Dvorak's String Quintet Op.97 in Building a Library with Laura Tunbridge and Andrew McGregor
Andrew McGregor with the best new classical releases, joined by guest reviewers Suzi Digby and Laura Tunbridge.
Andrew McGregor with the best new classical releases, joined by guest reviewers Suzi Digby and Laura Tunbridge.
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Conductor and music educator Suzi Digby talks through her pick of the week's new releases.
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Building a Library: Professor Laura Tunbridge surveys recordings of Dvorak's String Quintet Op. 97. Scored for string quartet with an extra viola, Dvorak's String Quintet Op. 97 was written immediately after his 'American' Quartet, in just over a month, whilst the composer was spending the summer in Spillville, Iowa in 1893.
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