At the heart of In Search of Lost Time is found one of the most fascinating musical enigmas in literature: what music, capable of procuring emotions of incredible intensity, is hidden behind 'Vinteuil's Sonata'? Here, the supposed model for the latter, Saint-Saëns's Sonata No.1 is heard alongside other pieces, which wreathe the mystery of the imaginary sonata in a thousand reveries that can give rise to a journey in Proust's
universe.
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