Bedřich Smetana - Selected Works for Piano

00:00 Forest feelings and Impressions (Nocturne) (Jan Novotný) 05:05 Ballade in E minor, unfinished (Věra Řepková) 14:49 Andante in E flat major (Jan Novotný) 17:00 Album leaves in B minor (Jitka Čechová) 17:57 Album leaves in B flat major (Jitka Čechová) 19:23 Cid Campeador, unfinished Tone Poem (Věra Řepková) 28:46 Caprice (Jan Novotný) 38:48 Memories of Pilsen (Jan Novotný) Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884) was a Bohemian Composer. Bedřich was introduced to music by his father and in October 1830, at the age of six, gave his first public performance. At a concert held in Litomyšl’s Philosophical Academy he played a piano arrangement of Auber’s overture to La muette de Portici, to a rapturous reception. Smetana arrived in Prague in the autumn of 1839. After Liszt gave a series of piano recitals in the city, Smetana became convinced that he would find satisfaction only in a musical career. He confi