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Compact Disc CDA66276

£13.99

Recorded on 25, 26 April 1988
Recording Engineer
TONY FAULKNER
Recording Producer
ARTHUR JOHNSON
Design
TERRY SHANNON
Executive Producer
EDWARD PERRY
© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MCMLXXXVIII

Duration: 74'07
DDD
Front illustration: The Lake of Thun by Alexandre Calame (1810-1864)

JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897)

String Sextets

THE RAPHAEL ENSEMBLE
JAMES CLARK, ELIZABETH WEXLER violins
SALLY BEAMISH, ROGER TAPPING violas
ANDREA HESS, RHYDIAN SHAXSON cellos
Contents:

    STRING SEXTET NO.1 IN B FLAT MINOR op 18
  1. Allegro ma non troppo [10'44]
  2. Andante, ma moderato [9'58]
  3. Scherzo: Allegro molto [2'47]
  4. Rondo: Poco allegretto e grazioso [10'11]

    STRING SEXTET NO.2 IN G MAJOR op 36

  5. Allegro non troppo [14'35]
  6. Scherzo: Allegro non troppo [7'07]
  7. Poco adagio [9'24]
  8. Poco allegro [8'24]

GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE

'74 minutes of ravishing beauty' (Amazon.co.uk)

'A treasure trove. Glorious music, gloriously played' (Hi Fi News)

'These are superb performances; the recording is vivid and immediate' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

'Glorious performances … [they] can take their place beside any of the great chamber music recordings of the past, and will continue to set standards for years to come' (Gramophone)

'Matchless accounts of two lyrically gorgeous works full of colour and melody' (The Lady)

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