Smetana's Ma Vlast(My Country)is a grouping of six tone poems expressing with colorful and emotional music the Czech landscape and legends. It's always the feature presentation at the Prague Spring Festival and never fails to bring forth patriotic fervor and often copious tears.

A disc that I've included in suggested collections a few times in the past certainly also deserves individual consideration here. Excellent performance by the superb Dresden State Orchestra directed by Berglund and in fine sound, all at a bargain price, it's my overall favorite of the six Ma Vlast's that I own and dozen more that I've listened to. Available from several sources of course, but the best buy at this time appears to be from the Buy.com sellers for as little as $6.50 shipped.


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Enjoy the music, not the equipment.