BRAHMS: String Sextets 1 & 2 - Raphael Ensemble

String Sextet No 1 in B flat major Op 18[34'03]
1
Allegro ma non troppo[10'50]
2
Andante, ma moderato[10'04]
3
Scherzo: Allegro molto[2'51]
4
Rondo: Poco allegretto e grazioso[10'18]
String Sextet No 2 in G major Op 36[39'50]
5
Allegro non troppo[14'39]
6
Scherzo: Allegro non troppo[7'11]
7
Poco adagio[9'28]
8
Poco allegro[8'32]

All of the music on this album is also available as part of the specially priced box set The Complete Brahms Chamber Music: ‘In the last 25 years, Hyperion has managed to persuade some of the finest of chamber musicians to reveal their affection for Brahms in recordings of remarkably consistent quality … altogether life affirming music in life enhancing performances: surely one of the best buys of the year?’ (BBC Music Magazine).