Smetana Ma Vlast

[tigajen]

Hi Chris.Thank you for that very full reply.I have had many versions over the years,the latest being the Kubelik Orfeo which was recommended by Cowan.So far have not found the one which "does it" for me.I think I will give Hrusa A go.
Best wishes.
Tigajen

[Brassbandmaestro]

I say it everytime: Sir Charles Mackerras/Rafael Kubelik everytime!!

[StephenO]

Have ordered Czech PO/Talich from Amazon but the post still seems to be playing up. A Christmas card arrived today which had been posted twenty miles away on 20th December! :doh:

[Chris Newman]

As an aside to recordings, I wonder if anyone can help me. I have hunted the internet in vain to find if there is such a thing as a complete full score of Smetana's Ma Vlast and draw a blank each time. There are individual Eulenberg mini-scores but no decent thing printed that I can read easily: a Dover score would be wonderful but not even Smetana's various publishers seem to own up to such larger complete things. No I do not want a set of orchetral parts: I do not have an orchestra. What do conductors do?: perhaps they use six little Eulenbergs?

[Steerpike]

Chris - Ma Vlast is on my list as my next work to study a bit better and I'd rather assumed there would be a Dover score I could get from Amazon. It's amazing there isn't one given the work's popularity. Anyway, since seeing your post, I've written a begging email to Dover asking them to print it. If they're like most publishers that should bear fruit in the next decade or two! If you find an edition or a source, do let me know. Thanks.

[Chris Newman]

OK, Steerpike.

I shall continue to hunt and will likewise approach Dover's with a begging email. Love your board name: we'll make 'em swelter or flay 'em alive.

bws
Chris

[Steerpike]

Well on the old boards I was just a Grey Scrubber - I thought it was time to promote myself. 'Flay' was taken and Swelter was a bit too vulgar, even for me!

[Chris Newman]

How funny. I was mistaken and thought you were Flay on the old boards and had promoted yourself on this one. Well, glad we both like Smetana and Peake. Have you spotted Flay on FoR3? I suspect he/she will choose a name we can all groan at :Smiley for "Duck Quickly":

[Bryn]

You can download the now long out of copyright score from here.

[Steerpike]

Chris - no I don't think I have seen Flay here. As long as no-one calls themselves Titus (gerrit?), they'll be all right. (If you're allowed groan, I'm allowed this!) By the way I got a positively pleasant email back from Dover, thanking me and saying they'll consider it.

Bryn - many thanks for this link. It's great for checking the odd point but a bit of a sweat to print out so I still hope Dover reprint the whole thing.