Gould Piano Trio
Complete Piano Trios and Quartets (6 CD-BOX)
- Type CD
- Label Champs Hill
- UPC 5060212591333
- Catalog number CHRCD 129
- Release date 03 November 2017
About the album
The Gould Trio have been at the forefront of the international chamber music scene for well over twenty years, and have been favourably compared to the Beaux Arts Trio in their heyday. Comprising violinist Lucy Gould, cellist Alice Neary and pianist Benjamin Frith they are part of the 'Champs Hill family' of artists having made numerous recordings at the Music Room, including their critically acclaimed recordings of Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Mendelssohn, Maxwell Davies, Macmillan, Beamish for Champs Hill Records.
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.
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11Piano Trio No.1 in B major Op. 8 i. Allegro con moto
14:16 -
12Piano Trio No.1 in B major Op. 8 ii. Scherzo ? Allegro molto
06:39 -
13Piano Trio No.1 in B major Op. 8 iii. Adagio non troppo
09:47 -
14Piano Trio No.1 in B major Op. 8 iv. Finale ? Allegro molto agitato
10:04 -
15Piano Trio No.2 in C major Op. 87 i. Allegro
09:30 -
16Piano Trio No.2 in C major Op. 87 ii. Andante con moto
08:03 -
17Piano Trio No.2 in C major Op. 87 iii. Scherzo: Presto
04:44 -
18Piano Trio No.2 in C major Op. 87 iv. Finale: Allegro giocoso
06:38 -
21Piano Trio No.3 in C minor Op. 101 i. Allegro energico
07:07 -
22Piano Trio No.3 in C minor Op. 101 ii. Presto non assai
03:44 -
23Piano Trio No.3 in C minor Op. 101 iii. Andante grazioso
04:04 -
24Piano Trio No.3 in C minor Op. 101 iv. Allegro molto
05:51 -
25Piano Trio in A major Op. Post i. Moderato
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26Piano Trio in A major Op. Post ii. Vivace
06:17 -
27Piano Trio in A major Op. Post iii. Lento
10:01 -
28Piano Trio in A major Op. Post iv. Presto
06:44 -
31Piano Trio No.1 in B major Op. 8 (revised version) i. Allegro con brio
14:40 -
32Piano Trio No.1 in B major Op. 8 (revised version) ii. Scherzo: Allegro molto
06:53 -
33Piano Trio No.1 in B major Op. 8 (revised version) iii. Adagio
08:41 -
34Piano Trio No.1 in B major Op. 8 (revised version) iv. Allegro
06:38 -
35Trio in Eb major for Piano, Violin and Horn Trio Op. 40 i. Andante ? Poco piu animato
07:38 -
36Trio in Eb major for Piano, Violin and Horn Trio Op. 40 ii. Scherzo: Allegro ? Molto meno allegro
07:08 -
37Trio in Eb major for Piano, Violin and Horn Trio Op. 40 iii. Adagio mesto
07:22 -
38Trio in Eb major for Piano, Violin and Horn Trio Op. 40 iv. Finale: Allegro con brio
06:12 -
41Trio in A minor for Piano, Clarinet and Cello Op. 114 i. Allegro
07:55 -
42Trio in A minor for Piano, Clarinet and Cello Op. 114 ii. Adagio
07:49 -
43Trio in A minor for Piano, Clarinet and Cello Op. 114 iii. Adagio grazioso
04:35 -
44Trio in A minor for Piano, Clarinet and Cello Op. 114 iv. Allegro
04:31 -
45Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor Op. 25 i. Allegro
14:10 -
46Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor Op. 25 ii. Intermezzo
08:16 -
47Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor Op. 25 iii. Trio
09:58 -
48Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor Op. 25 iv. Rondo all Zingarese
08:34 -
51Piano Quartet No.2 in A major Op. 26 i. Allegro non troppo
16:14 -
52Piano Quartet No.2 in A major Op. 26 ii. Poco Adagio
11:16 -
53Piano Quartet No.2 in A major Op. 26 iii. Scherzo
11:17 -
54Piano Quartet No.2 in A major Op. 26 iv. Finale
10:13 -
55Piano Quartet No.3 in C minor Op. 60 i. Allegro non troppo
10:19 -
56Piano Quartet No.3 in C minor Op. 60 ii. Scherzo
04:10 -
57Piano Quartet No.3 in C minor Op. 60 iii. Andante
09:02 -
58Piano Quartet No.3 in C minor Op. 60 iv. Finale
10:20 -
61String Sextet No. 1 in B-Flat Major Op. 18 I. Allegro ma non troppo
13:46 -
62String Sextet No. 1 in B-Flat Major Op. 18 II. Andante ma moderato
09:00 -
63String Sextet No. 1 in B-Flat Major Op. 18 III. Scherzo: Allegro molto
03:08 -
64String Sextet No. 1 in B-Flat Major Op. 18 IV. Rondo: Poco allegretto e grazioso
09:43 -
65String Sextet No. 2 in G Major Op. 36 I. Allegro non troppo
13:49 -
66String Sextet No. 2 in G Major Op. 36 II. Scherzo: Allegro non troppo
07:05 -
67String Sextet No. 2 in G Major Op. 36 III. Poco adagio
08:18 -
68String Sextet No. 2 in G Major Op. 36 IV. Poco allegro
08:05