Smetana
Smetana died in 1884 at ithe age of 60. For the last ten years of his life he was deaf, but he continued ito compose, producing some of his best works. It is from the music of these final years that this week's programmes are drawn. Vysehrad (Ma vlast)
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by RAFAEL KUBELIK
Libuse: Act 3, scenes 4 and 5 PRAGUE NATIONAL THEATRE conductor JAROSLAV KROMBHOLC : records