Emerson Quartet: Brahms Sextet No. 2 in G with violist Guillermo Figueroa & cellist David Finckel

Brahms: String Sextet No. 2 in G, Op. 36
with violist Guillermo Figueroa and cellist David Finckel
Allegro non troppo: 00:26
Scherzo - Allegro non troppo - Presto giocoso: 15:13
Adagio: 22:56
Poco allegro: 31:28
This performance by the Emerson String Quartet took place on October 30, 2022 on Parlance Chamber Concerts at West Side Presbyterian Church in Ridgewood, NJ. They were joined by Emerson Quartet laureates Guillermo Figueroa, viola, and David Finckel, cello.
Parlance Chamber Concerts (Michael Parloff, Artistic Director) presents 9 concerts per season featuring world-class performers. Tickets and information at www.parlancechamberconcerts.org
Video produced by Darryl Kubian
A/V Production by Indigo Fox Media
2022©Parlance Chamber Concerts

[@StadeFan]

I believe I heard an excerpt of this piece on the British series Inspector Morse and had to find it. It was worth the search and is a beautiful piece of music.

[@steveegallo3384]

The Gold Standard....Sensational.....BRAVI TUTTI from Acapulco!

[@NyebolszinAntal1968]

First-rate, impeccable rendition. Bravissimi!

[@michaels7889]

Spellbinding. And so beautifully balanced. This is how I have always heard it in my mind but rarely in performance. The last time I enjoyed listening to it so much was a performance by the Melos sometime in the 1980's. It is such a joy to play in with its interplay of passion and wistfulness, here realised with the passion of 20 something year old musicians and the wistfulness of maturity.

[@KeithLawrence-wf1zm]

Superb!

[@psijicassassin7166]

This the the best-sounding piece of music after all the chamber works of Boulez.

[@FranckSonata]

Glorious collaboration of these gentlemen. However, the recorded sound (and venue) is not supporting their efforts. To hollow, silvery and busy. Is that what the good David Finckel is trying to say at 26:55.