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依卡潔柯娃 鋼琴

Jitka Čechová is an energetic young pianist and member of the highly successful Smetana Trio. On her third CD of Smetana's piano works she proves how intimately familiar she is with thecomposer's style. The album includes Smetana's greatest piano cycle, the Czech Dances, written in the years 1877-79. The first part of the cycle consists of four polkas, while the second part contains Smetana's concert interpretations of specific Czech folk dances (including the Furiant, Skočná, Rejdovák a rejdovačka, Sousedská, Hulán and Medvěd). The album is rounded out with Smetana's late piano works. The Romance in G minor (1881) was the last piece he composed for piano, though at the very end of his life he revised his famous Bettina Polka (1883). Smetana's greatest piano cycle Czech Dances in an outstanding performance by Jitka Čechová

"Bedřich Smetana
Czech Dances 1st Series
1.Set I - Polka in F sharp minor     02:53
2.Set I - Polka in A minor     02:36
3.Set I - Polka in F major     03:29
4.Set I - Polka in B flat major     03:14
Bedřich Smetana
Czech Dances - 2nd Series
5.Set II - Furiant     05:37
6.Set II - Little Hen     03:14
7.Set II - Oats     05:31
8.Set II - The Bear     03:39
9.Set II - The Little Onion     05:02
10.Set II - Stamp Dance     04:00
11.Set II - The Lancer     04:56
12.Set II - Obkročák     03:14
13.Set II - Sousedská     04:49
14.Set II - Skočná     03:37
Bedřich Smetana
15.Bettina Polka     01:47
Bedřich Smetana
16.The Peasant Woman - Polka     03:47
Bedřich Smetana
17.Andante in F minor for Piano     00:55
Bedřich Smetana
18.Romance in G minor     01:56"