String Sextets

Album by Johannes Brahms & The Raphael Ensemble

String Sextets are two chamber works by German composer Johannes Brahms, composed in 1860 and 1864. Scored for two violins, two violas and two cellos, they employ Romantic harmonic language, intricate counterpoint and expansive formal development, occupying an early place in Brahms's career where he consolidated his chamber-writing voice and foreshadowed his later large-scale compositions.

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  1. 1.
    String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18: I. Allegro, ma non troppo
    10:50
  2. 2.
    String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18: II. Theme & Variations: Andante, ma moderato
    10:08
  3. 3.
    String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18: III. Scherzo: Allegro molto
    2:53
  4. 4.
    String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18: IV. Rondo: Poco allegretto e grazioso
    10:25
  5. 5.
    String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36: I. Allegro non troppo
    14:39
  6. 6.
    String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36: II. Scherzo: Allegro non troppo
    7:12
  7. 7.
    String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36: III. Adagio
    9:31
  8. 8.
    String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36: IV. Poco allegro
    8:20

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