Johannes Brahms: String Sextets Nos. 1 & 2

Album by Johannes Brahms & Pražák Quartet & Petr Holman & Vladimír Fortin

String Sextets Nos. 1 & 2 are chamber music compositions by Johannes Brahms, written in 1860 and 1864. They are Romantic-era works scored for two violins, two violas and two cellos, characterised by dense harmonic textures, contrapuntal writing and expansive lyrical themes, and they mark a key stage in Brahms's chamber-music output as he developed his mature compositional voice.

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  1. 1.
    String Sextet No. 1 in B‐Flat Major, Op. 18: I. Allegro ma non troppo
    13:59
  2. 2.
    String Sextet No. 1 in B‐Flat Major, Op. 18: II. Andante, ma moderato
    9:31
  3. 3.
    String Sextet No. 1 in B‐Flat Major, Op. 18: III. Scherzo. Allegro molto
    3:02
  4. 4.
    String Sextet No. 1 in B‐Flat Major, Op. 18: IV. Rondo. Poco allegretto e grazioso
    9:24
  5. 5.
    String Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 36: I. Allegro non troppo
    13:48
  6. 6.
    String Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 36: II. Scherzo. Allegro non troppo - Presto giocoso - Tempo I
    7:38
  7. 7.
    String Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 36: III. Poco adagio
    8:25
  8. 8.
    String Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 36: IV. Poco allegro
    9:05

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