Brahms: String Sextets (Live from Aix Easter Festival 2016)
3/3/2017, 8 Tracks, 1:16:46
Featuring
Renaud Capuçon
Christoph Koncz
Gérard Caussé
Marie Chilemme
Gautier Capuçon
Clemens Hagen
Johannes Brahms
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Composition History
The String Sextet No. 2 was mostly composed in the summer of 1864, just before Brahms received news of his mother's death.
Compositional Technique
The Sextet No. 1 is nicknamed 'Frühlingssextett' (Spring Sextet) and shows the influence of classical masters like Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.
Composer Biography
Brahms broke off a relationship with singer Agathe von Siebold to focus entirely on his music, and the Sextet No. 1 is imbued with this romantic longing.
Composition History
Brahms's String Sextet No. 1 was written before his first string quartets or quintets, started in 1859 and completed in September 1860.
Performer Biography
The musicians on this recording, including Renaud Capuçon and Gautier Capuçon, share a passion for chamber music and met in various European cities before this project.
Compositional Technique
In the Sextet No. 2, Brahms encoded the name of his former love, Agathe von Siebold, into the second theme of the first movement using musical notes.
Recording & Production
This album is a live recording from the 2016 Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival, captured at the Conservatoire Darius Milhaud.
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