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

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

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

CHERUBINI Anacréon Overture
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"
FRANCK Les Eolides
SMETANA The Moldau
R. STRAUSS Don Juan
WAGNER Die Meistersinger von Nürnburg: Prelude, Act 1
Recorded 1949
Total Duration: 1hr 38:16

La Scala Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini

CHERUBINI Overture to Anacréon
SMETANA The Moldau
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 5, 'Reformation'

Recorded live in 1945
Total duration 53:24

NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini