Fibich: Symphony No. 1 - Impressions from the Countryside Czech National Symphony Orchestra & Marek Stilec

• 1 I. Allegro moderato 16:14
• 2 II. Scherzo: Allegro assai 05:45
• 3 III. Adagio non troppo (alla romanza) 05:10
• 4 IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco e vivace 09:33
• 5 I. Moonlit Night (Mesicna noc) 02:56
• 6 II. Country Dance (Sousedska) 03:06
• 7 III. Highlands Ho (Vzhuru) 04:11
• 8 IV. Fireside Talk (Na tackach) 07:19
• 9 V. Village Dance (Tanec v zeleni) 07:51
• Total Runtime 01:02:05

Info for Fibich: Symphony No. 1 - Impressions from the Countryside

Zdenĕk Fibich’s career overlapped those of his countrymen Smetana and Dvořák, but his music remained poised between the twin poles of Czech nationalism and the New German School. His earliest surviving symphony is No 1 in F major, Op 17, completed in Prague in 1883. Whilst it is the most conventional of his three symphonies it is excellently proportioned and reveals the influence of Schumann on his developing art. Impressions from the Countryside, Op 54 is, in effect, a symphonic suite and was highly influential on the younger generation of Czech composers.

„This marks the start of Naxos's survey of Czech composer Zden k Fibich(1850-1900), whose work is much in need of reassessment. Standing in the shadow of Smetana and Dvorák, he has a reputation as a tragedy merchant whose fondness for Wagner was deemed excessive by his nationalist contemporaries. The two works here, however, are relentlessly optimistic and unmistakably rooted in Czech folk idioms. The First Symphony (1883) is both classical in structure and warmly attractive, though the fugue in the middle of the scherzo strikes a false note. Impressions from the Countryside is effectively a dance suite of immense charm.“ (Guardian)

Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Marek Stilec, conductor

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