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

Salagon Quartet, Isabelle Faust, Alexander Melnikov

4:26

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

Jerusalem Quartet, Veronika Hagen

8:36

I. Allegro ma non troppo

Belcea Quartet, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Tabea Zimmermann

14:44

III. Allegro vivace

Les Vents Français, Eric Le Sage

6:31

III. Allegro

Martin Gatt, Sebastian Bell, Phillip Eastop, Janet Craxton, Antony Pay, 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, Aron Quartett, Màrius Díaz

7:10

IV. Rondo (Allegro maestoso)

Scottish Chamber Orchestra Wind Soloists

3:58

String Sextet from Capriccio

Valentin Erben, Thomas Kakuska, Artemis Quartet

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

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

1:40

I. Mondestrunken

Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez, Christine Schäfer

1:37

I. Entrée en sonate

Vienna String Sextet

5:34

I. Allegro non troppo

Tabea Zimmermann, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Belcea Quartet

13:54

Lento moderato - Molto tranquillo

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

9:23

IV. Allegro commodo

Diogenes Quartet, Wen-Sinn Yang, Roland Glassl

7:27

II. Dumka (Elegie). Poco allegretto

Gary Hoffman, Jerusalem Quartet, Veronika Hagen

6:57

III. Fast

Brad Lubman, Ensemble Signal

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

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

3:37

I. Allegro moderato

Eric Le Sage, Les Vents Français

10:20