String Sextets 1 & 2

Album by Johannes Brahms & Yehudi Menuhin & Robert Masters & Cecil Aronowitz & Ernst Wallfisch & Maurice Gendron & Derek Simpson

String Sextets Nos. 1 and 2 are chamber works by Johannes Brahms, composed in 1860 and 1864 respectively. Scored for two violins, two violas and two cellos, they fuse Classical forms with Romantic harmony and rich chamber textures and mark a key development in Brahms's chamber-music output.
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  1. 1.
    Sextet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas, and 2 Cellos No. 1 in in B-flat major, Op. 18: I. Allegro ma non troppo
    12:11
  2. 2.
    Sextet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas, and 2 Cellos No. 1 in in B-flat major, Op. 18: II. Andante ma moderato
    10:19
  3. 3.
    Sextet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas, and 2 Cellos No. 1 in in B-flat major, Op. 18: III. Scherzo. Allegro molto - Animato - Più animato
    3:06
  4. 4.
    Sextet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas, and 2 Cellos No. 1 in in B-flat major, Op. 18: IV. Rondo. Poco allegretto e grazioso
    11:52
  5. 5.
    Sextet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas, and 2 Cellos No. 2 in G major, Op. 36: I. Allegro non troppo
    10:59
  6. 6.
    Sextet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas, and 2 Cellos No. 2 in G major, Op. 36: II. Scherzo. Allegro non troppo
    8:12
  7. 7.
    Sextet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas, and 2 Cellos No. 2 in G major, Op. 36: III. Poco adagio
    9:16
  8. 8.
    Sextet for 2 Violins, 2 Violas, and 2 Cellos No. 2 in G major, Op. 36: IV. Poco allegro
    9:00

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