Brahms - Piano Trios and Piano Quartets (3 CDs)

Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897)

Piano Trios Nos.1, 2 and 3*

Piano Quartets Nos.1, 2 and 3**

Isaac Stern (Violin) * **

Jaime Laredo (Viola) **

Leonard Rose (Cello) *

Yo-Yo Ma (Cello) **

Eugene Istomin (Piano) *

Emmanuel Ax (Piano) **

Brahms' chamber music is among the best ever written, and these performances are among the best ever recorded.

I heard the Stern Rose Istomin trio play all three Brahms piano trios in Carnegie Hall in 1967. I had heard chamber music ever since I could remember, but THIS was life changing!

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