BEDRICH SMETANA

- Má vlast (My Country)

CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
conducted by RAFAEL KUBELIK

CD 434 379-2 ADD
MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE

- Few conductor's names are so closely linked to a single work as Kubelik's is to "Má vlast." Kubelik studied at the Prague Conservatory and made his debut with the Czech Philharmonic at age 19. He left his homeland in 1948 and became head of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1950. Kubelik is in his element here, interpreting this distinctly Czech music.