The 'symphonic picture' Spring by Fibich vividly portrays the season in all its diversity.
Composition History
The symphonic poems on this album, including Othello and Spring, span a significant portion of Zdeněk Fibich's career.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The Tempest, another symphonic poem by Fibich, captures Shakespeare's narrative of storm, shipwreck, and reconciliation.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Fibich's Toman and the Wood Nymph tells an evocative and tragic story of supernatural romantic yearnings.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The symphonic poem Záboj, Slavoj and Luděk is more nationalist in character, and impressed Bedřich Smetana, a prominent Czech composer, while he was working on his own cycle of symphonic poems, Má vlast.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Fibich's Othello symphonic poem highlights the intertwined destinies of Shakespeare's main characters.
Composer Biography
Zdeněk Fibich, though less known than Dvořák and Smetana, was considered one of the greatest Czech composers of his era.
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