String Sextets nos. 1 and 2

Album by Johannes Brahms & Stuttgart Soloists

The String Sextets Nos. 1 and 2 are a pair of chamber works by Johannes Brahms, composed in 1860 and 1864 respectively. Written in the Romantic chamber-music tradition, they employ rich string textures, expansive melodies and contrapuntal complexity across two violins, two violas and two cellos, and represent a key development in Brahms's early-to-middle career chamber repertoire.

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  1. 1.
    String Sextet no. 1 in B-flat major, op. 18: I. Allegro ma non troppo
    11:06
  2. 2.
    String Sextet no. 1 in B-flat major, op. 18: II. Andante ma moderato
    9:35
  3. 3.
    String Sextet no. 1 in B-flat major, op. 18: III. Scherzo. Allegro molto
    2:51
  4. 4.
    String Sextet no. 1 in B-flat major, op. 18: IV. Rondo. Poco allegretto e grazioso
    9:38
  5. 5.
    String Sextet no. 2 in G major, op. 36: I. Allegro non troppo
    10:14
  6. 6.
    String Sextet no. 2 in G major, op. 36: II. Scherzo. Allegro non troppo
    6:55
  7. 7.
    String Sextet no. 2 in G major, op. 36: III. Poco adagio
    10:09
  8. 8.
    String Sextet no. 2 in G major, op. 36: IV. Poco allegro
    6:21

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