The String Sextets op. 18 & 36

Album by Johannes Brahms & Cleveland Quartet & Pinchas Zukerman & Bernard Greenhouse

The String Sextets Op. 18 and Op. 36 are two chamber music works by Johannes Brahms, composed in the early 1860s. They reflect Brahms's Romantic chamber style, combining warm, symphonic textures and lyrical string writing with contrapuntal complexity, and mark a stage in his development as a composer of large-scale chamber repertoire.

First released: 1982

Classical

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Disc 1

1.
String Sextet in B-flat, op. 18: I. Allegro ma non troppo
15:24
2.
String Sextet in B-flat, op. 18: II. Andante, ma moderato
9:50
3.
String Sextet in B-flat, op. 18: III. Scherzo: Allegro molto
3:03
4.
String Sextet in B-flat, op. 18: IV. Rondo: Poco Allegretto e grazioso
10:43

Disc 2

2.
String Sextet in G, op. 36: I. Allegro non troppo
15:14
3.
String Sextet in G, op. 36: II. Scherzo - Allegro non troppo - Presto giocoso
7:14
4.
String Sextet in G, op. 36: III. Adagio
11:22
5.
String Sextet in G, op. 36: IV. Poco allegro
8:18