Má Vlast - Symphonic Poem Cycle
SMETANA Bedrich (1824-84)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra - Libor Pesek (Dir)
Label : Alto
Artikelnummer: ALC 1099
1 CD
CHF 10.50
"Recorded triumphantly at the 50th Prague Spring Festival. Of Pesek's previous recording, Penguin Guide wrote "captures the epic patriotic feeling... richly romantic...gripping melodrama...vivid characterisation" "this, with the distinctive colours of the national orchestra - particularly those earthy Czech woodwinds - is definitely closer to home. Here, then, the song of the bard Lumir in the great hall of Vysehrad. And it's those harps again......." (Edward Seckerson BBC Radio 3)