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After their acclaimed Brahms' String Quintets, the WDR Chamber Players now present the composer’s String Sextets. Brahms wrote his two Sextets at the beginning of his career, partly as a way to evade the “Ghost of Beethoven” haunting the string quartet, but also as the ideal genre to realize a typically Brahmsian sound: full, “orchestral” and rich in harmonies. Due to the limited institutionalisation of the sextet as an ensemble, these pieces are rarely performed today. The WDR Chamber Players – who are all members of the WDR Symphony Orchestra, as well as pursuing their own international careers – are ideal interpreters of this repertoire, combining chamber-musical intimacy with “symphonic” depth. © Pentatone
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String Sextet No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 18 (Johannes Brahms)
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Günther Wollersheim, Producer - WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne Chamber Players, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
2020 Pentatone Music B.V. 2020 WDR mediagroup
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Günther Wollersheim, Producer - WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne Chamber Players, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
2020 Pentatone Music B.V. 2020 WDR mediagroup
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Günther Wollersheim, Producer - WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne Chamber Players, MainArtist
2020 Pentatone Music B.V. 2020 WDR mediagroup
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Günther Wollersheim, Producer - WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne Chamber Players, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
2020 Pentatone Music B.V. 2020 WDR mediagroup
String Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 36 (Johannes Brahms)
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Günther Wollersheim, Producer - WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne Chamber Players, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
2020 Pentatone Music B.V. 2020 WDR mediagroup
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Günther Wollersheim, Producer - WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne Chamber Players, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
2020 Pentatone Music B.V. 2020 WDR mediagroup
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Günther Wollersheim, Producer - WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne Chamber Players, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
2020 Pentatone Music B.V. 2020 WDR mediagroup
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Günther Wollersheim, Producer - WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne Chamber Players, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
2020 Pentatone Music B.V. 2020 WDR mediagroup
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After their acclaimed Brahms' String Quintets, the WDR Chamber Players now present the composer’s String Sextets. Brahms wrote his two Sextets at the beginning of his career, partly as a way to evade the “Ghost of Beethoven” haunting the string quartet, but also as the ideal genre to realize a typically Brahmsian sound: full, “orchestral” and rich in harmonies. Due to the limited institutionalisation of the sextet as an ensemble, these pieces are rarely performed today. The WDR Chamber Players – who are all members of the WDR Symphony Orchestra, as well as pursuing their own international careers – are ideal interpreters of this repertoire, combining chamber-musical intimacy with “symphonic” depth. © Pentatone
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 01:12:35
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne Chamber Players
- Composer: Johannes Brahms
- Label: PENTATONE
- Genre: Classical Chamber Music
2020 Pentatone Music B.V. 2020 WDR mediagroup
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