Smetana: Ma vlast (My Fatherland) - No. 2. Vltava (Moldau), Conductor: Rafael Kubelík 

I was at that concert and I was right behind President Havel, I personally met with Rafael Kubelik because I worked at the AMU Music Faculty. I have wonderful memories for this concert: D

This had to be so meaningful for Rafael Kubelik after being exiled form his homeland for so many years. It makes me want to cry too.

I feel so proud to be Czech while listening to this masterpiece!

Who could better perform this masterpiece of music than a Czech conductor with a Czech orchestra? God bless the Czech Republic!

🕊👍👏🏿👍👏🏿Pekny den, ...diky za klasicku Smetanovu hudbu....🇨🇿🇸🇰🌍🗺

As a music teacher, I have had the blessing of teaching this wonderful piece of music over the years in great detail. This video is very affecting. Thank you for sharing, and God bless the people of Smetana's homeland!

Old Town Square in Prague, few months after the Velvet Revolution. Very emotional homecoming for the conductor Rafael Kubelík, who lived in exile during the communist rule. He came out of retirement just for this performance.

Excelente orquesta de músicos virtuosos, reconocido director y grandioso poema sinfónico del genial compositor eslavo Bedrich Smetana. ¡Bravo!

This concert, on June 9, 1990 was held a bit less than a month after Kubelik's historic appearance conducting the same music at the opening concert of that year's Prague Spring Festival on May 12, 1990. Despite the compromises of an outdoor performance this might be the most powerful recording of Ma vlast to be found.

Naprosto dokonalé,Pan Kubelík a mistři nástrojů, opravdu jsem si to užila a myslím, že ne naposledy,kdo umí ten umí...

nezapomenutelný zážitek a také nezapomenutelný člověk Rafael Kubelík , jsem šťastná, že jsem ho poznala osobně :D

Music is univerrsal and unites us.

IMHO, one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever composed

Praha , Staroměstské nám. rok 1990 :D super koncert a úžasná Česká filharmonie řízená Rafaelem Kubelíkem :D

Un concierto histórico, en el fin de la guerra fría. Praga, maravillosa, con Kubelik de vuelta, y la Filarmónica Checa en gran forma. Grande Smetana.

This is by far the best vesion of ma vlast I've ever heard.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime dream recording of Smetana's Moldau. Rafael Kubelik conducting the Czech Philharmonic filmed in video in an outdoor concert in Prague! A truly priceless record of one of the 20th century's greatest conductors.

I can only say stunning director and stunning music. In a stunning town.

probably best classical music live performance ever recorded...

Nádherné!! A tá práca dirigenta, niečo neskutočné!!! Takéto niečo by sa malo organizovať každý rok, nech vidí celý svet akú máme bohatú kultúru! A aj my Slováci, by sme si mali vstúpiť do svedomia a viac upevňovať vzťahy s Vami bratia Česi.

So much of history, culture and good music! My most favourite of all time!

I LOVE THIS! It takes me back to my first hearing of this marvellous piece, 1957-8 in Washington, D.C. favored recording played by friends with classy musical tastes.

Always some complain "too fast"! That comment ignores the significance of the occasion viz Prague Spring". This music contains the pride these people feel at being free at last. God bless them!

"Homeland" indeed. After Habsburg, Austro-Hungarian, German, and Soviet rule Czechia had finally won it's freedom. This concert took place just months after the "Velvet Revolution" and it even predates the formation of the Czech Republic by a few years. The curtain had been lifted and anything was possible in those days. To have a master Czech conductor leading not one, but three, great Czechoslovakian orchestras in Bedrich Smetana's masterwork in his homeland for his homeland's newly freed people is simply extraordinary. Kubelik preserved their great musical heritage for all of humanity with his podigious recording career spanning over 40 years. Many of his performances, depite their age, I still consider to be definitive and will never be matched. God bless you, Rafael!

Excelentní interpretace a podání Smetanovy Vltavy ♥️🇨🇿 bravo 👏!

What wonderful music. I could listen to this all day everyday.

Truth Wins! ...and we had freedom! see the views of Prague before tourism? This was the best time ever. This is the most moving concert. Thanks for posting!

堪称不朽！！ 最高ですね！！　splendid ！！！！！！！！！

Que música ¡¡ Para el alma ¡¡ precisamente hace 8 años la escucho lo mas que me es posible, y con Rafael K. Como director, es con quien me gusta mas, disfruta su direccion y hasta con alegría lo hace. Hoy me di cuenta que precisamente, el 15 de mayo será un año que de alguna forma, "se cerró mi corazón" y no habia vuelto a escuchar esta musica tan hermosa, y fue por el fallecimiento de Cecy mi nuera de escasos 43 años, de leucemia. Hoy ya un poco mas aceptando su partida disfrutaré tan hermosa música¡ Gracias por el video. Mayo 7 de 2021. mas

Rafael Kubelík

Best version & conducting & orchestra ever for Smetanas Moldau!

Un très très grand Monsieur un grand merci pour cette œuvre magnifiquement interprétée

How wonderful, come Lord Jesus come for your people. Amen

Emotional...Praha is favorite city in Europe

Absolutely wonderful upload! I just discovered this composer over the winter period and was instantly captivated by this piece. The scenery looks beautiful too.

