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

Isabelle Faust, Alexander Melnikov, Salagon Quartet

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, Tabea Zimmermann, Belcea Quartet

14:44

3. Allegro

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

3:43

IV. Blues (Divertimento 2)

Marion Reinhard, Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet, Hendrik Heilmann

3:04

I. Allegro appassionato

11:05

IV. Finale. Presto

Aron Quartett, Thomas Selditz, Màrius Díaz

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

Josef Klusoň, Kocian Quartet, Michal Kaňka

11:17

I. Moderato

Ensemble Arabesques

6:47

I. Lento

Southwest Chamber Music

2:34

I. Allegro moderato

Vienna String Sextet

6:53

V. Les fusées

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

1:40

I. Mondestrunken

Christine Schäfer, Pierre Boulez, Ensemble Intercontemporain

1:37

I. Entrée en sonate

Vienna String Sextet

5:34

I. Allegro non troppo

Belcea Quartet, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Tabea Zimmermann

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

Gary Hoffman, Veronika Hagen, Jerusalem Quartet

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

Artemis Quartet, Thomas Kakuska, Valentin Erben

28:58

III. Burlesca: Allegro Molto Con Spirito

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

3:37