This is the first ever complete video release of Brahms’ chamber music and most of the films presented on this disc are previously unreleased. The 16 hours of standard definition video included on this BluRay are the equivalent of 8 DVDs.
•Over 16 hours of video on one Blu-ray disc. The video format is NTSC standard definition, as used on DVDs. The audio is uncompressed PCM stereo / DD 2.0 stereo (documentary, workshop)
•Brilliant recordings of Johannes Brahms’s complete chamber music, featuring renowned artists, filmed between 1962 – 1997
•Most of the films are being released here for the first time
•Released on the renowned “Classic Archive” label
•Including David Oistrakh, Andras Schiff, Keller Quartet, Takács Quartet, Daniel Barenboim, Isaac Stern, Yo-Yo Ma, Immanuel Ax, Itzhak Perlman and many other artists
•Bonus features: sonata for two pianos Op. 34b and Haydn Variations Op. 56b; workshop for string quintet; documentary “But for Women …”
•This Blu-ray disc will play on any Blu-ray player
•Explanatory trailer available
Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major Op.78
Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor Op.108
Violin Sonata No. 2 in I major Op.100
Itzak Pearlman ( Violin) Daniel Barenboim (piano)
Recording: 1991
Violin Sonata “FAE Sonata” WoO2
David Oistrakh (Violin) Frida Bauer (Piano)
Recording: 1962
Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor Op.38
Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major Op.99 Microche
Perenyi (Cello) Zoltan Kocsis (Piano)
Recording: 1990
Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F minor Op.120-1
Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E major Op.120- 2
Wenzel Fuchs (Clarinet) Elena Bashkirowa (Piano)
Recording: 1996
[Triple] Piano Trio No. 1 in B major Op.8
Piano trio No. 2 in C major Op.87
Piano trio No. 3 in C minor Op.101
Elena Bashkirova (piano) Maxim Vengerov (violin)
Boris Pergamenshkov (cello)
1989
Clarinet Trio in I Minor Op.114
Wenzel Fuchs (Clarinet) Elena Bashkirova (Piano)
Dietmar Schwarke (Cello)
Recording: 1996
Horn Trio in E. E major Op.40
Itzhak Perlman (Violin) Daniel Barenboim (Violin) Piano)
Dale Clevenger (Horn)
Recording: 1991
[Quarter] Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor Op.25
Andras Schiff (Piano) Yuko Shiokawa (Violin)
Michel Perenyi (Cello) Nobuko Imai (Viola
) : 1993
Piano Quartet No. 2 in A major Op.26
Emmanuel Ax (Piano) Isaac Stern (Violin)
Yo-Yo Ma (Cello) Jaime Laredo (Viola)
Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor Op.60
Andras Schiff (piano) Yuko Shiokawa (violin)
Michel Perenyi (cello) Nobuko Imai (viola)
Recording: 1993
String Quartet No. 1 in C minor Op.51-1
String Quartet No. 2 in A minor Op.51-2
String Quartet No. 3 in V Minor, Op.67
Keller Quartet
Recording: 1994
[Quintet] + Bonus
Piano Quintet in F Minor Op.34
Takacs Quartet Zoltan Kocsis (Piano)
Recording: 1992
Bonus:
Variations on a Theme by Haydn Op.56b
Sonata for Two Pianos Op.34b
Anthony & Joseph Palatore (Piano)
Recording: 1989
String Quintet No. 1 in F major Op.88
String quintet No. 2 in G major Op.111
Takacs Quartet, Nobuko Imai (viola)
Recording: 1997
Bonus:
Workshop “String Quintet – Takacs Quartet with Nobuko Imai”
Production: 1997 Year
Subtitles: German, English
Clarinet Quintet in G major Op.115
Berlin
Recording: 1989
Bonus:
Documentary “Waren nicht die Frauen…”
Production: 1996
Language: German, English