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Compact Disc CDA66308

£13.99

Recorded on 15, 16 June 1988
Recording Engineer
TONY FAULKNER
Recording Producer
ARTHUR JOHNSON
Design
TERRY SHANNON
Executive Producer
EDWARD PERRY
© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MCMLXXXIX

Duration: 65'36
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Front photograph by MATTHEW STEVENS

ANTONÍN DVORÁK (1841-1904)

String Quintet op 97
String Sextet op 48

THE RAPHAEL ENSEMBLE
JAMES CLARK, ELIZABETH WEXLER violins
SALLY BEAMISH, ROGER TAPPING violas
ANDREA HESS, RHYDIAN SHAXSON* cellos
* Sextet only
Contents:

    STRING QUINTET IN E FLAT MAJOR op 97
  1. Allegro non tanto [8'43]
  2. Allegro vivo [5'50]
  3. Larghetto [9'31]
  4. Finale: Allegro giusto [8'00]

    STRING SEXTET IN A MAJOR op 48

  5. Allegro moderato [13'42]
  6. Dumka (Elegie): Poco allegretto [6'37]
  7. Furiant: Presto [4'01]
  8. Finale: Tema con variazioni: Allegretto grazioso, quasi andantino [7'42]

'Delightful works, delightfully played' (Gramophone)

'Warmly effusive playing, captured in exquisite sound' (American Record Guide)

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