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String Sextet in B Flat Major

Composer
Dohnányi Ernő
Original / Hungarian title
Vonósszextett, B-dúr
Foreign language / English title
String Sextet in B Flat Major
Year of composition
1893
Type
Chamber Music
Number of players
6
Instrumentation
strings: 2 vl., 2 vla., 2 vlc.
Duration
27 min
Movements, parts
1. Allegro ma tranquillo
2. Scherzo. Allegretto vivace
3. Adagio quasi andante
4. Finale. Animato
Premiere information
1 April 1898, Grand Hall, Royal Hotel, Budapest; Grünfeld-Bürger String Quartet, Antal Danzinger (vla.), Gyula Schulz (vlc.) (Revised version)
Publisher / Source
MS (Edited by Peter Barsony)
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD 32300, 2006 - Budapest Sextet: Béla Bánfalvi, Zoltán Bánfalvi (vl.), Péter Bársony, László Bársony (vla.), Zoltán Onczay, Csaba Onczay (vlc.)
Remarks, other info
Revised: 1896 and 1898-1899
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Dohnányi Ernő, Mosonyi Mihály: String Sextets Hungaroton