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String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18

186039 min

This guide follows Brahms’s String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18 (1860) in four parts: Allegro ma non troppo (sonata form), Andante, ma moderato (theme and variations), Scherzo: Allegro molto (minuet and trio) and Rondo: Poco Allegretto e grazioso (rondo).

Recording: Michael Barenboim, Guy Braunstein (violins), Ori Kam, Madeleine Carruzzo (violas), Zvi Plesser, Nicolas Altstaedt (cellos)

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Follow all 46 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II, ma · Theme and variations
  3. III: · Minuet and trio
  4. IV: e · Rondo
I Sonata form0:28–15:32

The first cello sings the long, lyrical , and the first violin and first viola take it up. Before the come a minor- triplet idea and a genial, -like tune in A major. Then the begins. In the the in the two violas and first cello, and later the starts.

  1. : 1
  2. :
II, ma Theme and variations15:49–25:39
III: Minuet and trio26:05–29:25
IV: e Rondo29:32–39:36

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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Johannes BrahmsChamber musicRomantic periodB-flat majorSonata formTheme and variationsMinuet and trioRondo

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