String Quintets, Sextets, Octets?

[Manifestor_of_Light]

Inspired by the quartet thread.

I am no expert on chamber music but I loved going to chamber music parties. that is where you go to somebody's house, bring your fiddle, and sit down and sight-read through new stuff. Point of pride: I once was sight-reading a Brahms sextet 35 years ago. I got lost, dropped out, and jumped back in at just the right spot two lines later. I am proud of my listening skills.

Quintets: Schubert Trout Quintet,

Schubert Quintet in C Major, recording: DGG. Melos Quartet, Stuttgart with Msistlav Rostropovich as the "fifth wheel"

Dvorak: Piano Quintet in A major Opus 81. I never get tired of this one. Recording: Peter Serkin, Alexander Schneider.

Sextet: Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence. I had no idea that he wrote chamber music before I found out about this. Recording: Borodin Quartet.

Octet: Mendelssohn in E flat.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

1. O.K. this is cool. I didn't even know we had this group.

Could you post some links where we might hear some of these?

I'm always interested in expanding my knowledge of things like this but the information is often drowned out by pop crap like the Grammy's so it's hard to sift the chaff.

[dmallind]

2. Bruch is a good choice for the rather uncommon Octet too. nt

[pbrower2a]

3. Good choices.

Mozart wrote some superb string quintets, as did Brahms and Dvorak Spohr wrote a remarkable nonet and some octets that he described as "double quartets". Schubert wrote a superb Octet for winds and strings that offers the musical equivalent of an extended... I need go no further in the event that children are near.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

4. some youtube links

Dvorak Piano Quintet in A Major:

Schubert String Quintet in C Major, Melos Quartet + Rostropovich:

This is in multiple parts.

Schubert Trout Quintet:

beethoven septet, part 1 of 6:

Tchaikovsky, Souvenir de Florence, string sextet:

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Borodin Quartet #2. Contains "Baubles, Bangles,and Beads":

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The Nocturne is also famous.