String Quartet No. 17 in C Major I. Adagio – Allegro From HILL, Alfred: String Quartets, Vol. 6 – Nos. 15-17 (2015) Released by Naxos Alfred Hill: String Quartet No. 17 in C Major – I. Adagio – AllegroAlfred Hill

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