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Quartet in D minor, Op 56, 'Voces intimae'

Composer: Jean Sibelius
Performer: Escher Quartet
Recording date: 26 June 2011
Date of broadcast: 18 November 2011

In 1910, two intimate voices discuss Sibelius's many loves: Finland, music, folk song, and isolation. While a quartet is a meeting of equals, here two lead the way. What are they telling us?

Composer: Jean Sibelius
Performer: Escher Quartet
Recording date: 26 June 2011
Date of broadcast: 18 November 2011

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