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

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

Belcea Quartet, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Tabea Zimmermann

14:44

III. Allegro vivace

Eric Le Sage, Les Vents Français

6:31

III. Allegro

Martin Gatt, Janet Craxton, Sebastian Bell, Phillip Eastop, 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, Thomas Selditz, Màrius Díaz

7:10

IV. Rondo (Allegro maestoso)

Scottish Chamber Orchestra Wind Soloists

3:58

String Sextet from Capriccio

Valentin Erben, Artemis Quartet, Thomas Kakuska

9:37

I. Allegro con spirito

Kocian Quartet, Josef Klusoň, Michal Kaňka

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

Christine Schäfer, Pierre Boulez, Ensemble Intercontemporain

1:37

I. Entrée en sonate

Vienna String Sextet

5:34

I. Allegro non troppo

Belcea Quartet, Tabea Zimmermann, Jean-Guihen Queyras

13:54

Lento moderato - Molto tranquillo

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

9:23

IV. Allegro commodo

Diogenes Quartet, Roland Glassl, Wen-Sinn Yang

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)

Gilbert Kalish, Boston Symphony Chamber Players

5:18

Verklärte Nacht, Op.4

Valentin Erben, Artemis Quartet, Thomas Kakuska

28:58

III. Burlesca: Allegro Molto Con Spirito

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

3:37

I. Allegro moderato

Eric Le Sage, Les Vents Français

10:20