Product Review

The six orchestral poems comprising Bedrich Smetanas My Country the most famous being The Moldau with its instantly recognizable melody and evocation of this great river tell of Bohemias lands and legends. This performance of My Country, recorded live at the Prague Spring Festival 2014, features the Czech Philharmonic under the baton of Jirí Belohlávek. esprit, lightness and most beautifully melodious an exacting performance in soft and lightweight sound, every poem following on, becoming more immediate and intense. (MF Dnes Czech)