Credits:

Wolfgang Sawallisch; Erich Leinsdorf

Description:

Carrying on the Tradition, Open to the World: *My Homeland*A Record of the Legendary Performances That Defined the Prague SpringThe Gold Edition series features outstanding recordings from the Prague Spring Music Festival. Volume 7 features Savallish and Reinsdorf. Disc 1 features Savallishs performance of Smetanas *My Homeland*. *My Homeland* is a work that symbolizes the festival and has been an indispensable part of the program since the first festival in 1946. Since 1952, it has graced the opening concert. Initially, performances of this work were limited to Czech musicians, but beginning with the Slovak Philharmonics debut in 1978, Matacic made his debut as the first foreign conductor in 1984. Furthermore, while the Czech Philharmonic had long been responsible for the opening concert, in 1993 the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic (conducted by Libor Peek) was