Karel Ancerl, Czech Philharmonic - Smetana: Ma Vlast (1964) [2018 SACD The Valued Collection Platinum]

Among the many sound sources of "My Motherland", this Ancher board recorded in 1963, which always reigns as a masterpiece, has been revived with a clear sound quality that has never been seen before after more than half a century. This album, which is often talked about with Ancerl's half-life, is an album like a king that will forever reign as a masterpiece with the wonderful tone of the Czech Philharmonic at that time. In this reprint, I think that you will be amazed at the precision that dwells in the details by listening to the quality that is extremely close to the original sound quality that was engraved on the master tape. This board has been reissued many times so far, and an SACD single layer was released in 2012. It was 24 PCM sound sources. This time, we used the original analog master tapes from Supraphone for the first time in more than ten years, and this time we are producing SACD from the masters that have been directly converted to DSD, so we will benefit from technological progress during that time. It is a result that can be fully felt. This masterpiece will continue to impress even more.
There is a feeling that the performance has been exhausted, but if I add it, I would like to add the sense of balance of Ancerl, who studied under Talich and served as Scherchen's assistant, along with the original European dignity and rigor, traditional aspect and style. It can be said that this is an outstanding board in terms of its beauty and the fact that it makes you feel the lively sound that is related to the essence of music. And the wonderful tone of the Czech Philharmonic's golden age is also splendid, and regardless of the subsequent progress of instruments, in terms of recording the best performances of that time, there is no other board that can replace it. The fact that it is an album also increases its value. You can enjoy this masterpiece, which can be said to be a once-in-a-lifetime chance, in more detail with this SACD.

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Tracks:

01. Vysehrad 14:18
02. Vltava 12:30
03. SArka 09:53
04. From Bohemia's Fields and Groves 12:15
05. Tabor 12:16
06. Blanik 13:42