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Name: M.Nieuweboer
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Date: Saturday, August 11, 2001 at 09:52:21
Text: The string sextet is one of the best works of Tsjaikowsky,
though underestimated (yet?) It is always in balance, which is not
the case in all other chamber works. The structure of the work is
solid and has no weak spots. So my judgment is short: this music
has all the good qualities of Tsjaikowsky's without the bad ones.
Listen for example to the fuge in the final movement. Also the 3rd
movement is outstanding as Tsjaikowsky exceeds all the other
Russian composers of the 19th century in varying a theme (a great
theme!) only by harmony. But one has to be careful: to my opinion
the arrangement for string orchestra is not satisfying at all, as
the intimacy of the sextet is completely lost. The themes are not
suitable for a work of large(r) scale.
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