Smetana, Bedrich : Má vlast (My Country)

The first performance of Má vlast as a six-part symphonic cycle took place on 5 November 1882. With the founding of the Czech Philharmonic in 1896 this work received a far greater reception. Since 1952 the music festival Prague Spring has opened with this complete cycle.

This edition is based on the Study Edition of the Works of Bedrich Smetana , vol. 14, supplemented by an up-to-date detailed foreword about the genesis and history of the work by Marta Ottlová.

Contents
Vy ehrad / Vltava (The Moldau) / árka / Z Ceských luhu a háju (From Bohemia s Woods and Fields) / Tábor / Blaník

New foreword by Marta Ottlová (Cz/Eng/Ger)
Urtext based on the Study Edition of the Works of Bedrich Smetana

Detailed instrumentation: Piccolo flute, Flute (2), Oboe (2), Clarinet (in B-flat) (2), Bassoon (2), Horn (4), Trumpet (2), Trombone (3), Tuba, Kettledrum, Triangle, Cymbals, Concert drum, Harp (2), Violin (2), Viola, Violoncello, Double bass / Classique / Partition / Broché /