The two string sextets (op. 18 and op. 36  [BA 9420, TP 420]) by Johannes Brahms are amongst  the high points of the Romantic string repertoire and some of the most popular  chamber music  works of all.<br>
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The new Bärenreiter Urtext editions,  edited by Christopher Hogwood, are the first scholarly-  critical editions of these much-performed works. The editor has taken all known  sources into  consideration including the versions for piano two and four hands which the  composer wrote as  well as a set of contemporary performing parts which offer variant readings and  insights into  performance practice during Brahms’ lifetime.<br>
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The study scores to each of these works include facsimile pages, a foreword  (Ger/Eng) and  a critical commentary (Eng) on the work and history of the composition.<br>