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The Griller Quartet (1928-61) was the first international string quartet to emerge in Britain after the London
Quartet of the 1920s. In conversation with Stephen Plaistow , Duncan Druce talks about some of its recordings, including:
Haydn Quartet in D, Op 71 No 2
Mozart Adagio and Fugue in C minor (K 546)
Beethoven Quartet in F minor, Op 95 and Alan George , violist of the Fitzwilliam Quartet, remembers Sydney Griller. Also, the premiere of Alan Rawsthorne 's Second
Quartet, broadcast in 1954. A Cavendish production

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Plaistow
Talks:
Duncan Druce
Talks:
Alan George
Unknown:
Alan Rawsthorne
Source: Radio Times

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