Charles Gounod was a French composer who was born in 1818, and died in 1893. He is perhaps best known for his operas, and for religious works including the famous 'Ave Maria'. His posthumous string quartet brings to our minds the paintings of French society and surroundings by Renoir - lush, but with elegance and classical reserve in some passages; an afternoon on the Seine, or chatting and drinking wine with friends in the sunshine (sounds good ?) Whatever images this work brings to YOUR mind,

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