapsody form, which was pioneered by another great ...
B. Smetana - Sketches, Op. 4 (Rauch)
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0:00 - 1. Prelude (Preludium) 2:06 - 2. Idyll (Idyla) 3:27 - 3. Souvenir (Vzpomínka) 5:28 - 4. Persistent Endeavour (Vytrvalá snaha) Both opuses of Sketches include pieces of smaller scale, simpler in form and harmony. They are dedicated to Clara Schumann. Composer - Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884) Piano - František Rauch Year of recording - 1978 Upload authorized by Supraphon. The sheet music is n...
B. Smetana - Czech Dances, Book 1 (Firkušný)
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0:04 - 1. Polka in F-sharp minor 2:40 - 2. Polka in A minor 5:18 - 3. Polka in F major 8:16 - 4. Polka in B-flat major Smetana wrote his four polkas in 1877 at a writing desk at Josef Jiránek's home. According to Jiránek the compositional process was as seamless as it gets: they were written straightaway by pen, then Smetana played the compositions fluently on the piano and afterwards just ...
L. Koželuch - Sonata in F Major, Op. 35 No. 1 (Ciani)
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L. Koželuch - Sonata in F Major, Op. 35 No. 1 (Ciani)
B. Smetana - Concert Etude in C Major, JB 1:73 (Klánský)
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B. Smetana - Concert Etude in C Major, JB 1:73 (Klánský)
B. Smetana - Souvenir de Bohême en Forme de Polkas, Op. 12 (Schiff)
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B. Smetana - Souvenir de Bohême en Forme de Polkas, Op. 12 (Schiff)
B. Smetana - Trois Polkas de Salon, Op. 7 (Schiff)
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B. Smetana - Trois Polkas de Salon, Op. 7 (Schiff)
B. Smetana - Trois Polkas Poétiques, Op. 8 (Schiff)
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B. Smetana - Trois Polkas Poétiques, Op. 8 (Schiff)
B. Smetana - Pensée Fugitive, JB 1:24 (Klánský)
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B. Smetana - Pensée Fugitive, JB 1:24 (Klánský)
A. Dvořák - Piano Concerto in G Minor, Op. 33 (Richter)
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A. Dvořák - Piano Concerto in G Minor, Op. 33 (Richter)
B. Smetana - Memory of Plzeň, JB 1:17 (Moravec)
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B. Smetana - Memory of Plzeň, JB 1:17 (Moravec)
B. Smetana - Galopp di Bravura, JB 1:3 (Řepková)
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B. Smetana - Galopp di Bravura, JB 1:3 (Řepková)
A. Dvořák - Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 85, Selection (Primakov)
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A. Dvořák - Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 85, Selection (Primakov)
B. Smetana - Bagatelles et Impromptus, JB 1:19 (Sekera)
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B. Smetana - Bagatelles et Impromptus, JB 1:19 (Sekera)
J. Mysliveček - Sonata No. 4 in F Major (Czerny-Stefanska)
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J. Mysliveček - Sonata No. 4 in F Major (Czerny-Stefanska)
B. Martinů - Eight Preludes for Piano, H. 181 (Kašpar)
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B. Martinů - Eight Preludes for Piano, H. 181 (Kašpar)
2nd movement sounds just like Alkan, who was himself one of the most forward-thinking romantic composers. Absolutely crazy how advanced this is for the 1820s
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New discovery for me; incredible piece! Dvorak sure could write chamber
Fantastic!!! 👏👏👏👏❤️
I played Number One as a cellist, and that was *really* fun.
The final few chords of "In the Old Castle" are simply one of the most serene and beautiful I have ever experienced. It's so slender, so delicate but played so expertly and given the time it needs to fully fade. The sequences with the 64th-notes are also a true joy to listen to. Thank you so much for making this available to the public.
Wonderful creative music!! Dude was gifted.
Anyone else think the first movement was just a touch sluggish?
Yeah, I wish it was a touch-faster. I am used to the tempo of the Emerson quartet.
Extraordinary work 💜
Marvelous 💜
"Invocation" di chi, di se stesso? Dussek, se ci sei batti un colpo! (Scherzo, è un bellissimo pezzo e lo sto ascoltando sino alla fine)
"Ritorno a Parigi" ...che culo!
Fuck you. This is the hugest scam. Tell me, how do they justify treatment cost for cancer patients?
une de mes pages preferees de ce compositeur
Thank heaven for this man Dvořák!
I say begin now. Calling out all jive turkeys. Who had to memorize and play slavonic dances. I did. 😊
Fairy Tale is So dark!!
Prelijepo djelo!❤
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I don't know, but no.6 here is inexplicably beautiful to me.
So beautiful 🎼🎼🎹🎹
11:26 <~~> 16:21 15:02
Merci infiniment. Très intéressant et rafraîchissant.
14:10 A ray of sunshine for the soul 🤍
Not many finales are in 3/4 time signature. But Dvorak shows that it can be done.
Tell me what you hear in the cello in the second measure of the second movement. Curious. The triplet figures in the cello in measure two are different, slightly, ,than in measures 1 and 3 (and the remainder of the movement). Is this a mistake in the score? I believe I hear the same figures in measure 2 and is measure 1 and 3. What do you hear?
It's got to be a mistake in the score. Watch the cellist in this video. I plays measure 2 just like measure 1 and 3. th-cam.com/video/59tH0r6eVvU/w-d-xo.html
The score on youtube here is from the Dover score of the piece. Sometimes Dover scores have mistakes.
A score found on Musopen shows the correct cello part, with measure 2 being the same as measures 1 and 3. The musopen score is obviously taken from the Dover score but makes the correct in measure 2.
I just found out about this composer by reading about him in one of Mozart's letter. What an interesting finding, glad his sonatas are uploaded here. Thank you!
Would like to hear the first movement “over-dotted.” This is, of course, historically supported by Jean-Louis Adam’s treatise, especially in light of the “Grave” tempo marking - a clear indication of French overture style.
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He wrote many a piece for harp, but none with this depth.
Like so many classical editions, the appoggiaturas are turned into inaccurate grace notes, unless you keep in mind that the values of ornaments always come from the following note unless they are liaisons.
Not only does Constance Keene prove her immense worth as a keyboard artist here, but she also demonstrates the great depths Dussek explored in his piano composing.
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Beautiful playing.
1,2,7,8❤️ ale miluji všechny 🤍
Koželuh, please!
Number 6 has the original title "Chasing a butterfly" :-)
RIP František Maxián (April 15 1950 - February 27 2024)
no 1 my absolute fave
I think the Nr. 7 has been used in a film, does someone know its title?
I know it was used in the video game Dragon Slayer lol
What a modern music! Marvellous indeed.
I knew he'd play this piece without knowing any context 😂
Firkušný zandal
Fantastic
He loved the rolled chords.
Wonderful music. Thanks for posting.
15:46 this is one of my favourite part of the Dumka piece, where the cello takes over playing the tenor clef part melody like the viola in the beginning, but been played an octave higher. It sounds absolutely out of this world 👏👏👏
Très beau !
Can I use this music for My TH-cam videos, please