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Record Review: Ravel's String Quartet in Building a Library with Jeremy Sams and Andrew McGregor

Ravel's String Quartet in Building a Library with Jeremy Sams and Andrew McGregor

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Jeremy Sams chooses his favourite recording of Ravel's String Quartet

with Andrew McGregor

9.30
Building a Library
Jeremy Sams chooses his favourite recording of Ravel's String Quartet

Maurice Ravel finished his String Quartet in F major in 1903 at the age of 28. In some way it's modelled on Debussy's String Quartet of 10 years earlier.  But it has been described as being "opposite to Debussy's symbolism, abandoning the vagueness and formlessness of the early French impressionists in favour of a return to classic standards." It quickly established itself as a standard work in the chamber music repertory.

10.45
New releases of piano concertos by Beethoven and Rachmaninov

11.20
Record of the Week
Andrew recommends an outstanding new release.

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