There is only one recording of The Devil's Wall by Bedrich Smetana on file (performed in Czech)

Conductor Zdenek Chalabala - 1959(STU)

Orchestra - Prague National Theatre

Chorus - Prague National Theatre

Vok Vítkovic - Václav Bednár

Zavis Vítkovic - Ivana Mixová

Jarek - Ivo Zidek

Hedvika - Milada Subrtová

Michálek - Antonin Votava

Katuska - Libuse Domaninskayá

Benes - Karel Berman

Rarach - Ladislav Mraz

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Black Disc - Supraphon DV 5757-9 {3LPS}; Supraphon SUA 10361-3 {3LPS} Supraphon SUA ST 50046-8 {3LPS}; Supraphon SV 8068-70 {3LPS}

Compact Disc - Supraphon 112 201-2 {2CDS}; Supraphon SU 3627 {2CDS} Theorema TH 121197/98 {2CDS}

Recordings of The Devil's Wall by Bedrich Smetana are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.767

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1964 p.146; November 1995 p.158

Fanfare - Vol.19 No.2 November/December 1995 p.380

Opéra International - avril 1996 No.201 p.68

Diapason - No.421 décembre 1995 p.149; No.505 juillet-aoüt 2003 p.99 [PEB]

L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.167 p.120; No.173 p.169

American Record Guide - November/December 1995 Vol.58 No.6 p.207

BBC Music Magazine - February 1996 p.70

Répertoire - No.77 fevrier 1995 p.72: octobre 1995 p.74

Le Monde de la Musique - No.192 octobre 1995 p.110

CLASSICAL disCDigest - Vol.4 No.6 Issue 14 p.56

Abbreviations

(STU), "Studio" Recording

(SE), "Studio" Recording of Excerpts

(STC), Composite "Studio" Recording made up from more than one source

(SCE), Composite "Studio" Recording of Excerpts from more than one source

(LI), "Live" Recording

(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts

(LC), "Live" Composite Recording from more than one performance

(LCE), Excerpts from more than one "Live" Performance

(RA), A Radio Performance

(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance

(RC), Composite Radio Performance from more than one broadcast

(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance

(FI), Film or/and sound track of a film

(FE), Excerpts of an opera from a film or/and the sound track of a film

CELLETTI, Il Teatro d'Opera in Disco by Rodolfo Celletti - Rizzoli - 1988

EJS Discography, EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings - The Golden Age of Opera, 1956-71 by William Shaman, William J. Collins, and Calvin M. Goodwin - GreenwoodPress - 1994

GIUDICI, L'Opera in CD e Video by Elvio Giudici - il Saggiatore Milano - 1995. Second Edition - 1999 - is indicated by (2)

HARRIS, Opera Recordings - A Critical Guide by Kenn Harris - David and Charles - 1973

MARINELLI, Opere in Disco by Carlo Marinelli - Discanto Edizione - 1982

MET, The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera - edited by Paul Gruber - Thames and Hudson - 1993

MET(VID), The Metropolitan Guide to Opera on Video - edited by Paul Gruber - W.W. Norton & Co. Ltd. - 1997

More EJS, More EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings by William Shaman - William J. Collins - Calvin M. Goodwin - Greenwood Press 1999

NEWTON (Verdi), Verdi - Tutti i libretti d'opera edited by Piero Mioli

PENGUIN, The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Discs by Edwin Greenfield - Robert Layton - Ivan March - Penguin Books 1993

Discos Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española

Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española

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