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

Isabelle Faust, Salagon Quartet, Alexander Melnikov

4:26

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

Jerusalem Quartet, Veronika Hagen

8:36

I. Allegro ma non troppo

Tabea Zimmermann, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Belcea Quartet

14:44

III. Allegro vivace

Les Vents Français, Eric Le Sage

6:31

III. Allegro

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

Aron Quartett, Màrius Díaz, Thomas Selditz

7:10

IV. Rondo (Allegro maestoso)

Scottish Chamber Orchestra Wind Soloists

3:58

String Sextet from Capriccio

Thomas Kakuska, Valentin Erben, Artemis Quartet

9:37

I. Allegro con spirito

Michal Kaňka, Josef Klusoň, Kocian Quartet

11:17

I. Allegro vivace

Les Vents Français, Eric Le Sage

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

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

1:40

I. Mondestrunken

Pierre Boulez, Christine Schäfer, Ensemble Intercontemporain

1:37

I. Entrée en sonate

Vienna String Sextet

5:34

I. Allegro non troppo

Tabea Zimmermann, Belcea Quartet, Jean-Guihen Queyras

13:54

Lento moderato - Molto tranquillo

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

9:23

IV. Allegro commodo

Wen-Sinn Yang, Diogenes Quartet, Roland Glassl

7:27

II. Dumka (Elegie). Poco allegretto

Veronika Hagen, Gary Hoffman, Jerusalem Quartet

6:57

III. Fast

Ensemble Signal, Brad Lubman

6:39

Lento (LP Version)

Boston Symphony Chamber Players, Gilbert Kalish

5:18

Verklärte Nacht, Op.4

Valentin Erben, Thomas Kakuska, Artemis Quartet

28:58

III. Burlesca: Allegro Molto Con Spirito

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

3:37

I. Allegro moderato

Les Vents Français, Eric Le Sage

10:20