“I believe that music and art have their justification only if they try to ennoble man. Without this ethical justification, art is no more than a clever game.” Rafael Kubelik
August 2008
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“This is a glowing account of Smetana's nationalistic cycle of tone poems, under their most ardent advocate, with the Bavarian Radio Orchestra sounding lush. Kubelík, in interview, as in performance, is a delightful man.”
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