Smetana composed Ballvision in Sweden as a result of reconsidering his earlier Polka in C major. The entire Lisztian introduction was added, as well as some minor tweaks to the polka itself. At 0:41 a musical cryptogram F-E-D-A is introduced, later appearing in middle voices in the polka. It commemorates Smetana's friendship with Fröjda Benecke, who impressed the composer at a ball not too long after he came to Gothenburg.
Composer - Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884)
Piano - Věra Řepková
Year of recording - 1957
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