Bedřich Smetana : Má Vlast

Bedřich Smetana : Má Vlast Václav Talich (Conductor) Czech Philharmonic () Public Domain Vyšehrad The first poem, Vyšehrad (The High Castle), composed between the end of September and 18 November 1874 and premiered on 14 March 1875, describes the Vyšehrad castle in Prague which was the seat of the earliest Czech kings. During the summer of 1874, Smetana began to lose his hearing, and total deafness quite quickly followed; he woke on the morning of 20 October to find himself completely unable to h