This 6 CD box-set brings together the complete Piano Trios, Quartets and Sextets by Brahms performed by the Gould Piano Trio with guest
artists. Both versions of the Piano Trio No 1 are included in this set: the original version, written in his twenties, and the version he revised at the age of 56. When CHR recorded the Brahms Piano Quartets with the Goulds in 2016, we thought it would be a brilliant idea to unite them with the Gould’s earlier Trio recordings of 2004/5 (originally released on Quartz, pre-dating the existence of Champs Hill Records), and to add the Kirchner Brahms- approved sextet arrangements; making an ideal six-CD ‘box-set’ of some of Brahms’ most luxurious chamber music from some of the most experienced and acclaimed Brahms chamber musicians.