Y repetiré lo mismo ¡¡ Que música ¡¡ Me encanta como dirige Rafael Kubelick, alegre, sonriente, feliz. Dios lo tenga junto a sus angeles ¡¡🙏🙏

I indeed feel my tears with the love for the greatest affection for country.

Pane Kubeliku děkuji.

Saludos, es una obra genial y espléndida digna de gran elogio

This song is so beautiful!!!

meraviglioso....

This famous part is dedicated to the longest of Czech rivers, Vltava (German name "Moldau"). This performance took place on Old City Square of Prage, around 500 meters from Vltava's riverbed.

Magnífico escenario para una gran obra de arte musical

A deeply affecting performance and video. Stunning.

Yes, Prague is a beautiful capital and its country is also excellent. It reminds me that it was a rainy day when I went to the Charles Bridge.

太棒了👏👏太美了！！

This is so amazing beautiful !!!!!!

Uma peça belíssima para um Autor espetacular. Magnífica condução. Orquestra perfeita!

Majestic, uplifting wonderfully winding piece x

Bedrich Smetana are so beautiful

Wonderful, thank you.

Prekrasna atmosfera svobodne Prahy! A mistr Kubelik !

Preciosa interpretación

Nezapomenutelný zážitek! Moc děkuji :)

So beautiful and touching.

Que d'émotions ! Merci

How utterly splendid! And such surrounds! Just exquisite!

"Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself has said, 'This is my own, my native land!'"

A true Bohemian, Smetana.

氣勢雄偉，振人心扉!

There is something about this piece, Czech Republic and this recording in particular. Can't put into words.

U poslechu člověk zapomene kdo to napsal a jakým způsobem,od pramene na Šumavě až po soutok u Labe,Pan Smetana má taky můj obdiv, vlastně bez něj bychom měli...nic 😉

屋外。そこは、決して粗の隠せない演奏場所。そりゃまぁごくごくたまーーーーーに音程が危ういところもあるけど、縦の揃い方は流石プロ。 Rafael Kubelik の Vltava が多分一番好み。

This is great thanks for uploading!

LOVE!!!!

Somente sociedades com capacidades de apreciar o bom e o belo, pode aproveitar em sua essência maravilhas como esta.

Thanks for 🇨🇿 support!

SLAVA UKRAINI Friends and ALLIES of Czechoslovakia... FOREVER! YES, Slovakia TO! J.C.

Love this song:)

謝謝，很讚。指揮的功力十分獨到，很好聽。抑揚頓挫很清楚，很感人。

Meine Heimath. My homeland.

to je nadhera az se mi chce brecet, svobodne ceske finally.

When freedom finally came to former Czechoslovakia 💕

从演奏来说不是最好的版本，但是库贝利克回到捷克以后的每一次ma vlast都让人感慨万千

Marvelous!!!

Lovely!

3:00 から、とてつもないほどの東ヨーロッパの音色が聞こえてきますね。カラヤンＢＰＯとの音とは全く異なる音です。身を乗り出したくなる音色と、素朴な木管。牧歌的な詩情性。魅力的です。

Wonderful!

国や指揮者によって雰囲気や音色が違う。 それがまたいい！！

every time i hear this masterpiece im speechless.. thx for upload

To ještě bylo celé Československo šťastné

Wonderful die Moldau. Long time before I am standing there and look and feel the nice life. Thanks is not the only word what is happen. B.M.

Smetana: Ma vlast (My Fatherland) 참 위대한 곡입니다. 광장끝자락 cd기념품점에서 동일한 cd를 구입해 들어보면 광장의 생생함을 또다시 느낄수 있습니다. 누가 들어도 좋다. 자연스럽다. 그리고 다시 또 듣게됩니다. 빛바랜 사연이 굴절되어 나는 눈물이 납니다.

Enchanting.

just a grammatical correction in translation. "Ma vlast" is feminine, therefore instead of translating as "My Fatherland", correct translation is "My Motherland". Thank you for attention.

skvělý Kubelík

На цьому відео, яке вже є фактом історії (адже маестро Р. Кубелік помер 1996 року) видно, що Б. Сметана дійсно писав музику для свого народу... І чеський народ його розуміє і шанує...

Beautiful. And with the right conducted.

If you liked this version listen to the even more wonderful performance by Kubelik conducting the Chicago Symphony on Mercury Living Presence records from 1951. It's much more lush and soulful, in my opinion and he takes it at a much more leisurely tempo which really brings the flow of the river into your mind....

Wonderful performance indeed! Bravo!!❤

His smile in 0:53 made me cry...

Très belle interprétation menée par le Maestro Kubelik

这氛围真好

진짜 미쳤다. 어떻게 이런 음악을 만들지. 연주 장소까지 아주 아름답다. 실제로 저기 프라하에 가서 듣고 싶다.

Damn really fast.. Great drive

Μου αρέσει πολύ O Smetana o Chopin ,Bach gloria ! Και οι Άλλοι μετά! Ειρηνη ! Καλό σας Σαββατοκύριακο!

Still thanking the game “From Cell to Singularity” for making me know this music…love it

This is by far the fastest version I have heard by far. I had to check that I hadn't changed playback speed to 1.5. Sorry although I enjoyed that it was played by a massive orchestra in a beautiful setting it was to rushed.

Majestuoso ❤️🎈

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