This album was recorded at the Concert Hall of the Polish Radio in Katowice across two sessions in December 1993 and January 1994.
Other parts of the Má Vlast cycle represent Czech legend and the patriotic struggle of the Hussite wars.
Smetana, the composer of this album, was a pioneer of Czech musical nationalism, influencing composers like Dvořák.
Má Vlast (My Country) is a series of symphonic poems that depict the countryside of Bohemia.
The album's cover painting, 'The Moldau or Vltava River in Prague,' is by Vinzenz Morstadt, an artist who lived from 1807 to 1875.
The symphonic poem 'From Bohemia's Woods and Fields' from Má Vlast suggests the fields of the Bohemian countryside.
The symphonic poem 'Vltava' (Moldau) from Má Vlast describes the waters of the River Vltava flowing towards Prague.
