The Moldau-Bedrich Smetana - Little Einsteins | Thread profile

I heard a snippet of a piece on Little Einsteins (Yes, I watch LE and quite often-two young boys) called Ma Vlast (My Fatherland) and/or Vltava , Maybe even called The Moldau. I think Little Einsteins only called it The Moldau; composed by Bedrich Smetana. It was performed with a slower pace(?) then what I have been finding on the net in orchestral performances. The snippet on LE was solo ...

MM, the complete Ma Vlast, which has six sections, is one of my favorite works; I have seven recordings and have listened to about 9-10 others. As far as a transcription for violin of the Moldau section, although this has been done it doesn't appear that there're any present recordings available which might satisfy you. Nathan Milstein has a Pearl CD of performances from about 60 years ago which...

Thanks John, good information! The other day I ordered (waiting now) Smetana: Ma Vlast / Harnoncourt, Vienna Philharmonic , which is apparently a different style of performance of this work than usual (according to some reviews). I didn't find any samples of the section I am interested in, but figured enough reviews pushed me to get it anyway. I also ordered Smetana: Má Vlast Piano 4...

Well, so far really only had a chance to listen to the Kubelik performace , and so far only Vltava (the one that caught my ear to begin with), and I found it quite enjoyable. I listened all the way through in my car before finally going in to work. It actually was an awesome experience. I mean I got lost in the music-I don't know whether it was the music or the performance, but it definately ...