¡Smetana: Commemoration Symphony, etc.
¡Darrell Ang (conductor) / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
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[Machine Translation] Conductor Darrell Ahn captivated audiences with his dashing appearance and high level of musicianship during his 2017 visit to Japan. His repertoire is wide-ranging, and NAXOS has released recordings of rare works, including symphonies by Dutilleux, works by Chinese composers Zhou Long and Chen Yi, and overtures by Maierbeer and Offenbach. This time, he has also recorded Smetana's "Festive Symphony," an unusual work that Smetana intended to dedicate to the wedding in 1854 of Franz Joseph I, emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which ruled Bohemia at the time. Unfortunately, his work was rejected as "not suitable for a Bohemian wedding," and his "Imperial Hymn," which appears frequently in the work, failed to win the sympathy of the Bohemian people, so Smetana put the work away. In 1881, however, Smetana revised the work, and it was finally included in the catalog as Smetana's only symphony. Please enjoy the young composer's ambitious and gorgeous symphony.
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