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Johannes Brahms

String Sextet No. 2 (Brahms)

Johannes Brahms' String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Opus 36 was composed during the years of 1864–1865 (although it drew on material from earlier times) and published by the firm of Fritz Simrock. It

Arrangements#

Brahms himself arranged the work for piano four-hands. Theodor Kirchner arranged it for piano trio. Swedish composer Kurt Atterberg arranged the sextet for string orchestra in 1939.

The first movement of this sextet is prominent in the last sequence of Bertrand Blier’s 1979 film Buffet froid.

  • *Recording by the Borromeo String Quartet with violist Liz Freivogel and cellist Daniel McDonough from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in MP3 format
Composer
Johannes Brahms