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Eloquence: Spohr - Piano Quintet in C minor Op 52

This recording forms part of a series of 10 reissues celebrating the glorious Decca recordings from the 1950's-1970's of the Wiener Oktett (Vienna Octet), made up of key principals from the Wiener Philharmoniker and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. Eclipsed now by the many composers of the first half of the 19th century who surrounded him, in his time Louis Spohr was famed throughout the classical music world. Tall and handsome, he was soon recognized as the best German violinist of the era. Of th