Sextet in B Flat Major, Op. 18

Edited by Christopher Hogwood.  For 2 violins, 2 violas & 2 cellos.  Urtext Edition.  The editor has taken all known sources into consideration including 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.  Set of parts in a slipcover.  The study score includes facsimile pages, a foreword in Ger. and Eng and a critical commentary on the work and history of the composition.