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)

Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi

3:29

I. Allegro vivace

Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective

11:15

II. Sicilienne

Alexander Melnikov, Salagon Quartet, Isabelle Faust

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

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

3:41

IV. Blues (Divertimento 2)

Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet, Hendrik Heilmann, Marion Reinhard

3:04

I. Allegro appassionato

11:05

IV. Finale. Presto

Thomas Selditz, Màrius Díaz, Aron Quartett

7:10

IV. Rondo (Allegro maestoso)

Scottish Chamber Orchestra Wind Soloists

3:58

String Sextet from Capriccio

Artemis Quartet, Valentin Erben, Thomas Kakuska

9:37

I. Allegro con spirito

Kocian Quartet, Michal Kaňka, Josef Klusoň

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, Louise Larose, Jean Laurendeau

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

Wen-Sinn Yang, Roland Glassl, Diogenes Quartet

7:27

II. Dumka (Elegie). Poco allegretto

Jerusalem Quartet, Veronika Hagen, Gary Hoffman

6:57

III. Fast

Brad Lubman, Ensemble Signal

6:39

Lento (LP Version)

Boston Symphony Chamber Players, Gilbert Kalish

5:18

Verklärte Nacht, Op.4

Valentin Erben, Artemis Quartet, Thomas Kakuska

28:58

III. Burlesca: Allegro Molto Con Spirito

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

3:37

I. Allegro moderato

Eric Le Sage, Les Vents Français

10:20