Beethoven's Quartet Op.132 in Building a Library with Katy Hamilton & Andrew McGregor
A personal recommendation for Beethoven's epic, penultimate string quartet, plus the best of the week's new releases
A personal recommendation for Beethoven's epic, penultimate string quartet, plus the best of the week's new releases
Presented by Andrew McGregor
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Building a Library
Katy Hamilton's personal recommendation of Beethoven's Quartet no.15 in A minor with, at its heart, the slow movement he wrote in convalescence: "Holy song of thanksgiving of a convalescent to the Deity"
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