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Brahms: String Sextets - Soloists from the RCO

Bayer Records  BR 100 370

Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid

Classical - Chamber

Brahms: String Sextets 1 & 2

Soloists from the RCO:
Ursula Schoch & Nienke van Rijn, violins
Vincent Peters & Jeroen Quint, violas
Johan van Iersel & Benedikt Maria Enzler, cellos

All

Works (2)

• Johannes Brahms: String Sextet No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 18
• Johannes Brahms: String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36