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Quartet No. 1 in C major, Op 37
Composer: Karol Szymanowski
Performers: Meta4
Recording date: 10 November 2009
Date of broadcast: 29 January 2010
Szymanowski wrote this string quartet in 1917 during a time of political turmoil in Ukraine which must have influenced his writing. Listen for the third movement which has four different keys playing at once; it shouldn't work but it does.
Composer: Karol Szymanowski
Performers: Meta4
Recording date: 10 November 2009
Date of broadcast: 29 January 2010
