String Sextets

Album by Johannes Brahms & Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble

String Sextets are two chamber works by the German composer Johannes Brahms, composed in 1860 and 1864. Scored for two violins, two violas and two cellos, they blend Romantic-era harmonic richness with classical forms through lyrical melodies, contrapuntal textures and expanded string sonority, and they stand as significant early entries in Brahms's chamber-music output that helped establish his reputation in the 1860s.

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  1. 1.
    String Sextet no. 1 in B‐flat major, op. 18: I. Allegro ma non troppo
    14:36
  2. 2.
    String Sextet no. 1 in B‐flat major, op. 18: II. Andante, ma moderato
    9:57
  3. 3.
    String Sextet no. 1 in B‐flat major, op. 18: III. Scherzo. Allegro molto – Trio. Animato
    2:56
  4. 4.
    String Sextet no. 1 in B‐flat major, op. 18: IV. Rondo. Poco allegretto e grazioso
    10:13
  5. 5.
    String Sextet no. 2 in G major, op. 36: I. Allegro non troppo
    14:29
  6. 6.
    String Sextet no. 2 in G major, op. 36: II. Scherzo. Allegro non troppo – Presto giocoso – Tempo primo
    7:25
  7. 7.
    String Sextet no. 2 in G major, op. 36: III. Adagio
    9:22
  8. 8.
    String Sextet no. 2 in G major, op. 36: IV. Poco allegro
    8:52

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