Smetana

DOHNÁNYI String Quartet No. 2 in D flat major, Op. 15
TRADITIONAL & SPIRITUALS (arr. Alfred Pochon)

Recorded 1926-1929
Producer and Audio Transfer Engineer: Mark Obert-Thorn
Total duration: 70:20

The Flonzaley Quartet

BACH Orchestral Suite No. 2
DOHNÁNYI Suite in F-sharp minor
SCHUMANN Symphony No., "Spring"
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5
music by Dvořák, Glazunov, Glinka, Smenata, Strauss, Suk, Wagner

Studio recordings, 1925-29
Total duration: 2hr 34:06

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Frederick Stock

SMETANA The Bartered Bride - Overture
LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12
BRAHMS Hungarian Dance No. 5
BRAHMS Hungarian Dance No. 6
DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9
DVOŘÁK Slavonic Dance No. 1

Studio recordings, 1927-33
Total duration: 65:36

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Hallé Orchestra
Myra Hess, piano
Sir Hamilton Harty, piano, conductor

SMETANA String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, T.116 "From my Life"
SCHUBERT String Quintet in C, D.956
DVORÁK String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96, 'American'
Recorded 1950-55
Total duration: 2hr 15:41

Hollywood String Quartet

with
Paul Robyn, viola
Victor Aller, piano
Kurt Reher, cello

MOZART Le Nozze di Figaro - Overture
MOZART Eight German Dances
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4
SMETANA Three Dances from The Bartered Bride
DELIBES Music from Sylvia & La Source
KREISLER Kreiserliana
SCHOENBERG Verklärte Nacht
music by Ravel, Tchaikovsky, Strauss, Dvořák, Drigo

Studio recordings, 1934
Total duration: 2hr 32:37

Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Eugene Ormandy

SMETANA The Bartered Bride - Overture
SMETANA (arr. Szell) - From My Life
DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture
DVOŘÁK Four Slavonic Dances
SMETANA Vltava

Broadcast recording, 1941
Total duration: 76:37

NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by George Szell