Sextets

Sextets

Apple Music Classical

A sextet is, of course, a piece written for a group of six musical instruments, but the variety of these ensembles is endless. Perhaps the most common is the string sextet, which usually includes two violins, two violas and two cellos, offering a remarkably rich and flexible sound palette. This playlist includes the most notable sextets by Boccherini, Brahms, Dvořák, Tchaikovsky, Korngold and Poulenc, plus a few other surprises.

I. Adagio - Allegro

Scottish Chamber Orchestra Wind Soloists

7:33

II. Minuetto con moto (trio)

Fabio Biondi, Europa Galante

3:29

I. Allegro vivace

Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective

11:15

II. Sicilienne

Salagon Quartet, Isabelle Faust, Alexander Melnikov

4:26

IV. Finale. Tema con variazioni - Allegretto grazioso, quasi andantino

Veronika Hagen, Jerusalem Quartet

8:36

I. Allegro ma non troppo

Jean-Guihen Queyras, Belcea Quartet, Tabea Zimmermann

14:44

III. Allegro vivace

Eric Le Sage, Les Vents Français

6:31

III. Allegro

Antony Pay, Sebastian Bell, Phillip Eastop, Janet Craxton, Martin Gatt, Michael Harris

3:41

IV. Blues (Divertimento 2)

Hendrik Heilmann, Marion Reinhard, Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet

3:04

I. Allegro appassionato

11:05

IV. Finale. Presto

Màrius Díaz, Aron Quartett, Thomas Selditz

7:10

IV. Rondo (Allegro maestoso)

Scottish Chamber Orchestra Wind Soloists

3:58

String Sextet from Capriccio

Thomas Kakuska, Artemis Quartet, Valentin Erben

9:37

I. Allegro con spirito

Michal Kaňka, Josef Klusoň, Kocian Quartet

11:17

I. Allegro vivace

Eric Le Sage, Les Vents Français

7:21

I. Moderato

Ensemble Arabesques

6:47

I. Lento

Southwest Chamber Music

2:34

I. Allegro moderato

Vienna String Sextet

6:53

V. Les fusées

Ensemble d'Ondes de Montréal, Jean Laurendeau, Louise Larose

1:40

I. Mondestrunken

Ensemble Intercontemporain, Christine Schäfer, Pierre Boulez

1:37

I. Entrée en sonate

Vienna String Sextet

5:34

I. Allegro non troppo

Jean-Guihen Queyras, Tabea Zimmermann, Belcea Quartet

13:54

Lento moderato - Molto tranquillo

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

9:23

IV. Allegro commodo

Roland Glassl, Wen-Sinn Yang, Diogenes Quartet

7:27

II. Dumka (Elegie). Poco allegretto

Veronika Hagen, Jerusalem Quartet, Gary Hoffman

6:57

III. Fast

Ensemble Signal, Brad Lubman

6:39

Lento (LP Version)

Gilbert Kalish, Boston Symphony Chamber Players

5:18

Verklärte Nacht, Op.4

Artemis Quartet, Thomas Kakuska, Valentin Erben

28:58

III. Burlesca: Allegro Molto Con Spirito

Firmian Lermer, Jörg Steinkrauß, Detlef Mielke, Annelie Gahl, Hyperion Ensemble, Gunde Jäch-Micko, Astrid Sulz

3:37

I. Allegro moderato

Eric Le Sage, Les Vents Français

10:20