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Czech masterpieces, but with an American tinge

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Dvořák

String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 ‘American’; No. 13 in G major, Op. 106

Janáček

String Quartet No. 1, ‘The Kreutzer Sonata’

Artists

Pavel Haas Quartet: Veronika Jarůšková (violin) Eva Karová (violin) Pavel Nikl (viola) Peter Jarůšek (cello)

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