| | Debussy & Ravel: String Quartets CD Borodin Quartet / Debussy / Ravel CDS
Debussy & Ravel: String Quartets Music | List Price | $14.97 (You save $3.02) | | Label | Chandos | | Orig Year | 4/23/2002 | | All Time Sales Rank |  23203  | | CD Universe Part number | 3028584 | | Catalog number | 9980 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Apr 23, 2002 | | Recording Time | 55 minutes |
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