Watch Naxos Scenic Musical Journeys: Prague - A Musical Tour of the City's Past and Present
- 2012
- 55 min
Prague is the ancient capital of Bohemia and now of the Czech Republic. Its history is reflected in its buildings, recalling the splendors of the past under changing dynasties and the 400 or so years as part of the Habsburg Empire, until the establishment of the new republic of Czechoslovakia in 1918. Music by the Bohemian composers Smetana and Dvorak, Janacek, and by Fibich.