This selection is an ideal guide to Bedřich Smetana's compositional works. Top performers and ensembles - singers Gabriela Beňačková, Beno Blachut, Peter Dvorský, pianist Jan Novotný, the Smetanova Trio, the Panoch Quartet, the Prague Philharmonic Choir with choirmaster Josef Veselka, the Czech Philharmonic and the Orchestra of the National Theater in Prague with conductors Zdenek Košler, Jiří Bělohlávek and Jaroslav Krombholec - offer examples from the operas Prodaná věsta (Prelude, Choir Why would we they didn't look forward to, the duet Verné milování), Dalibor (Dalibor's aria), from the string quartet "From my life", from the Trio in G minor, from the cycle Z domoviny, from piano compositions (concert etude Na brzehu morským, Louisina and Jiřinková polka and finally the famous Vltava from the cycle Má vlast. The recording was made in 2000.