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String Quartet No. 1, 'The Kreutzer Sonata'
Composer: Leo拧 Jan谩膷ek
Performers: Apollon Musagete Quartet
Recording date: 11 November 2012
Date of broadcast: 27 December 2012
Inspired by Tolstoy's novel "The Kreutzer Sonata", Janacek wrote this quartet in just two weeks. The theme of the novel was one of unhappy conflict which is clearly heard in the music; the strings yelling in a bitter sweet harmony.
Composer: Leo拧 Jan谩膷ek
Performers: Apollon Musagete Quartet
Recording date: 11 November 2012
Date of broadcast: 27 December 2012