Brahms was an accomplished pianist, whose output for the piano spanned his entire life. In addition to his solo works he made four hand piano arrangements of many of his orchestral and vocal scores, to give them greater accessibility. This extended to chamber music repertoire, as evidenced here by the four hand piano arrangements of the String Quartet No. 3 and the String Quintet No. 1, which also cast a new light on the form in which these works were originally conceived.