Brahms’s 24 major chamber-music works represent only a fraction of what he actually composed in the medium, but his strict self-discipline dictated that only the best survived – here complete, in performances by musicians of the highest standards and artistry.

Tracklisting:

CD 1 – Brahms: Sonatas For Violin And Piano Nos.1-3; FAE Sonate

Johannes Brahms – Sonata for Violin and Piano No.1 in G, Op.78

Augustin Dumay, Maria João Pires

1. Vivace ma non troppo

2. Adagio

3. Allegro molto moderato

Johannes Brahms – Sonata for Violin and Piano No.2 in A, Op.100

Augustin Dumay, Maria João Pires

4. Allegro amabile

5. Andante tranquillo - Vivace - Andante - Vivace di più - Andante vivace

6. Allegretto grazioso (Quasi andante)

Johannes Brahms – Sonata for Violin and Piano No 3 in D minor, Op.108

Augustin Dumay, Maria João Pires

7. Allegro

8. Adagio

9. Un poco presto e con sentimento

10. Presto agitato

11. Johannes Brahms - Scherzo in C minor for violin & piano (from the FAE-Sonata)

Christian Ferras, Pierre Barbizet

CD 2 – Brahms: Sonata For Cello And Piano Nos.1 & 2

Johannes Brahms – Sonata For Cello And Piano No.1 In E Minor, Op.38

Mstislav Rostropovich, Rudolf Serkin

1. Allegro non troppo

2. Allegretto quasi minuetto

3. Allegro - Più presto

Johannes Brahms – Sonata For Cello And Piano No.2 In F, Op.99

Mstislav Rostropovich, Rudolf Serkin

4. Allegro vivace

5. Adagio affettuoso

6. Allegro passionato

7. Allegro molto

CD 3 – Brahms: Sonata For Clarinet And Piano Nos.1 & 2; Clarinet Trio In A Minor, Op.114

Johannes Brahms – Sonata for Clarinet and Piano No.1 in F minor, Op.120 No.1

Jörg Demus, Karl Leister

1. Allegro appassionato

2. Andante un poco adagio

3. Allegretto grazioso

4. Vivace

Johannes Brahms – Sonata for Clarinet and Piano No.2 in E flat, Op.120 No.2

Jörg Demus, Karl Leister

5. Allegro amabile

6. Appassionato, ma non troppo allegro

7. Andante con moto

Johannes Brahms – Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op.114

Tamás Vásáry, Karl Leister, Ottomar Borwitzky

8. Allegro

9. Adagio

10. Andante grazioso

11. Allegro

CD 4 – Brahms: Piano Trio No.1 In B, Op.8; Piano Trio No.2 In C, Op.87

Johannes Brahms - Piano Trio No.1 in B, Op.8

Maria João Pires, Augustin Dumay, Jian Wang

1. Allegro con brio

2. Scherzo (Allegro molto)

3. Adagio

4. Allegro

Johannes Brahms - Piano Trio No.2 in C, Op.87

Maria João Pires, Augustin Dumay, Jian Wang

5. Allegro

6. Andante con moto

7. Scherzo (Presto)

8. Finale (Allegro giocoso)

CD 5 – Brahms: Piano Trio No.3 In C Minor, Op.101; Piano Quartet No.2 In A, Op.26

Johannes Brahms - Piano Trio No.3 in C minor, Op.101

Tamás Vásáry, Thomas Brandis, Ottomar Borwitzky

1. Allegro energico

2. Presto non assai

3. Andante grazioso

4. Allegro molto

Johannes Brahms - Piano Quartet No.2 in A, Op.26

Tamás Vásáry, Thomas Brandis, Wolfram Christ, Ottomar Borwitzky

5. Allegro non troppo

6. Poco adagio

7. Scherzo (Poco allegro)

8. Finale (Allegro)

CD 6 – Brahms: Piano Quartet No.1 In G Minor, Op.25; Piano Quartet No.3 In C Minor, Op.60

Johannes Brahms - Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor, Op.25

Tamás Vásáry, Thomas Brandis, Wolfram Christ, Ottomar Borwitzky

1. Allegro

2. Intermezzo (Allegro ma non troppo)

3. Andante con moto

4. Rondo alla Zingarese

Johannes Brahms – Piano Quartet No.3 in C minor, Op.60

Tamás Vásáry, Thomas Brandis, Wolfram Christ, Ottomar Borwitzky

5. Allegro ma non troppo

6. Scherzo (Allegro)

7. Andante

8. Finale (Allegro)

CD 7 – Brahms: String Quartet No.1 In C Minor, Op.51 No.1; String Quartet No.2 In A Minor, Op.51 No.2

Johannes Brahms – String Quartet No.1 in C minor, Op.51 No.1

Emerson String Quartet

1. Allegro

2. Romanze (Poco adagio)

3. Allegretto molto moderato e comodo - Un poco più animato

4. Allegro

Johannes Brahms – String Quartet No.2 in A minor, Op.51 No.2

Emerson String Quartet

5. Allegro non troppo

6. Andante moderato

7. Quasi minuetto, moderato - Allegretto vivace

8. Finale (Allegro non assai - Più vivace)

CD 8 – Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 In B Flat, Op.67; Piano Quintet In F Minor, Op.34

Johannes Brahms – String Quartet No.3 in B flat, Op.67

Emerson String Quartet

1. Vivace

2. Andante

3. Agitato (Allegretto non troppo)

4. Poco allegretto con variazioni - Doppio movimento

Johannes Brahms - Piano Quintet in F minor, Op.34

Emerson String Quartet, Leon Fleisher

5. Allegro non troppo

6. Andante, un poco adagio

7. Scherzo (Allegro)

8. Finale (poco sostenuto - Allegro non troppo)

CD 9 – Brahms: String Quintet No.1 In F, Op.88; String Quintet No.2 In G, Op.111

Johannes Brahms – String Quintet No.1 in F, Op.88

Gérard Caussé, Hagen Quartett

1. Allegro non troppo, ma con brio

2. Grave ed appassionato - Allegretto vivace - Tempo I - Presto

3. Allegro energico

Johannes Brahms – String Quintet No.2 in G, Op.111

Gérard Caussé, Hagen Quartett

4. Allegro non troppo, ma con brio

5. Adagio

6. Un poco allegretto

7. Vivace ma non troppo presto

CD 10 – Brahms: Horn Trio In E Flat, Op.40; Clarinet Quintet In B Minor, Op.115

Johannes Brahms – Horn Trio in E flat, Op.40

Tamás Vásáry, Thomas Brandis, Norbert Hauptmann

1. Andante - Poco più animato

2. Scherzo (Allegro)

3. Adagio mesto

4. Finale (Allegro con brio)

Johannes Brahms – Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op.115

David Shifrin, Emerson String Quartet

5. Allegro

6. Adagio

7. Andantino - Presto non assai, ma con sentimento

8. Con moto

CD 11 – Brahms: String Sextet No.1 In B Flat, Op.18; String Sextet No.2 In G, Op.36

Johannes Brahms – String Sextet No.1 In B Flat, Op.18

Amadeus Quartet, Cecil Aronowitz, William Pleeth

1. Allegro ma non troppo

2. Andante ma moderato

3. Scherzo (Allegro molto)

4. Rondo (Poco allegretto e grazioso)

Johannes Brahms – String Sextet No.2 In G, Op.36

Amadeus Quartet, Cecil Aronowitz, William Pleeth

5. Allegro non troppo

6. Scherzo (Allegro non troppo)

7. Poco adagio

8. Poco allegro

Boxset Dimensions: 5.5"x4.9"x0.4"