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Quartet in E minor, Op 83
Composer: Edward Elgar
Performers: Escher String Quartet
Recording date: 18 May 2012
Date of broadcast: 19 August 2012
Emotionally sickened by war, Elgar laboured wearily most of 1918 to produce his only string quartet. Befitting the period - and our nation's mood - the music is hesitant and anguished.
Composer: Edward Elgar
Performers: Escher String Quartet
Recording date: 18 May 2012
Date of broadcast: 19 August 2012
